Claire Marcus Fine Arts

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Digital photograph collaged with artist-made and -printed papers

CLAIRE MARCUS has special interests in land- and cityscapes,and their ability to evoke memory and narrative. This site includes mixed media pieces, artist's books, works on paper, and photography.

The narrative textiles employ knitted, felted, hooked, and stitched components made with hand-dyed and hand-spun fibers.  



ESSEX: WORTH ITS SALT

Artist's book from the HOLDING PATTERNS SERIES inspired by Domesday Book

MY WORK

• My award-winning work is represented in public and private collections, and has been exhibited  in museums and galleries in the United States and abroad including Acadiana Center for the Arts, Book Week Scotland, Brandeis Women's Studies Institute, Catskill Art Society, Columbia University Teachers College, Cordova Museum, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Free Library of Philadelphia, Goldstein Museum of Design,  Koehnline Museum of Art, Konstnarshuset  Stockholm, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad,  New Arts Program, Ohio Craft Museum, Philadelphia's Art in City Hall, St. John's College Annapolis, SAYsi Gallery, San Antonio TX, Steamtown National Historic Site, Textile Center Minneapolis, the University of Scranton, and the University  of Pennsylania, where I earned an MFA in Painting and  BA in Architecture.   
• I have been a  teaching artist since 1998 conducting  school and community residencies for NEA/Art Works,    the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Philadelphia              Mural Arts, and Celtic Cultural Alliance. 

• My students have designed and created permanent installations for their schools, organizations, and as gifts to partner groups including  the Bethlehem Public Library, Children's Advocacy Center of Scranton, Electric City Trolley Museum, Fountain Hill Elementary School, Ireland's Pirates for Peace, Oasis of Peace in Israel, and numerous Pennsylvania school districts.
• I design inter-disciplinary arts curricula for k-20 and post-graduate programs. Contact me to discuss ideas for your new syllabus 
• I curate and adjudicate exhibits for educational and gallery setttings, and will work with you to select the best work for your venue.

cONTACTING ME

All works pictured on this site are available for purchase. 

 I look forward to hearing from you.

Email me at

claire@clairemarcusfinearts.com

or by this link to  my Contact page.

Best Days and Times

Study Collecion,

Philadelphia Center for the Book