Weaver and Mystic – Women and Textiles
HCAC and Zoom
Taught by Mary Zicafoose
Program Overview
About the Artist
She is an ikat tapestry weaver. Her fascination with pattern and indigenous cloth began as a child, with a scrap of Indonesian fabric given to her by a traveling aunt. After many formative years of art schooling and teaching,sheI somewhat surprisingly found herself behind a loom. She has spent the last three decades in pursuit of visual surprise on the flat woven “rug” surface, through dye processes, tapestry techniques and intriguing color play. Weaving is a personal vernacular that speaks about her unabashed use of color and the power of symbols.
Mary has worked, traveled and taught throughout the Americas. A largely self taught weaver, she received her BFA from St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Her graduatesStudies include the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Nebraska. She credits her courage at the dye pot to the influence of painter Mark Rothko and her designs to every textile she has seen and touched.
She currently maintains a fiber studio in Omaha, Nebraska, and is constructing a new home and studio on her historic property, Pahuk, on the Platte River.
Artist’s website: Mary Zicafoose
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