Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture

Alice Adams

Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture
MacDowell Fellowships: 1966
Alice Adams is an American artist known for her sculpture and public art projects in urban settings across America. Early in her career, she worked in weaving, but eventually translated that into sculpture, creating woven patterns on a larger scale. Later sculptures used architectural elements, and she produced larger, public art pieces. She has earned many awards and grants, including an Artist’s fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Studios

Alexander

Alice Adams worked in the Alexander studio.

Originally designed to be a visual art gallery, this facility was built in memory of the late John White Alexander (1856-1915) and funded by Elizabeth Alexander and their son James. John White Alexander was highly regarded as a portrait painter and, in the early part of the 20th century, served…

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