Laurel True (born 1968) American artist, architectural artist, muralist and
mosaic artist.
True, founder of one of the first formal mosaic institutes in the United States, Institute of Mosaic Art, was born in
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...
.
True's career began in 1990 with an apprenticeship with
outsider mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar
Isaiah Zagar (born 1939) is an American mosaic artist based in Philadelphia. He is notable for his murals, primarily in or around Philadelphia's South Street.
Early life
Zagar received his Bachelor of Arts from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, ...
working on site-specific architectural mosaics and evolved into one focused on large-scale public and community mosaic projects. An instructor and lecturer in the US since the mid-1990s, True maintains an active studio practice and travels through her organization, The Global Mosaic Project, to work on public projects involving local communities.
She currently resides in
Oakland
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
, California.
References
* Reckdahl, Katy (July 19, 2016
New Orleans Community Works Together to Create Mosaic''The New Orleans Advocate''
External links
Laurel True's official websiteInstitute of Mosaic Art – founded by Laurel True
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20th-century American male artists
1968 births
Living people
American mosaic artists
Artists from Ann Arbor, Michigan
21st-century American male artists