Therese May (born 1943) is an American artist who was one of the first to exhibit quilts as a fine art form. She is known for her mixed media quilts.May was born August 5, 1943 in Madison, Wisconsin. She began to self-identify as an artist while in kindergarten. She studied painting at the University of Wisconsin, earning a bachelor's degree in Art in 1967. In 1974 she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Jose State University.May began to piece quilts in the late 1960s. Initially, her quilts were made of squares and triangles. However, she soon developed a method which involved projecting a photographic slide on to paper and then tracing the image. The drawing was then cut out and used as a pattern for fabric. May entered a quilt that was made using this method (Therese Quilt) in a mixed craft media exhibition at the Walnut Creek Civic Art Center in 1969: Animals, Quilts, and Blunt Instruments. She won a prize and realized that a career as a fiber artist was possible. Wikipedia
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