| 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.
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] In 1980 Nyburg was made a Fellow of the Council by the American Craft Council.[2] In 1988, after the death of her husband, she moved to Deer Isle, Maine.
Nyburg was a founding member of American Craft Enterprises and served on the boards of the American Craft Council and the Maryland Craft Council.[3] For a time she was on the board of trustees for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.[1] 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,[4] In 2007 Baltimore Clayworks established the Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development which is an annual stipend for ceramicists.[5]