Sherri Smith

Early life and education Smith was born on March 21, 1943, in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.. However some sources state she was born in Chicago.

She graduated with a BA degree in 1965 and Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University; and went on to earn an MFA degree in 1967, in weaving and textile design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Career Smith opened her career as a textile designer with two New York City firms, Dorothy Liebes, Inc., (1968), and Boris Kroll Fabrics (1969).

She began her academic career teaching at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, from 1971 to 1974. the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago; the Minneapolis Institute of Art;