jr artists 2022

Sam Betancourt

The youngest recipient of the Exnihilo Jr-Artist-Residency is Sam Betancourt. Normally a program for college bound high schoolers, at nine years old this young man showed talent and determination.

While honing some of the basic skills in silversmithing Sam’s design sense began to emerge. Often employing a fearless use of texture much of Sam’s work incorporates unusually shaped and hard to set stones always maintaining a sense of balance.