Marilla Adams Explained

Marilla Adams
Birth Place:Zorra, Canada West
Death Place:Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Education:Alma College, Ontario School of Art, School of Design, New York, Art Association of Montreal
Field:Textiles, Wood carving

Marilla Adams (1864 – November 2, 1966) was a Canadian artist.

Biography

Adams was born in 1864 in Zorra, Canada West.[1] She attended Alma College, a women's college in St. Thomas, Ontario. There she studied under Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith along with Cornelia Saleno and Eva Brook Donly.[2] She continued her education at the Ontario School of Art, the School of Design in New York, and the Art Association of Montreal.[1]

Adams taught for a time at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, before traveling to Europe. Around the beginning of World War I, she returned to Canada. She settled in Montréal, Quebec, where she taught weaving and wood carving to wounded soldiers.[1] In January 1926, she reviewed the work of charitable organizations in the city, and spoke on behalf of the ones she felt did the most to "alleviate handicaps of the underprivileged".[3]

She died in Montréal on November 2, 1966.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adams, Marilla . Artist Database . Canadian Women Artists History Initiative . March 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908000719/http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5452 . September 8, 2015 . live .
  2. Web site: Reaney . James Stewart . My London: An exhibit marking Alma College’s contribution to the arts runs Sept. 9 to Dec. 20 The London Free Press . The London Free Press . March 16, 2019 . en . August 28, 2013.
  3. News: Gave Address on Underprivileged . . January 11, 1926 . March 22, 2019 . . newspapers.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20190324021321/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29795384/gave_address_on_underprivileged/ . March 24, 2019 . live .
  4. Web site: Adams, Marilla . Artists in Canada . Government of Canada . March 16, 2019 . en.