Louise Todd Cope
Born
Louise Moore Todd

1930 (1930)
Ventnor City, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
DiedFebruary 2, 2020 (aged 89–90)
South Toe Township, North Carolina, U.S.
Other namesLouise Todd–Cope,
Louise Moore,
Louise M. Todd Cope
EducationSyracuse University
Occupation(s)Artist, educator, author
Known forWeaving, fabric art
SpouseEdward Todd
Children3

Louise Todd Cope (née Louise Moore Todd; 1930 – 2020) was an American artist, educator, and poet. She was a noted weaver, and fabric artist.[2][3]

Biography

Louise Todd Cope was born in 1930 in Ventnor City, New Jersey, and raised outside Philadelphia.[2][4] She studied at various universities nationally, including at Grinnell College, Syracuse University (1952 BFA degree),[3][5] the University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina at Asheville, and Holy Names University.[2]

Todd Cope taught textiles at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia from 1970 to 1974;[6] and summer classes at Starr King School for the Ministry in California, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine and Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.[2] She volunteered for many years with the United Religions Initiative (URI), a grassroots interfaith from San Francisco.[7]

Todd Cope died on February 2, 2020 in South Toe Township, North Carolina.[2][7]

Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[1] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Louise Todd Cope". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Louise Moore Todd". Penland School of Craft. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. 1 2 Fiber: The Artist's View (exhibition). Hillwood Art Gallery, School of the Arts, C.W. Post Center of Long Island University. 1983. pp. 42–44.
  4. ↑ Brown, Milton Wolf; Brakeley, Theresa C. (1979). American Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Photography. Prentice-Hall. p. 552. ISBN 978-0-13-024653-0.
  5. ↑ Quigley, Michael A. (1982). Art Materialized: Selections from the Fabric Workshop. Independent Curators Incorporated. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-916365-04-2.
  6. ↑ Pennsylvania Quilts: One Hundred Years, 1830-1930, November 17-December 15, 1978, Moore College of Art. Moore College of Art. Moore College of Art. 1978. p. 1904.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. 1 2 "A URI Tribute to Louise Todd Cope". United Religions Initiative (URI). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  8. ↑ "Collections Object : Concerto". Philadelphia Museum of Art.


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