Savig, Mary
Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft
American studio craft, contemporary craft, feminist art movements, material culture.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A. in Art History; Classical Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- M.A. in Art History, George Washington University
- Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park , American Studies 2019
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Savig, Mary. 2017. "Ben Buchanan Photographs of Artists." Archives of American Art Journal, 56, (1) 92–95. https://doi.org/10.1086/692641. 2017
- Savig, Mary. 2016. "Pen to Paper to Pixel : Transcribing Handwriten Letters and Diaries from the Archives of American Art." Collections, 12, (2) 137–146. https://doi.org/10.1177/155019061601200207. 2016
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Book
- Savig, Mary, Atkinson, Nora, and Montiel, Anya. 2022. This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World [Exhibition catalog] Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with D Giles Limited, London. 2022
- Savig, Mary. 2012. Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2012
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Chapter
- Savig, Mary, Clark, Sonya, Clark, Wesley, Obler, Bibiana, Scott, Joyce J., and Wiggers, Namita Gupta. 2020. "The Black Craftsman Situation: A Critical Conversation about Race and Craft." In The New Politics of the Handmade: Craft, Art and Design. Black, Anthea and Burisch, Nicole, editors. London, England: Bloomsbury Visual Arts. 2020
Editor Of
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Book
- Moss, Dorothy. 2016. Pen and Ink: Artists' Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonin's Archives of American Art, Savig, Mary, editor. New York: Princeton Architecural Press. 2016
Presentations
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Exhibit
- Atkinson, Nora and Savig, Mary (Curators). 2023. "Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023." Renwich Gallery: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2023-05-26 to 2024-03-31..
- Mecklenburg, Virginia M. and Savig, Mary (Curators). 2024. "Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Woman." Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2024-05-31 to 2025-01-05..
- Savig, Mary and Atkinson, Nora (Curators). 2022. "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World." Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2022-05-13 to 2023-04-02..
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Department