Carolyn Batchelor, Andree Mendenhall-Mahoney, Martha Underwood and Betty
Davenport-Ford are featured artists in the Personal Visions of Women Artists
exhibit at Ontario's History and Art Museum.]
| When contractors first bid on the renovation of Ontario's
History and Art Museum's north wing, they said it would only take 60 days of
work.
That was three years ago. |
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In March, members of the Chaffey Community Art Association celebrated the
opening of the first official exhibit since the wing was renovated with a
special afternoon reception. The exhibit, Personal Visions of Women Artists,
featured the works of four local artists: Betty Davenport-Ford and Martha
Underwood of Claremont; Andree Mendenhall Mahoney of Rancho Cucamonga and
Carolyn Prince Batchelor, a former Upland resident now living in Flagstaff,
Arizona.
Betty Davenport-Ford graduated from Chaffey High School in 1942 and was Tiger
of the Year in 1980. The Upland-born Ford had been a professional sculptor since
1950. She has taught at Pasadena City College and Scripps College in Claremont,
where she earned her arts degree. She currently teaches sculpting at her
studio-gallery in the Griswold's Old School House in Claremont. One of her most
famous works is the Chaffey tiger sculpture on display at the Ontario high
school. The History and Art Museum is at 225 Euclid Avenue in Ontario. Hours are
12 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.
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