Mary Jackson is an African American fiber artist. She is married to Stoney Jackson.

A descendent of the Gullah

Gullah

The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands....

 community of coastal South Carolina, she works in Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...

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She began producing baskets full-time in 1980, creating contemporary designs with traditional techniques.
Her baskets are in the collections of Empress Michiko of Japan and Prince Charles, Renwick Gallery

Renwick Gallery

The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, located in Washington, D.C., and focuses on American craft and decorative arts from the 19th century to the 21st century...

, the American Craft Museum, White House Collection of Arts and Crafts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...

, and Museum of African American History, Detroit.

Awards

• 2008 MacArthur Fellows Program
  MacArthur Fellows Program
  The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
  
  
• 2008 United States Artists Fellow
• 2010 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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