Flora Mace

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Flora Mace
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
EducationPlymouth State University,
University of Utah,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Occupation(s)Glass artist, sculptor, educator
PartnerJoey Kirkpatrick
Website www.kirkpatrick-mace.com

Flora C. Mace (born 1949) is an American glass artist, sculptor, and educator. She was the first woman to teach at Pilchuck Glass School. [1] [2] Since the 1970s, her artistic partner has been Joey Kirkpatrick and their work is co-signed. [3] [4] Mace has won numerous awards including honorary fellow by the American Craft Council (2005). [4]

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Kirkpatrick and Mace have shared a home and art studio in Seattle, Washington and a farm in the Olympic Peninsula. [5]

Biography

Mace was born in 1949 in Exeter, New Hampshire. [2] [4] She has a B.S. degree (1972) from Plymouth State College (now Plymouth State University); and in 1975 she took classes at University of Utah; and she received a M.F.A. degree (1976) from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. [2] [6]

In 1977, Mace was the first resident glass artist at WheatonArts (formally Wheaton Village, or Wheaton Art and Cultural Center). [7] Mace was the first woman educator at Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, where she taught glassblowing. [1] In 1979, Mace met Joey Kirkpatrick through Dale Chihuly at Pilchuk. [1] [2] Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit. [8]

Kirkpatrick and Mace have art in various public museum collections including the Portland Art Museum, [9] Corning Museum of Glass; [10] the Detroit Institute of Arts; [11] the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Seattle Art Museum; [10] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [10] Krannert Art Museum, [12] Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), [13] and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne. [12] Mace and Kirkpatrick's work, Bird Pages: Cooper Hawk, was acquired by SAAM as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign. [14]

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  5. ↑ "Joey Kirkpatrick". Voices in Studio Glass History, Bard Graduate Center. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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  8. ↑ Ward, Gerald W. R.; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Muñiz, Julie M.; Kangas, Matthew (2007). Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft: Selections from the Wornick Collection. MFA Publications. p. 48. ISBN   978-0-87846-720-4.
  9. ↑ "Joey Kirkpatrick". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  10. 1 2 3 "Flora Mace & Joey Kirkpatrick". Craft in America. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  11. ↑ "Fruit Still Life". Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  12. 1 2 "Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace". Krannert Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  13. ↑ "Joey Kirkpatrick". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  14. ↑ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN   9781913875268.
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