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

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

External links

• Flora Mace at IMDb
• Oral history interview with Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, 2005 August 17-18, from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
• Video: State of the Art Studio Visits: Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace by Crystal Bridges Museum