Marsha Miro

{{short description|American art historian}}

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Marsha Miro was an American art writer, architectural historian, and filmmaker.

She wrote art news for the Detroit Free Press in the late 20th century (from 1974 to 1995), a position she held for 21-years. She is also author of works on ceramicist Robert Turner, the Cranbrook Educational Community, fiber artist Gerhardt Knodel, and painter Gordon Newton.

A maker of documentary film on architecture, Miro has served the Cranbrook Educational Community as a historian of architecture. She writes for Glass Magazine,{{Cite web |url=http://www.maryshaffer.com/miro.html |title=Mary Shaffer - Catching the Light by Marcia Miro |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728005836/http://www.maryshaffer.com/miro.html |archive-date=2018-07-28 |url-status=dead }} American Ceramics, American Craft and Casabella. Miro is the founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD).{{cite web |url= http://michiganradio.org/post/why-art-world-freaking-out-over-house-detroit |title=Why the art world is freaking out over a house in Detroit | Michigan Radio |first=Kate |last=Wells |work=michiganradio.org |year=2014 |accessdate=2 December 2014}} Miro resides just outside Detroit, Michigan with her husband. She is the mother of three children, including screenwriter Doug Miro, and artist Darcy Miro.