Mary Goldsmith
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Mary Goldsmith (born 1908 in Virginia) is a noted American ceramicist, and the wife and artistic partner of Edwin Scheier.
[edit] Career
She was head of a WPA gallery at Big Stone Gap, Virginia when they met during the Great Depression.
She was an Artist-in-Residence at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, during the 1940s and 50s.
Mary stopped producing pottery in the 1960s, when arthritis and health conditions prevented her from continuing.
[edit] Documentary
Mary Goldsmith and husband Scheier were the subjects of Ken Browne's film Four Hands, One Heart, which aired repeatedly on PBS stations.[1]
Goldsmith, with Scheier, was also the subject of a chapter of Lyndel King's 1988 book, “AMERICAN STUDIO CERAMICS 1920-1950” published by the University Art Gallery at the University of Minnesota.
