Maureen McCabe (American, born 1947)
Maureen McCabe is a celebrated collagist known primarily for box constructions that incorporate imagery from American pop culture, ancient mythologies, and the folklore of her Irish heritage. Her carefully composed boxes may contain drawn images, personal keepsakes, pieces of gold or silver, and found objects. Following formal art training at the Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art, McCabe taught art for four decades at Connecticut College. She is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mellon Foundation. She completed residencies at the Yaddo artists’ community in Saratoga Springs; Cite des Arts in Paris; and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Italy.
Information Courtesy of Rago Arts, October, 2019.