An Evangelist for the Arts
Betty Raphael was born in Oakmont, a small town outside of Pittsburgh, PA in 1920. After attending arts school she returned home and opened the first Modern art gallery-bookstore-theatre in Pittsburgh in the 1940's, Outlines Gallery. After the gallery closed, she became involved in a local community action program and acquired a small craft store in Verona. "The Store for arts and crafts and people-made things" as it was called, gave rise to a project called the Sociable Workshop.
