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| | name = Betty Cooke | | name = Betty Cooke | ||
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| | birth_name = Catherine Elizabeth Cooke | | birth_name = Catherine Elizabeth Cooke | ||
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'''Catherine Elizabeth Cooke''' (May 5, 1924 – August 13, 2024) was an American designer principally known for her jewelry.<ref name="Meyerhoff">{{cite book|last1=Cooke|first1=Betty|title=Design, Jewelry, Betty Cooke : June 2–25 1995|date=June 2–25, 1995|publisher=Maryland Institute College of Art; Meyerhoff Gallery|location=Baltimore, MD}}</ref><ref name="OralHistory">{{cite web | ||
| |title=Oral history interview with Betty Cooke, 2004 July 1–2 | |title=Oral history interview with Betty Cooke, 2004 July 1–2 | ||
| |url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-betty-cooke-11731 | |url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-betty-cooke-11731 | ||
| |website=Archives of American Art | |website=Archives of American Art | ||
| |publisher=Smithsonian Archives of American Art | |publisher=Smithsonian Archives of American Art | ||
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|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | ||
| |last1=Sugarman|first1=Joe | |last1=Sugarman|first1=Joe | ||
| |title=Town Jewel Betty Cooke's The Store Ltd just turned 50 years old. And at 90, she's not slowing down | |title=Town Jewel Betty Cooke's The Store Ltd just turned 50 years old. And at 90, she's not slowing down | ||
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| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| Cooke was born in Baltimore, Maryland on May 5, 1924.<ref name="AAA2004"/> She was an enthusiastic member of the ], attending Camp Whippoorwill.<ref name="Powder">{{cite news |last1=Powder |first1=Jackie |title=Badges of friendship S'more good times: 60 years later, a group of Girl Scouts reunites at Camp Whippoorwill |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-10-01-1995274040-story.html |access-date=15 April 2019 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=October 1, 1995}}</ref> Her lifelong friend, Dr. Miriam Shamer Daly, describes some childhood adventures with Cooke in her memoir, ''Doctor Miriam''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daly |first1=Miriam |title=Doctor Miriam |date=March 2022 |publisher=Executive Education, Inc. |location=Chelsea, Michigan |isbn=9798433398535 |pages=29,32-35}}</ref> | Cooke was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 5, 1924.<ref name="AAA2004"/> She was an enthusiastic member of the ], attending Camp Whippoorwill.<ref name="Powder">{{cite news |last1=Powder |first1=Jackie |title=Badges of friendship S'more good times: 60 years later, a group of Girl Scouts reunites at Camp Whippoorwill |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-10-01-1995274040-story.html |access-date=15 April 2019 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=October 1, 1995}}</ref> Her lifelong friend, Dr. Miriam Shamer Daly, describes some childhood adventures with Cooke in her memoir, ''Doctor Miriam''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daly |first1=Miriam |title=Doctor Miriam |date=March 2022 |publisher=Executive Education, Inc. |location=Chelsea, Michigan |isbn=9798433398535 |pages=29,32-35}}</ref> | ||
| ===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
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| After graduating from MICA in 1946,<ref name="Giuliano"/> Cooke taught there for 22 years.<ref name="Goya"/><ref name="AAA2004"/> In addition to teaching jewelry design, she developed a class in "Design and Materials" for furniture design with wood, metal, fabric, and leather. One of the students who took that class was artist ]. They later began dating, and eventually married.<ref name=OralHistory/><ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Jacques|title=William Steinmetz, designer and Maryland Institute College of Art alumnus|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-william-steinmetz-20161125-story.html|access-date=6 March 2018|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 25, 2016}}</ref> | After graduating from MICA in 1946,<ref name="Giuliano"/> Cooke taught there for 22 years.<ref name="Goya"/><ref name="AAA2004"/> In addition to teaching jewelry design, she developed a class in "Design and Materials" for furniture design with wood, metal, fabric, and leather. One of the students who took that class was artist ]. They later began dating, and eventually married.<ref name=OralHistory/><ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Jacques|title=William Steinmetz, designer and Maryland Institute College of Art alumnus|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-william-steinmetz-20161125-story.html|access-date=6 March 2018|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 25, 2016}}</ref> | ||
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| In 1946, Cooke bought the old rowhouse for $3,000 and began to restore it.<ref name="Kelly"/> She and her partner Bill Steinmetz restored it for use as a house and shop and established a design consultancy there.<ref name="Kelly"/> | In 1946, Cooke bought the old rowhouse for $3,000 and began to restore it.<ref name="Kelly"/> She and her partner Bill Steinmetz restored it for use as a house and shop and established a design consultancy there.<ref name="Kelly"/> | ||
| In 1955, Cooke and Bill Steinmetz were married. The couple worked together as designers "Cooke and Steinmetz". Their projects included a restaurant, |
In 1955, Cooke and Bill Steinmetz were married. The couple worked together as designers "Cooke and Steinmetz". Their projects included a restaurant, many ] bowling alleys, and a church.<ref name=OralHistory/> Cooke explains her style as applying to large and small media: "I think in terms of jewelry, but jewelry is also sculpture that can be done on a large scale."<ref name=":0" /> | ||
| They later established The Store Ltd at the ] in ] in 1965.<ref name="Sugarman">{{cite news|last1=Sugarman|first1=Joe|title=Town Jewel|url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.com/2015/4/15/betty-cooke-celebrates-50-years-at-cross-keys|access-date=9 September 2017|work=Baltimore Magazine|date=April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kelly"/> | They later established The Store Ltd at the ] in ] in 1965.<ref name="Sugarman">{{cite news|last1=Sugarman|first1=Joe|title=Town Jewel|url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.com/2015/4/15/betty-cooke-celebrates-50-years-at-cross-keys|access-date=9 September 2017|work=Baltimore Magazine|date=April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kelly"/> | ||
| ===Death=== | |||
| Cooke died on August 13, 2024, at the age of 100.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gunts |first=Ed |date=2024-08-14 |title=Baltimore Fishbowl {{!}} Betty Cooke, celebrated jewelry designer and esteemed Baltimorean, Dies at 100 - |url=https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/betty-cooke-celebrated-jewelry-designer-and-esteemed-baltimorean-dies-at-100/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Baltimore Fishbowl |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| ==Jewelry design== | ==Jewelry design== | ||
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| ==Selected exhibitions== | ==Selected exhibitions== | ||
| * 2021, "Betty Cooke: The Circle and the Line", ], Baltimore, MD <ref name="Wiegand">{{cite news | * 2021, "Betty Cooke: The Circle and the Line", ], Baltimore, MD <ref name="Wiegand">{{cite news | ||
| |last1=Wiegand|first1=Kimber | |last1=Wiegand|first1=Kimber | ||
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| Betty Cooke's work is found in museum collections, including: | Betty Cooke's work is found in museum collections, including: | ||
| *], New York, NY<ref name="Ober">{{cite web|last1=Ober|first1=Cara|title=Conversations Podcast 1: Betty Cooke|url=http://bmoreart.com/2015/09/conversations-podcast-1-betty-cooke.html|website=BMoreArt|date=16 September 2015 |access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Goya"/> | *], New York, NY<ref name="Ober">{{cite web|last1=Ober|first1=Cara|title=Conversations Podcast 1: Betty Cooke|url=http://bmoreart.com/2015/09/conversations-podcast-1-betty-cooke.html|website=BMoreArt|date=16 September 2015 |access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Goya"/> | ||
| *], New York, NY<ref name="Goya"/> (formerly ], New York, NY<ref name="Giuliano">{{cite news|last1=Giuliano|first1=Mike|title=Cooke's jewelry is a model of restraint|url= |
*], New York, NY<ref name="Goya"/> (formerly ], New York, NY<ref name="Giuliano">{{cite news|last1=Giuliano|first1=Mike|title=Cooke's jewelry is a model of restraint|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/06/06/cookes-jewelry-is-a-model-of-restraint/|access-date=6 March 2018|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=June 6, 1995}}</ref>) | ||
| *], Minneapolis, MN<ref name="Goya"/> | *], Minneapolis, MN<ref name="Goya"/> | ||
| *], MA<ref name="Shaykett"/><ref name="Goya"/> | *], MA<ref name="Shaykett"/><ref name="Goya"/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:38, 23 November 2024
American designer (1924–2024)| Betty Cooke | |
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 Cooke in 2004 | |
| Born | Catherine Elizabeth Cooke (1924-05-05)May 5, 1924 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 2024(2024-08-13) (aged 100) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Jewelry design, metalwork |
| Movement | American Modernist |
| Spouse |
William O. Steinmetz
(m. 1955; died 2016) |
| External audio | |
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 "Conversations Podcast 1: Betty Cooke", Cara Ober, BMoreArt |
Catherine Elizabeth Cooke (May 5, 1924 – August 13, 2024) was an American designer principally known for her jewelry. She has been called "an icon within the tradition of modernist jewelry" and "a seminal figure in American Modernist studio jewelry". Her pieces have been shown nationally and internationally and are included in a number of museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. She is regarded as an important role model for other artists and craftspeople.
Biography
Cooke was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 5, 1924. She was an enthusiastic member of the Girl Scouts, attending Camp Whippoorwill. Her lifelong friend, Dr. Miriam Shamer Daly, describes some childhood adventures with Cooke in her memoir, Doctor Miriam.
Education
After taking art classes in high school, she went to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), where she studied from 1942 to 1946. She received a BFA in education, the only way to get an art degree there at that time. During her last year at the institute, she began to learn jewelry making as part of an apprenticeship, which started her on a career in jewelry design.
Teaching career
After graduating from MICA in 1946, Cooke taught there for 22 years. In addition to teaching jewelry design, she developed a class in "Design and Materials" for furniture design with wood, metal, fabric, and leather. One of the students who took that class was artist Bill Steinmetz. They later began dating, and eventually married.
Design career
Early in her career, Cooke designed furniture and household articles as well handbags, belts and jewelry. Her first store-front was a small house on Tyson Street in Mount Vernon in Baltimore, where she lived. In 1946, Cooke bought the old rowhouse for $3,000 and began to restore it. She and her partner Bill Steinmetz restored it for use as a house and shop and established a design consultancy there.
In 1955, Cooke and Bill Steinmetz were married. The couple worked together as designers "Cooke and Steinmetz". Their projects included a restaurant, many Fair Lanes bowling alleys, and a church. Cooke explains her style as applying to large and small media: "I think in terms of jewelry, but jewelry is also sculpture that can be done on a large scale."
They later established The Store Ltd at the Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore in 1965.
Death
Cooke died on August 13, 2024, at the age of 100.
Jewelry design
Although she is widely read in the areas of art and design, Betty Cooke is largely self-trained. Her jewelry style is influenced by Bauhaus and modernism. It is very simple and pure, both geometric and minimalist.
Given her early aspiration to become a sculptor, it may not be surprising that she thinks of her jewelry as "sculpture in motion". Wearing her jewelry has been compared to having a miniature Calder mobile around your neck.
Her pieces have been sold through museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and contemporary designers such as Keegs in Seattle, Washington. Cooke has designed jewelry for Kirk Stieff and for Geoffrey Beene's shows in New York and Milan.
"There is an enduring timelessness about her work, and today, as she did 50 years ago, she continues to create work that is extraordinary in its clean, spare architectural line and stunning simplicity." Fred Lazarus IV, president of Maryland Institute College of Art
Cooke's work is discussed in Modernist jewelry 1930–1960 : the wearable art movement, Form & function : American modernist jewelry, 1940-1970, and exhibition catalogs including Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960.
Much of Cooke's work incorporates diamonds, gold, and pearls, and she has won awards for her diamond pieces in competitions sponsored by the De Beers Consolidated Mines, now the De Beers Group. In her annual enumeration series, she has created an ongoing series of numeric-inspired pieces for patrons who wished to commemorate specific events in their lives by commissioning a piece.
Selected exhibitions
- 2021, "Betty Cooke: The Circle and the Line", Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
- 2014, "Betty Cooke: Selections", Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- 2008, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
- 1997, "Messengers of Modernism", Group exhibition, Musée des arts décoratifs de Montréal, (now part of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada)
- 1995, "Design . Jewelry . Betty Cooke" a retrospective exhibition and catalog of her jewelry from 1946 – 1994, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
- 1951, "Young Americans", Group exhibition, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
- 1951, "Textiles, Ceramics, Metalwork", Group exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- 1950 "Good Design", Group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- 1948, "Modern Jewelry Under $50" 1948–1950, Group exhibition, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (also 1955, 1959)
Collections
Betty Cooke's work is found in museum collections, including:
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (formerly American Craft Museum, New York, NY)
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Musée des arts décoratifs de Montréal, Canada (now part of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada)
Catalogues
- The Circle and the Line : The Jewelry of Betty Cooke. (Catalog of an exhibition held at the Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD). Lewes, East Sussex, UK: GILES. 2020.
- Design, Jewelry, Betty Cooke : June 2–25 1995. (Catalog of an exhibition held at the Meyerhoff Gallery). Baltimore, MD: Maryland Institute College of Art. 1995.
Awards and honors
- American Craft Council, College of Fellows, 1996
- Maryland Institute College of Art, Alumni Medal of Honor, 1987
- De Beers Diamonds Today Award 1979, 1981
- The Betty Cooke '46 Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
References
- Cooke, Betty (June 2–25, 1995). Design, Jewelry, Betty Cooke : June 2–25 1995. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Institute College of Art; Meyerhoff Gallery.
- ^ "Oral history interview with Betty Cooke, 2004 July 1–2". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- Sugarman, Joe (2015). "Town Jewel Betty Cooke's The Store Ltd just turned 50 years old. And at 90, she's not slowing down". Baltimore Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ Kelly, Jacques (February 6, 2015). "Designers make lifelong impact on Baltimore's arts scene". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- "A Visit with Betty Cooke Designer, Silversmith". Silver Salon Forums. SM Publications. September 2, 2006.
- Kirkham, Pat (2000). Women designers in the USA, 1900–2000 : diversity and difference : Jacqueline M. Atkins ... [et al.]. New York: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. p. 207. ISBN 9780300093315. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ Schon, Marbeth (June 13, 2001). "An interview with Betty Cooke". Modern Silver. Archived from the original on June 2, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Betty Cooke Biography – Short". Goya Contemporary. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- Wolf, Toni Lesser (1989). "Betty Cooke: Total Design in Jewelry". Metalsmith Magazine. Spring. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Yager, Jan (July 1, 2004). "Oral history interview with Betty Cooke, 2004 July 1–2". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian.
- Powder, Jackie (October 1, 1995). "Badges of friendship S'more good times: 60 years later, a group of Girl Scouts reunites at Camp Whippoorwill". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- Daly, Miriam (March 2022). Doctor Miriam. Chelsea, Michigan: Executive Education, Inc. pp. 29, 32–35. ISBN 9798433398535.
- Wharton, Carol (December 4, 1979). "Pathfinder in Jewelry". The Baltimore Sun. p. 71.
- ^ Giuliano, Mike (June 6, 1995). "Cooke's jewelry is a model of restraint". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- Kelly, Jacques (November 25, 2016). "William Steinmetz, designer and Maryland Institute College of Art alumnus". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Wise, Gabrielle (July 24, 1979). "Designer finds a pot of gold and pebbles". The Baltimore Sun. p. B3.
- Sugarman, Joe (April 2015). "Town Jewel". Baltimore Magazine. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- Gunts, Ed (2024-08-14). "Baltimore Fishbowl | Betty Cooke, celebrated jewelry designer and esteemed Baltimorean, Dies at 100 -". Baltimore Fishbowl. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ May, Stephen (June 14, 2013). "Betty Cooke: Modern Jewelry Pioneer". Antiques and the Arts Weekly. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- Schon, Marbeth (2004). Modernist jewelry 1930–1960 : the wearable art movement. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer. ISBN 9780764320200.
- Schon, Marbeth (2008). Form & function : American modernist jewelry, 1940-1970. Atglen, PA: Schiffer. ISBN 9780764329760.
- Greenbaum, Toni (1996). Eidelberg, Martin (ed.). Messengers of Modernism : American studio jewelry 1940–1960 (Catalogue for exhibition organized by the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, 1997 ed.). Paris: Flammarian. ISBN 9782080135933.
- Yager, Jan (1998). "Patrons who make history" (PDF). Art Jewelry Forum. No. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Wiegand, Kimber (November 22, 2021). "Circles, Lines, and Good Designs: The Legacy of Betty Cooke". Art Jewelry Forum.
- "Betty Cooke: Selections in Baltimore". Eventful. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Shaykett, Jessica (September 19, 2011). "Betty Cooke: Art + Work". American Craft Magazine. American Craft Council.
- Ober, Cara (16 September 2015). "Conversations Podcast 1: Betty Cooke". BMoreArt. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- "American Craft Council College of Fellows". American Craft Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Donor-Funded Scholarships: A-C". www.mica.edu. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
External links
- Yager, Jan (July 1, 2004). "Oral history interview with Betty Cooke, 2004 July 1–2". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian.
- Yager, Jan (July 1, 2004). "Oral history interview with Betty Cooke, 2004 July 1–2 (Draft transcript)" (PDF). Harry Bertoia's Birthplace.
- Schon, Marbeth (June 13, 2001). "An interview with Betty Cooke". Modern Silver. Archived from the original on June 2, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- "Betty Cooke Biography – Short". Goya Contemporary. Retrieved 11 September 2017.