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Mary Savig

Mary Savig is the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery. Her research interests include American studio craft, contemporary craft, American art and material culture.

Stories from this author

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Exploring Border Stories with Artist Tanya Aguiñiga

"Metabolizing the Border" explores the physical and psychological experiences migrants face while crossing the borderlands.

Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community

Making the Most: In the Studio with Julia Kwon

Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community

S. Fullerton (Spencer Fullerton) Weaver invitation to Mary Fanton Roberts, 19--?. Mary Fanton Roberts papers, 1880-1956. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Halloween Costume Guide: Archives Style

Photograph of Don Reitz loading a kiln on his farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin, circa 1965 / unidentified photographer. Don Reitz papers, circa 1940-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Don Reitz Papers

Gene Davis' studio, summer 1971, detail from contact sheet with images of Andrew Hudson, Bill Christenberry, and Gene Davis, 1979 / Mary Swift, photographer. Mary Swift papers, circa 1970-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Mary Swift Papers

In 1988, artist Laura Farabough exhibited Santa Dog, a site–specific video installation at the Hanson Gallery in Sausalito, California. That same year, Farabough featured “Santa Dog” on her holiday card to artist David Ireland. Laura Farabough christmas card to David Ireland, 1988. David Ireland papers, circa 1910s-circa 2009, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Dog Days of December