Betsy Damos
About the Artist
Betsy Damos' work for over two decades has been the product of her concern for the environment. Her passion for animal welfare, the preservation of our natural environment and the manmade environment, which provide generations with "a sense of place", have fueled her two-dimensional work and sculpture.
Prior to exhibiting her art, Damos designed printed and woven textiles in the New York City industry. She then ran a textile printing studio in Greenwich Village; was a full-time professor teaching art, design and technology courses for a decade at The Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science (now Philadelphia University); and for eight years, operated a textile design and printing studio in Washington, D.C.
She has exhibited extensively at regional and national venues and has served on the Board of Directors of The Washington Project for the Arts, as a Panelist for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Rhode Island State Council on the Arts grant programs, as a Consultant to the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, PA; and has been a grant recipient from the DCCAH, the Mid-Atlantic Foundation, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
Her work is included in the collections of numerous individuals, The Washington Post Company, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities Art in Public Place Program; and the Special Collection, Mayor's Corridor, John A. Wilson Building.
