Sandhill Cranes
Mary standing with one her recent ikats, Crane Count Week No. 7. This is the first of a series of Great Plains pictorial landscapes Mary is rendering in weft ikat.
latest news
Latest Episode of The Long Thread Podcast Features Mary
The Long Thread podcast recently asked Mary to join them to discuss her ikat work. Listen using your podcast player at @longthreadmedia, or via their website.
The Capricorn Plate Tapestry Headed to Embassy
The Capricorn Plate Tapestry has been selected by Ambassador Brewer to be included in the collection of the US Embassy in Lesotho Africa. This is Mary's seventeenth contribution to the US Art In Embassy Program worldwide.
Mary Zicafoose: Midway Film Release
The long-awaited documentary film about Mary's life and career has been released. Director Jeffrey Hahn combines the testimony of Mary's peers and friends, with the narrative of her artist's journey, to recount a colorful exploration of the virtuoso, teacher, and woman that is Mary Zicafoose.
Ikat Book Sale
Mary's new book, Ikat: The Essential Guide to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth was released by Penguin Random House in 2020. This inspirational book features both natural and synthetic dye formulas and processes, in addition to instructional ikat projects.
Sandhill Crane Count, Week Number 7, Platte River Wins Best in Show at Wayne Art Center CraftForms 2021 Exhibition
Mary's latest ikat was on display at the 2021 CraftForms Exhibition at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA. The exhibition's juror, Carol Sauvion, creator and director of the PBS documentary series Craft in America, awarded Mary's work the Best In Show title. The exhibition opened December 3, 2021 and runs through January 29, 2022.
Mary Receives DAR National Women in the Arts Recognition Award
The Lewis-Clark Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Nebraska nominated Mary to be the 2020 national recipient of the DAR National Women in the Arts Recognition Award which she received on April 27th at a private reception held at the May Museum in Fremont, NE.
Schacht Spindle interviews Mary for Spinning & Weaving Week
Jane Patrick of Schacht Spindle Company interviews Mary in a segment "The World is Begging to Become a More Beautiful Place".
The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) asked artists from the museum's collection to create a short video about their workspace to share during the COVID-19 pandemic. Come along and join the studio tour!
New Tapestry Installation
Mary's recently completed ikat diptych tapestry was installed at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. The massively scaled Pink and Yellow Tapestries were commissioned to enhance the warmth and vitality of the foundation’s lobby.
NET Television Interviews Mary
Consider This with Cathy Wyatt interviewed Mary for an episode about the UNMC Healing Arts program. View the episode here.
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events schedule
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May 10, 2023
Rochester Weavers Guild Lecture -
May 10-12, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Rochester Weavers Guild -
May 12-July 20, 2023
American Tapestry Alliance Biennial XIV
Appalachian Center for Craft
Smithville, TN -
May 15-17, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Vermont Weavers Guild -
June 17-19, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Midwest Weavers Conference
Des Moines, Iowa -
June 22-25, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association
Millersville, Pennsylvania -
September 2023
Black Sheep Weaver's Guild Zoom Ikat Workshop -
September 21-23, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Las Aranas Weavers Guild, New Mexico -
October 19-24, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Sanborn Mills Farm, New Hampshire -
November 11, 2023
Philadelphia Weavers Guild Zoom lecture, 9-11 EST -
January 13-15, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Atlanta Weaver's Guild -
April 25, 2023
Seattle Weaver's Guild Lecture -
April 26-28, 2023
Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf Workshop
Seattle Weaver's Guild -
May 28-31, 2023
Fiber in the Forest
Eugene Textile Center -
August 18-25, 2024
Pilchuk School of Glass
Artist in Residence
galleries
- Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- The Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan