Draft:Mabel Maxcy
American Woman Artist
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Mabel E. Maxcy (1903 - March 14, 2002) was a Native-Texan ceramist and handweaver. Maxcy is known as one of the “Forgotten Nine,” a group of women artists from Denton, Texas.[1]
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Biography
Maxcy was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Her father, William Maxcy, was a general contractor. She had one brother, Leonard K. Maxcy.[2] [3]
She graduated with a B.S. in fine art from Texas State College for Women, now known as Texas Woman’s University, in 1925. She went on to earn her Master of Art at Columbia University in 1930. In 1944, she earned her doctorate degree in education from Columbia University. [4][5]
She taught in New York State College, Fedonia, New York and Teachers College Columbia University, New York. She taught at Texas Woman’s University as an art professor and later became the chair of the Art Department.[6] At Texas State College for Women, Maxcy taught pottery, ceramics, sculpture, and art education drawing and design.[4][6]
Maxcy died on March 14, 2002, in Denton, Texas at 98 years old.[6]
Career & Artistic Practice
Maxcy provided courses in art education to students who were studying to become elementary school teachers, as well as taught specialized courses to students majoring in art. She collaborated on a set of art textbooks for grade one to junior high students (Grades 1-8), which were approved for inclusion in the curricula of Texas and a few other states. Mabel Maxcy also created the educational program for handweaving which resulted in the establishment of bachelor's and master's degrees in the craft of handweaving at Texas State College for Women.[7] Moreover, she exhibited her work at the Handweavers International Festival in Las Vegas, serving as a member and leader of Contemporary Handweavers of Texas.[8] Maxcy, alongside her students, played a key role in coordinating the Denton Handweavers Guild. The Handweavers Guild features members who travel from all over the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex, and they also present a workshop each November, where a nationally known speaker typically speaks.[9]