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Mary Tooley Parker, New York

After a career in dance, and then in art production at Vanity Fair and GQ magazines, Mary Tooley Parker left New York City for a more rural environment. She then began pursuing an interest in textiles of different forms, eventually leading her to the one indigenous American folk art of rug hooking, though her pieces are not actually rugs for the floor Her textiles have been exhibited in galleries and museums from New York City to London to Denmark and are held in public and private collections. She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Silvermine Guild of Artists, and the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition She was awarded a Fellowship by the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2015 and has since also served as a panelist www.marytooleyparker.com m.tooley.parker