Jane Lackey
{{Short description|American artist (b. 1948)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jane Lackey
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1948}}
| birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
| education = California College of the Arts,
Cranbrook Academy of Art
| occupation = Visual artist, educator
| known_for = Mixed media art, fiber art
| website = {{URL|https://www.janelackey.com/}}
}}
Jane Lackey (born 1948), is an American visual artist and educator, primarily working in mixed media art and fiber art.{{Cite web |last1=Haddad |first1=Natalie |last2=Zastudil |first2=Nancy |date=2023-09-10 |title=Jane Lackey's String Theory |url=http://hyperallergic.com/843609/jane-lackeys-string-theory/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Jane Lackey |url=https://www.craftcouncil.org/recognition/jane-lackey |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=American Craft Council (ACC) |language=en}} She was named a fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC) in 2014. Lackey lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 2009.{{Cite web |title=Jane Lackey |url=https://tamarind.unm.edu/artist/jane-lackey/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Tamarind Institute |language=en-US}}
Biography
Jane Lackey was born in 1948, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.{{Cite book |last=Wittkopp |first=Gregory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgBKAQAAIAAJ&q=Jane+Lackey+1948 |title=Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007 |date=2007 |publisher=Cranbrook Art Museum |isbn=978-0-9668577-6-4 |pages=70 |language=en}} Lackey attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (now the University of Tennessee, from 1966 to 1968), the University of California, Los Angeles (in 1969);{{Cite book |last=Retzer |first=John Porter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d400AQAAIAAJ&q=Jane+Lackey+1948 |title=Fiber R/evolution: Exhibition |date=1986 |publisher=Milwaukee Art Museum |pages=100 |language=en}} and she received a BFA degree in 1974 from the California College of the Arts, and a MFA degree in 1979 from Cranbrook Academy of Art.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YDsAAAAMAAJ&q=Jane+Lackey+1948 |title=Multiplicity in Clay, Metal, Fiber: July 7-September 23, 1984 |date=1984 |publisher=Skidmore College Art Center |language=en}}
She taught and chair of the fiber arts department from 1980 to 1997 at the Kansas City Art Institute. Followed by heading the fiber arts department from 1997 until 2007 at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She also taught at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Her artwork can be found in museum collections, including the Cranbrook Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts,{{Cite web |title=camo-folder |url=https://dia.org/collection/camo-folder-100587 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Detroit Institute of Arts Museum (DIA) |language=en}} and the James A. Michener Collection at Kent State University.
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External links
- [https://www.janelackey.com/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century American textile artists
Category:Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Category:California College of the Arts alumni
Category:Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni
Category:Cranbrook Academy of Art faculty
Category:Kansas City Art Institute faculty
Category:People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Category:American mixed-media artists
Category:20th-century American textile artists
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