Mary Balzer Buskirk Explained

Mary Balzer Buskirk
Birth Date:	March 11, 1931
Birth Place:	Mountain Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:	Monterey, California, U.S.
Field:	Textile art
Alma Mater:	Carleton College, Cranbrook Academy of Art

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.^[1]

Buskirk was born on March 11, 1931, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.^{[2] [3]} She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton College and her Master of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.^[4] In 2001 the Monterey Museum of Art held a retrospective entitled The Fabric of Experience: the woven art of Mary Balzer Buskirk.^[5]

Buskirk died in Monterey, California, on May 11, 2009.^[3] Her work is in the collection of the Monterey Museum of Art^[4] the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, the Museum of Art and Design,^[6] among other venues.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Falino . Jeannine . Crafting modernism: midcentury American art and design: [exhibition Crafting modernism. Midcentury American art and design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, October 11, 2011 - January 15, 2012; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, February 27 - May 21, 2012] . 2011 . Abrams . New York . 978-0810984806 . 147.
2. Web site: Mary Balzer Buskirk . San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles . 6 December 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Mary Balzer Buskirk . AskArt . 6 December 2023.
4. Web site: Mary Balzer Buskirk . Monterey Museum of Art . 6 December 2023.
5. Web site: Textile artist Mary Balzer Buskirk weaves the sublime into the everyday fabric of life. . Monterey County Weekly . 6 December 2023 . en . 12 July 2001.
6. Web site: Mary Balzer Buskirk (United States, 1931–2009) . Museum of Art and Design . 13 December 2023.