Mika Seeger

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Mika Seeger
OccupationCeramic artist
Known forCeramic murals
SpouseJoe Bossom
Children3, including Tao Rodriguez-Seeger
Parent(s) Toshi Ohta
Pete Seeger

Mika Seeger is an American ceramic artist. [1] Although not primarily a musical artist, she did record a definitive version of "Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts". [2] She is the daughter of filmmaker Toshi Seeger and American folk musician Pete Seeger.

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Seeger achieved some prominence in 1968 when she was arrested for involvement in anti-police demonstrations in Mexico City in July 1968. She rejected legal assistance from the U.S. Embassy, electing to retain local counsel. [3] Mexico expelled Seeger from Mexico at the end of the year. [4]

Ceramic murals

Mika's ceramic murals were often created with other artists, including local school children. [5]

Personal life

Seeger is married to artist Joe Bossom, with whom she has two children, daughters Penny (born 1993/1994) and Isabelle (born 2000/2001). [1] She had one child, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (born 1972), from her relationship with Emilio Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican filmmaker.

References

  1. 1 2 Dalglish, Tom Killin (27 January 2005) [2005-01-21]. "Artist's colony idea wins positive review". Sakonnet Times . Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. "Smithsonian Global Sound". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  3. "The Los Angeles Times 12 Sep 1968, page 2". Los Angeles Times. 12 September 1968. p. 2.
  4. "Mexico Bars Mika Seeker". Poughkeepsie Journal. 29 December 1968. p. 8C.
  5. "Samples of Children's Ceramic Tile & Mosaic Work". Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Archived from the original on 29 September 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2025. [note: see descriptions of works by Mika Seeger and school children at New York-Beacon in 1990–92 and 1991–92, Rhode Island-Cranston in 1994 and 1997, Rhode Island-Tiverton in 1994 and 1996–97, and Rhode Island-Warwick in 1996 and 1997]
  6. India Point Park