Marilyn Pappas Explained

Marilyn Pappas
Birth Place:Brockton, Massachusetts
Education:Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Pennsylvania State University
Field:Fiber artist

Marilyn Pappas (born 1931, in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American artist known for fiber art.[1] She attended the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and Pennsylvania State University. She taught at MassArt from 1974 through 1994 retiring as professor emerita.[2] Pappas' work is in the collections of the Krannert Art Museum,[3] the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC,[4] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[5] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[6] Her work, Nike with Broken Wings, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[7] [8] In 2022 the Fuller Craft Museum held a retrospective of her work.[9] [10] [11]

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  1. Web site: Artist: Marilyn Pappas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240707100916/https://americanart.si.edu/artist/marilyn-pappas-32286 . 7 July 2024 . 18 December 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  2. Web site: 2022 . Marilyn Pappas in Conversation with Glenn Adamson by Fuller Craft Museum . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240916040646/https://textilesocietyofamerica.org/community/events/marilyn-pappas-in-conversation-with-glenn-adamson-by-fuller-craft-museum#!event-register/2022/8/23/marilyn-pappas-in-conversation-with-glenn-adamson-by-fuller-craft-museum . 16 September 2024 . 18 December 2022 . Textile Society of America.
  3. Web site: Artist Record: Marilyn R. Pappas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240607130303/https://collection.kam.illinois.edu/artist-maker/info/6587 . 7 June 2024 . 18 December 2022 . Krannert Art Museum.
  4. Web site: 2021 . Museum of Arts and Design Collection Exhibition Highlights Craft's Advancements from 1950s to Today . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415120626/https://madmuseum.org/press/releases/museum-arts-and-design-collection-exhibition-highlights-crafts-advancements-1950s . 15 April 2024 . 18 December 2022 . . en.
  5. Web site: Marilyn Pappas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218020731/https://emuseum.mfah.org/people/19726/marilyn-pappas . 18 December 2022 . 18 December 2022 . . en.
  6. Web site: Flight Suit - Marilyn R. Pappas [1972] ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218013952/https://collections.mfa.org/objects/696178/flight-suit . 18 December 2022 . 18 December 2022 . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  7. Book: Savig . Mary . This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World . Atkinson . Nora . Montiel . Anya . . 2022 . 9781913875268 . Washington, DC . 228–238 . en . 1291595008.
  8. Web site: Nike with Broken Wings - Marilyn Pappas [2002] ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240422103511/https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/nike-broken-wings-118853 . 22 April 2024 . 18 December 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  9. News: Kipp . Caroline . Summer 2022 . Nevertheless She Persisted - Marilyn Pappas' 60-Year Career . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917204657/http://jracraft.org/uploads/1/1/6/9/116957809/quarterly-summer2022.pdf . 17 September 2024 . 17 September 2024 . Craft Quarterly . James Renwick Alliance for Craft . 10–12.
  10. Web site: Cook . Greg . 10 April 2022 . Marilyn Pappas Addresses Feminism, War, Beauty, Aging As She Draws With Thread . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240418102851/https://gregcookland.com/wonderland/2022/04/10/marilyn-pappas/ . 18 April 2024 . 18 December 2022 . Wonderland.
  11. Web site: 2022 . Marilyn Pappas: A Retrospective . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327201938/https://fullercraft.org/event/marilyn-pappas-a-retrospective/ . 27 March 2023 . 18 December 2022 . Fuller Craft Museum.