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Linda MacDonald
Linda MacDonald was born in 1946, in Berkeley, California. She is a multimedia artist who was at the forefront of the studio quilt art movements. She has been called a "fine artist [who works] with quilting techniques." Early life MacDonald grew up in a small town called Willits, located in Mendicino County, California. She grew up in a household with quilts but "took their presence for granted" along with other family skills such as "knitting, crochet, and dressmaking." As a child, MacDonald's "early successes were art-related." She competitively won the rank as "class artist" and teachers called on her when they "needed drawings for their classroom." She "learned to sew from her mother (as) clothing was expensive" and could more economically be made at home. Textile and fibers were MacDonald’s first art medium. Studio art quilt movement MacDonald was "aware of the national and California art scenes" as well as the 1965 beginnings of the studio quilt art, art quil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California System, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States. History Indigenous history The site of today's City of Berkeley was the territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
