Artist Bio

    Juried Professional Affiliations

  • National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
  • Academic Artists Association, Springfield, MA
  • “Copley Artist,” Copley Society, Boston, MA
  • Trustee: Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT

    • Art Education

  • Connecticut College, New London, CT, 1954-7
  • Columbia University, New York, NY, 1958-9

    • Recent Sculpture Study

  • Jane Armstrong, Fellow NSS, Manchester, VT
  • The Carving Studio, Rutland, VT

    • Selected Galleries

  • Studio 47 Galleries of Art, Woodstock, VT
  • The Lenox Gallery of Fine Art, Lenox, MA
  • The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
  • Landmark Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME
  • Artworx Fine Art, Saratoga Springs, NY (2006-09)
  • Celeste Susany Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY (2003-04)
  • The Fiddlehead Gallery, Bennington, VT (Invited Artist 1/01to 9/02)
  • Wick Ahrens Gallery, Weston, VT (2000)
  • Harrington & Turner Gallery, Bennington, VT (guest artist year 2000)
  • The Firefly Gallery, Manchester, VT (2000)
  • Legends Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY (1996-1998)
  • Woodstock Gallery of Art, Woodstock, VT (1993-1996)

    • Commissioned Work

  • Bronze lion heads for fountain restoration project, Village Green, Old Bennington, VT. The Village Lion fountain is listed in the Save the Outdoor Sculpture registry, a joint project of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property.
  • “Spirit of Healing” award sculpture, St. Clare’s Hospital Foundation, Schenectady, NY
  • Fountain project, St. Mary Medical Foundation, Langhorn, PA, 2007

    • Permanent Public Display

  • Outdoor fountain, Village Green, Old Bennington, VT
  • Public Library, Dorset, VT
  • Fountain project, St. Mary Medical Foundation, Langhorn, PA

    • Corporate Collection

  • Pizzagalli Corporation, Burlington, VT
  • Veco Corporation, Anchorage, AK
  • Houston Contracting Company, Anchorage AK

    • Private Collections

  • My work is in private collections around the United States and in the collection of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    • Lectures & Teaching

  • Sculpture Classes and Workshops “Sculptural Elements” (2002-2011) Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
  • DVD “Creative Journey” (lost wax bronze casting method following a Witten work)
  • Lecture & DVD, Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT
  • Shelburne Farms Exhibition Talk, Shelburne,VT
  • Lecture at Southern Vermont Art Center for Young Presidents’ Orgainization, St. Louis, MO
  • Gallery Talk, Chaffee Gallery, Rutland, VT

    • Studio

  • 2005 Trumbull Hill Road
  • Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262
  • Voice: (802) 442-8858 | Fax: (802) 362-7109 | Email: elaine@elainefranzwitten.com
  • Contact Artist for quote on commission work