carpeting the contemporary world

American Design and Tibetan Craftsmanship

Mary is expanding her textile line to include the production of her designs as exquisite, contemporary hand-knotted carpets.

A reception to meet Mary and celebrate the unveiling of these stunning new designs was held on November 11, 2011 at Khawachen Showroom in Hanover, NH.

Photo on left: Mary, Sheila Swett, and Kesang Tashi, owner of InnerAsia Rugs.

latest news

See Mary's recent Art In Embassies (AIE) contribution to the display in Bangui, CAR

The AIE program helps artists from the United States create cultural connections around the world through the visual arts. Mary has works on display in Baku, Azerbaijan; Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei; Bangui, Central African Republic; Quito, Ecuador; Accra, Ghana; Jakarta, Indonesia; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Vilnius, Lithuania; Bangkok, Thailand; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Sanaa, Yemen. Mary recently had her 1994 tapestry Three New Moons for Jupiter added to the collection at Bangui, Central African Republic.

See an overview of all of Mary's AIE works on display on her AIE artist profile.

Mary's New Studio Assistants

Mary has a new team of studio helpers.  Shea Wilkinson has recently returned to Omaha after two years in Mexico.  She is a free-form machine quilter and already an expert Ikat wrapper.  Ying Zhu is a native of China and a current resident at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha.  Erin Clark is a studio art major at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and will be working with Mary's long-time web designer Jeffrey Hahn of Paradigm Creative Media.

The Briar Cliff Review

Mary has had two tapestries, "Ancient Text #12 Chain of Command" and "Blueprint #3", accepted for publication in the 2011 edition of the prestigious Briar Cliff Review. To order a copy of the Review, contact Tricia Currans-Sheehan: tricia.currans-sheehan@briarcliff.edu

Art in Embassy Update

Mary has had her work added to the collection of another Embassy. The US Embassy in the Central African Republic now has the Zicafoose tapestries, "Night Fire" and "Three Moons For Jupiter." For full press release and high resolution image, go to the Press section.

Mary Visits Nepal with RugMark/GoodWeave USA

As RugMark/GoodWeave USA board members, Mary Zicafoose and Sara Goodman tour Nepal, visiting child-labor-free carpet factories and social programs.Watch the video below.

events schedule

• January 10 - April 30, 2012
  The Country Club of Lincoln, 3200 South 24th St., Lincoln, NE
  Framed colographic monoprints from the Grassland Series 
• February 4, 2012
  2012 Omaha Heart Ball, Embassy Suites, La Vista, NE
  Mary has donated a tapestry, Ancient Text: Nepal, that will be available in the live auction. 

• Workshop: "Vibrant Tapestries to Rugs"
  Weavers Guild of the North Shore - Evanston, IL
  Lecture: May 4, 10:30 a.m.
  Contact: marilynlindeman@mac.com
• July 31 through August 26, 2012
  "Grasslands: New Tapestries and Prints"
  Gallery 92 West - Fremont, NE
  Opening Reception: August 4, 5-7 pm
• November 23 - December 30, 2012 ublic Reception: December 7, 2012
  San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
  Mary Zicafoose and Santa Ynez Woodworkers: Ties that Bind

workshops

See a list of Mary's upcoming workshops

experience fall at pahuk

The Zicafoose family's historic retreat on the Platte River comes alive in every season. 

Read more about Pahuk and enjoy photos of a Nebraska autumn.

 

galleries

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 South 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102

Weaving Southwest
216 B Pueblo North
Taos, New Mexico 87571
800.765.1272
575.758.0433

Modern Arts Midtown
3615 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68131
402.502.8737

Modern Arts Midwest
800 P St # 300
Lincoln, NE 68508
402.477.2828

Anderson O'Brien Fine Art
1108 Jackson Street
Omaha, NE 68102
402.884.0911

Michigan Artists Gallery
309 N. St. Joseph
PO Box 272
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
231.271.4922