Mary Shaffer

Mary Shaffer
Born 1947 (age 70–71)
Walterboro, South Carolina
Nationality American
Alma mater Rhode Island School of Design
Known for Studio glass

Mary Shaffer (born 1947)[1] is an American artist who has worked primarily with glass since the 1970s.[2] She was an early artist in the American Studio Glass Movement. Her works often take slumped (or molten) form, in which found objects are embedded in the glass.[3] She has work in the collections of the Corning Glass Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Life

Shaffer was born in 1947 in Walterboro, South Carolina.[5] She grew up in South America. She studied illustration and painting, earning her B.F.A. in Illustration in 1965 from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[6][7]

Shaffer has taught at RISD, Wellesley College, and New York University as the Director of the Crafts Program in the 1970s and 1980s. She also managed the Art Center at the University of Maryland.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Koplos, Janet; Metcalf, Bruce (2010). Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. University of North Carolina Press. p. 366. ISBN 0807895830.
  2. ↑ Kingsley, April (1999). "Mary Shaffer, Pioneer". Glass Quarterly. 74: 30–36.
  3. ↑ Kangas, Matthew (1996). "Mary Shaffer". Sculpture. 15: 70–71.
  4. ↑ Mary, Shaffer. "Mary Shaffer". Artist's own website. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mary Shaffer Bio". Grounds For Sculpture. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Mary Shaffer papers, 1969-2002". Archives of American Art. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "New: RISD Alumni Win 2010 USA Fellowships". www.risd.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  8. ↑ Art, Archives of American. "Detailed description of the Mary Shaffer papers, 1969-2002 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
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