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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
Websitewww.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]

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

Biography

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Greenberg, Jan; Jordan, Sandra (2020-05-12). World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly. Abrams. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-68335-625-7.
  2. ^ a b c d "Flora C. Mace". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. ^ "Flora Mace (aka Flora C. Mace)". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. ^ a b c "Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. ^ "Joey Kirkpatrick". Voices in Studio Glass History, Bard Graduate Center. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. ^ Taragin, Davira Spiro; Brite, Jane Fassett (1993). Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection. Hudson Hills Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-55595-073-6.
  7. ^ "Flora C. Mace". Voices in Studio Glass History, Bard Graduate Center. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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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