Marilyn Pappas

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Marilyn Pappas
Born1931 (1931)
Brockton, Massachusetts
Known forFiber artist
Website marilynpappas.com

Marilyn Pappas (born 1931, in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American artist known for fiber art. [1] She attended the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and Pennsylvania State University. She taught at MassArt from 1974 through 1994 retiring as professor emerita. [2] Pappas' work is in the collections of the Krannert Art Museum, [3] the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, [4] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [5] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [6] Her work, Nike with Broken Wings, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign. [7] [8] In 2022 the Fuller Craft Museum held a retrospective of her work. [9] [10] [11]

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References

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