Mary Nyburg Explained

Mary E. Nyburg
Birth Name:Mary Eliza Cooper
Birth Date:July 10, 1918
Birth Place:Dixfield, Maine, U.S.
Death Place:Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S.
Field:ceramicist and teacher

Mary Nyburg (July 10, 1918 — April 5, 2006) was an American potter known for creating functional pottery and her involvement in the American Craft scene.

Biography

Nyburg née Cooper was born July 10, 1918 in Dixfield, Maine. She attended the University of Maine. She married Robert Nyburg and moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she began her career in ceramics.[1] From 1977 through the early 1980's Nyburg participated in the Fair at Baltimore.[2]

In 1980 Nyburg was made a Fellow of the Council by the American Craft Council.[3] [4] [5] In 1988, after the death of her husband, she moved to Deer Isle, Maine. The National Museum of Women in the Arts gave Nyburg a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.[6]

Nyburg was a founding member of American Craft Enterprises and served on the boards of the American Craft Council[7] and the Maryland Craft Council.[8] For a time, she was on the school board of trustees, including as president from 1983 to 1987, for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.[1] [9] [10] She was also served on the board of directors of Baltimore Clayworks. She died on April 5, 2006, in Fredericksburg, Texas.[1]

Her work is in the Delaware Art Museum.[11] In 2007 Baltimore Clayworks established the Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development which is an annual stipend for ceramicists.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: April 10, 2006 . Mary E. Nyburg, 87, potter, teacher . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910210408/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/04/10/mary-e-nyburg-87-potter-teacher/ . September 10, 2024 . July 28, 2023 . The Baltimore Sun.
  2. News: Blake . Harriet L. . February 20, 1982 . Pot Full Of Color . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910224112/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/02/21/pot-full-of-color/748b61ce-db4a-42e3-9409-500a0434f905/ . September 10, 2024 . September 10, 2024 . . en-US . 0190-8286.
  3. Web site: College of Fellows . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520192630/https://www.craftcouncil.org/programs/acc-awards/college-fellows . May 20, 2024 . July 28, 2023 . . en.
  4. June–July 2006 . Obituaries . . 66 . 3 . 21 . 0194-8008 . .
  5. News: Ianco-Starrels . Josine . October 25, 1981 . Art News: USC Showcases Portraits, Africa . . I86 . 0458-3035 . . New fellows of the American Craft Council....new fellows are...Mary Nyburg..
  6. News: December 8, 1993 . Milestones . . 0892-8738 . .
  7. Autumn 1974 . New Board Members . live . ACC/Outlook . 15 . 5 . 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910222512/https://digital.craftcouncil.org/digital/collection/p15785coll1/id/616/rec/1 . September 10, 2024 . September 10, 2024.
  8. Web site: September 25, 2008 . Mary E. Nyburg . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728011424/https://www.bangordailynews.com/2008/09/25/obituaries/mary-e-nyburg/ . July 28, 2023 . July 28, 2023 . Bangor Daily News.
  9. News: Summer–Spring 1989 . Mary Nyburg Joins Board . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616092356/https://islandheritagetrust.org/2018/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/iht-newsletter-1989-01-1.pdf . June 16, 2024 . September 10, 2024 . Land, Our Heritage . Island Heritage Trust . Stonington, Maine . 8 . 1 . 1.
  10. News: Miller . Margo . May 30, 1986 . A New Pitch for Tents . . 29 . 0743-1791 . . ...on the grounds of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine....monitored by Mary Nyburg, president of the school's board of trustees....
  11. Web site: Mary Nyberg . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230728012649/https://emuseum.delart.org/people/504/mary-nyberg/objects . July 28, 2023 . July 28, 2023 . Delaware Art Museum.
  12. Web site: Artist Grant – Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227094641/https://baltimoreclayworks.org/mary-e-nyburg-fund-for-artist-development-2022/ . February 27, 2024 . July 28, 2023 . Baltimore Clayworks.
  13. April–May 2008 . Openings, Farewells, Honors . . 68 . 2 . 26–28 . 0194-8008 . Baltimore Clayworks has launched the Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development, honoring one of its founding board members and well-loved resident artists, who died in 2006. Each year proceeds will allow a selected artist to pursue a period of 'focused investigation of clay' at a recognized craft center or institution outside of Baltimore..

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