About Mary Buskirk
Lived 1931 – 2009 (aged 77–78). Mary Buskirk was an American textile artist.
Mary Balzer Buskirk (1931 – 2009) was an American textile artist known for being part of the Mid-century modern movement creating fiber art outside the applied textile tradition.
Buskirk was born on March 11, 1931, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton College and her Master of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 2001 the Monterey Museum of Art held a retrospective entitled The Fabric of Experience: the woven art of Mary Balzer Buskirk.
Buskirk died in Monterey, California, on May 11, 2009. among other venues.
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Who was Mary Buskirk?
textile artist
When was Mary Buskirk born?
Mary Buskirk was born in 1931 in Mountain Lake.
When did Mary Buskirk die?
Mary Buskirk died in 2009 in Monterey.
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Mary Buskirk was a textile artist.
What nationality was Mary Buskirk?
Mary Buskirk was American.
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· DBpedia: Mary Balzer Buskirk
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