Marie Weaver is an American artist who specializes in ceramic sculpture, printmaking, book arts, and graphic design. Weaver earned a B. A. from the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

and a Master of Fine Arts degree from

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. Weaver lives and works in

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. Weaver's career began as an apprentice to

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printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

Sabra Field and evolved into

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

. From 1990 through 2002 she was head of the graphic design program in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. In 2003, Weaver returned full-time to the practice of fine art. She is married to Stephen Harvey, a professor at the

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Work

In 2007, Weaver's work was included in the exhibition "Atlanta Printmakers Studio", Swan Coach House Gallery curated by Marianne Lambert,

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In 2006, Weaver was selected by curator and juror, Mark Hosford of

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to be part of the "Southern Printmaking Biennale",

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. ''UpSouth'', a group show partially funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, traveled to several venues across

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in 1999, including Space One Eleven,

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, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Visual Arts Gallery, and Agnes Gallery. It In "Four Voices: Echoes," (Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL) her work was shown with

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(sculptor), Lucy Jaffe (painter), and Sonja Rieger (photographer) and Marie Weaver (printmaker). "This Day in History," Center for Book Arts, NYC, 1995. Annual organized by Brian Hannon also exhibited the work of Miriam Cassell, Ted Clausen, Adriane Herman, Mary Ellen Long and Claire Jeanine Satin among many others. Her work has been published in various periodicals, including '' Art Papers'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and books such as ''Innovative Low-budget Design'' (New York City), ''Event Flyer Graphics'' (Tokyo, Japan) and ''White Graphics'' (Cincinnati, Ohio). Weaver has exhibited primarily in the Southeast and New York including Agnes Gallery, Bare Hands Gallery,

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(NYC), Boston Street Gallery (Philadelphia), Southern Printmaking Biennale,

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, Georgia Perimeter Gallery, Space One Eleven, Visual Arts Gallery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Marie Weaver and Steve Harvey Endowed Scholarship Fund for Graphic DesignThe Marie Weaver and Steve Harvey Endowed Scholarship Fund for Graphic Design
. was set up in 2003 by the University of Alabama at Birmingham in honor of associate professor of

Marie Weaver and her husband, professor of

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

and molecular genetics Stephen C. Harvey, Ph.D. for their strong support of the arts at UAB.

Quotes

* "Moments of change inform my work. The change could be something as subtle as the exchange of a glance, a fleeting shadow or a sudden realization....In creating compositions that reflect moments of change, I frequently use birds as metaphor—for transitions, as models of adaptability, as harbingers of danger, as symbols of the spirit. -Marie Weaver

Books and Catalogs

* ''"Aging,"'' by Marie Weaver, Number 1, Edition of 1, Center For Book Arts, Brian Hannon coordinator, 1995, artist's book * ''"White Graphics: The Power of White in Graphic Design"'' (Paperback) by Gail Deiber Finke, work included by Marie Weaver * ''"Graphically Speaking Women,"'' Space One Eleven, Ruth Stevens Appelhof (Executive Director, Guild Hall of East Hampton, NY) 2001 * ''"UpSouth"'' by

bell hooks Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author and social activist who was Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She is best known for her writings on ...

, Emma Amos and Antoinette Spanos Nordan, University Press, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1999, pp 70–73 * ''"The World's Women On-Line! Women and Information Technology: An Electronic Art Networking Event"'' (In conjunction with the

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' Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development, and Peace;

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, 30 August-15 September 1995. Pilot Internet Event at

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's Computing Commons Gallery, March; subsequent CD-ROM), online catalog

References

External links

Marie Weaver
Official website
Center For Book Arts
Weaver, Unique "Aging" 1995 *UAB Department of Art and Art History * https://www.uab.edu/cas/art/give {{DEFAULTSORT:Weaver, Marie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Artists from Alabama Artists from Georgia (U.S. state) Artists from Philadelphia American multimedia artists American women painters American printmakers Book artists 21st-century American painters American graphic designers Women graphic designers 21st-century American women artists American women printmakers