Molly Gregory
Molly Gregory | |
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| Born | 1914 |
| Died | November 21, 2006 (aged 91–92) Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bennington College |
| Known for | Woodworking |
Mary "Molly" Gregory (1914-2006) was an American furniture maker and teacher. She is known for teaching at Black Mountain College and for the furniture she created.
Biography
[edit]Gregory was born in 1914 in Framingham, Massachusetts.[1] She grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts. She studied at Bennington College, graduating in 1936. She then taught at The Cambridge School of Weston for several years.[2]
In 1941 Gregory relocated to North Carolina where she studied and taught at Black Mountain College (BMC) until 1947. While at BMC Gregory briefly ran the woodshop during World War II, when may of teaching age men were serving in the military.[2] Gregory also participated in the construction of the Studies Building and supervised the construction of furniture throughout the BMC campus.[3]
Gregory left BMC to pursue her career as a furniture maker, returning to New England to create commissioned furniture in Vermont and Massachusetts.[2] She taught woodworking at the Belmont Day School, Concord Academy, and Shady Hill School.[3]
Gregory was a practicing Quaker. She died on November 21, 2006, in Hingham, Massachusetts.[4]
Her work is included in the collections of the Asheville Art Museum[5] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Molly Gregory". Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Mary Gregory (aka Molly)". Asheville Art Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Women in Craft". Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Solomon, Lindsey (16 December 2020). "Lazy-J Chair and Stool by Mary "Molly" Gregory". Asheville Art Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Lazy-J Chair". Asheville Art Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Mary "Molly" Gregory". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- 1914 births
- 2006 deaths
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American artists
- 20th-century American women educators
- 20th-century American women artists
- Black Mountain College faculty
- American furniture makers
- Women carpenters
- American carpenters
- Women woodworkers
- 20th-century woodworkers
- American woodworkers
- American art educators
- American Quakers
- Bennington College alumni