April 9 visit to the ArtMonastery: Please meet President & Co-Founder Betsy McCall

On Easter Monday, April 9, 2012, the travelers from Mayfield Senior School will visit the ArtMonastery Project in Labro, near Rieti and get to know the President and Co-founder of this unique initiative: Ms. Betsy McCall. Betsy is an American visual artist whose investigations of sacred geometries in paint and video have been exhibited from San Francisco to Amsterdam. Her work has taken the form of large-scale labor-intensive drawings and paintings; abstract video; and social sculpture. She is also an internationally ranked synchronized swimmer and is co-founder of San Francisco Tsunami Synchronized Swimming. She was previously Editor of Publications at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the world-renowned museum of Buffalo, New York, and founded Shizknits, an innovative small business developing knitted accessories and custom sweaters. Betsy holds degrees from Yale University and San Francisco Art Institute, and her writing and visual art have been featured in publications such as Buffalo Magazine, Readymade, Lucky, Bust Magazine, MacWorld, San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Gazette, and Knitty, and has appeared repeatedly on HGTV’s “Crafters: Coast to Coast,” DIY’s “Knitty Gritty,” and CBS’s “Evening Magazine.”