Marilyn Henrion: The Evolution of A Fiber Artist

A documentary account of Marilyn Henrion’s life as a fine artist, from her beginnings as a child in Brooklyn, through college and early motherhood, her connections with the New York art and literary world of the 1950’s and ’60s, to her eventual recognition as an important fiber artist of international acclaim. Vividly illustrated with selections from her works, the artist, at age 80, recounts the steps along the way, including her interactions with art world luminaries such as Joseph Cornell, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman, the Abstract Expressionists, and the Beat Poets of the time.Marilyn Henrion is represented in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art in Washington, DC, Henrion’s works are now in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide.