Mary Jackson (artist)
Mary Jackson (born 1945, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) is an African American fiber artist. She is married to Stoney Jackson.[1]
A descendent of the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina, she works in Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
She began producing baskets full-time in 1980, creating contemporary designs with traditional techniques. Her baskets are in the collections of Empress Michiko of Japan and Prince Charles,[3] Renwick Gallery,[4] the American Craft Museum, White House Collection of Arts and Crafts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Museum of African American History, Detroit.[5]
Awards
- 2008 MacArthur Fellows Program [6]
- 2008 United States Artists Fellow [7]
- 2010 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[8]
References
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