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Mary E. Nyburg
Born	Mary Eliza Cooper (1918-07-10)July 10, 1918 Dixfield, Maine, U.S.
Died	April 5, 2006(2006-04-05) (aged 87) Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S.
Known for	ceramicist and teacher

Mary Nyburg (July 10, 1918 — April 5, 2006) was an American potter known for creating functional pottery and her involvement in the American Craft scene.

Biography

Nyburg née Cooper was born July 10, 1918 in Dixfield, Maine. She attended the University of Maine. She married Robert Nyburg and moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she began her career in ceramics. From 1977 through the early 1980's Nyburg participated in the Fair at Baltimore.

In 1980 Nyburg was made a Fellow of the Council by the American Craft Council. In 1988, after the death of her husband, she moved to Deer Isle, Maine. The National Museum of Women in the Arts gave Nyburg a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.

Nyburg was a founding member of American Craft Enterprises and served on the boards of the American Craft Council and the Maryland Craft Council. For a time, she was on the school board of trustees, including as president from 1983 to 1987, for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She was also served on the board of directors of Baltimore Clayworks. She died on April 5, 2006, in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Her work is in the Delaware Art Museum. In 2007 Baltimore Clayworks established the Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development which is an annual stipend for ceramicists.

References

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8. ^ "Mary Nyburg Joins Board" (PDF). Land, Our Heritage. Vol. 1, no. 1. Stonington, Maine: Island Heritage Trust. Summer–Spring 1989. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
9. "Milestones". Bangor Daily News. December 8, 1993. ISSN 0892-8738. ProQuest 413795440.
10. "New Board Members". ACC/Outlook. 15 (5): 2. Autumn 1974. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
11. Miller, Margo (May 30, 1986). "A New Pitch for Tents". Boston Globe. p. 29. ISSN 0743-1791. ProQuest 294348374. ...on the grounds of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine....monitored by Mary Nyburg, president of the school's board of trustees...
12. "Artist Grant – Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development". Baltimore Clayworks. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
13. "Openings, Farewells, Honors". American Craft. 68 (2): 26–28. April–May 2008. ISSN 0194-8008. Baltimore Clayworks has launched the Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development, honoring one of its founding board members and well-loved resident artists, who died in 2006. Each year proceeds will allow a selected artist to pursue a period of 'focused investigation of clay' at a recognized craft center or institution outside of Baltimore.

• 1918 births
• 2006 deaths
• People from Dixfield, Maine
• 20th-century American women artists
• American women potters
• American potters
• Ceramists from Maine
• University of Maine alumni