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Title:	Betty Grisham: A Celebration
Date:	7/3/2022 - 11/13/2022
Address:	Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street S. Huntsville, AL 35801,
Location:	Huntsville, AL
Hours:	Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am – 5:00pm, Sunday: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $12
Web Page:	https://hsvmuseum.org/betty-grisham-celebration/
Contact Info:	256.535.4350

Details:

The Museum is pleased to have this opportunity to present a memorial exhibition of artworks by beloved Huntsville artist and arts advocate Betty Grisham, who passed away last year at the venerable age of 99. A North Alabama native, she earned her BA in Fine Art and Education at Montevallo College in 1942, and MA in Fine Art Education from Columbia University Teachers College in 1945. After teaching and exhibiting in Atlanta and Birmingham, she settled in Huntsville in 1963, where she continued to experiment with textiles and the applied arts including needlepoint, rug making and fabric design. Her unique garments for the commercial market were sold in New York and elsewhere, and she founded a business designing custom hand painted and printed fabrics for interior design. Grisham also became an important advocate of the Huntsville Art League, as well as a key supporter and patron of the Huntsville Museum of Art. She retired in the mid 1990s and continued to work from her home studio on paintings, wall hangings and needlepoints for many years.