About Marilyn Anderson
Apr 4th, 2007 by Marilyn Anderson
Marilyn Anderson is an artist, photographer and author. She originally comes from Oregon and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She then spent time in Mexico and Guatemala, subsequently receiving her BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop/SUNY Buffalo. For 16 years she worked as a visual arts mentor at SUNY Empire State College, in Rochester, NY.
Since the 70s, she has produced publications, including Backstrap Weaving (co-authored with Barbara Tabor), Guatemalan Textiles Today and Granddaughters of Corn (co-authored with Jonathan Garlock). Over the years, she has received a number of grants and fellowships and has had many exhibits of her photographs. She continues her photography, produces block prints, paintings and publications as she works on further projects about Maya arts traditions. She also co-directs the Pro Arte Maya education project for children in Guatemala.
Image: Marilyn Anderson, 2008. Photo: Barbara Day
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