Alice Adams
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From Artist’s Website
Alice Adams was born in 1930 and grew up in Jamaica, New York. She graduated with a BFA in painting from Columbia University in 1953. Following graduation, she went to Aubusson, France to study tapestry weaving and design at L'Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif. Except for two years spent in France, Adams has lived in New York City, traveling for collaboration and consultation on public art projects in the United States and abroad.
She is known for her sculpture and site-specific land art in the 1970s and for her major public art projects in transit systems, airports, university campuses and other urban sites throughout the United States since 1986. Her earlier work in tapestry and woven forms was important in the American fiber art movement.
She has taught at Manhattanville College, Purchase, California State College in Los Angeles, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and School of Visual Arts, NY.
Her work is permanently commissioned at many places including Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Thomas Jefferson University, The Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth in Middletown, CT, Denver International Airport, Denver, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Delaware, North Terminal, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport, Montclair State University Station New Jersey Transit and many more.
Alice Adams, 24 Pieces, c 1985, Cypress, 10 ¼” x 10 ¼” x 7 ½”