Brookie Maxwell
Brookie Maxwell | |
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| Born | October 15, 1956 New York, New York |
| Died | November 4, 2015 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | American |
Emily Brooke ("Brookie") Maxwell (October 15, 1956 – November 4, 2015) was an American artist and curator.[1]
Early life[edit]
Maxwell was born in Manhattan, New York to parents William Maxwell, a literary editor for The New Yorker Magazine, and Emily Noyes, a poet.[1] Maxwell received a degree in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 1977.[2][3][4]
Career[edit]
In 1986 Maxwell founded the Creative Arts Workshops to serve children living in New York's homeless shelters and welfare-subsidized hotels.[1][5] The best-known project of the Workshops was "Calle de Suenos", or "Street of Dreams" in English, a 5000-square-foot mural on Lexington avenue near 124th street, New York.[6][7]
In 1999 Maxwell founded Gallery 138 in Soho, New York City to represent emerging artists.[8][9]
Her work is included in the art collections of the US Department of State[10] and the Brooklyn Museum.[11]
She died of ovarian cancer in 2015.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Roberts, Sam (10 November 2015). "Brookie Maxwell, an Artist and Curator, Dies at 59". The New York Times.
- ^ "Glamour". 1989.
- ^ Roberts, Lucienne (November 2005). Drip-dry Shirts: The Evolution of the Graphic Designer. ISBN 9782940373086.
- ^ "SHORT TAKES : Cosby Drops Children's Mural from Show in Flap over Credit". Los Angeles Times. 17 October 1990.
- ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. 5 November 1990.
- ^ "New York". 1989.
- ^ Rimer, Sara (June 1989). "Dream Street: Paint It Pretty, and Safe". The New York Times.
- ^ "In memoriam, January 2016". January 2016.
- ^ Green, Penelope (10 December 2009). "Is It Art or Their Shoes?". The New York Times.
- ^ "Brookie Maxwell – U.S. Department of State".
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum".
- ^ "Brookie Maxwell "True Value: The Works of Brookie Maxwell (1956-2015)"".
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