Watch Marilyn Henrion: The Evolution of A Fiber Artist

A documentary account of Marilyn
Henrion's life as a fine artist, from
her beginnings as a child in Brooklyn,
through college and early motherhood,
her connections with the New York art
and literary world of the 1950's and '60s,
to her eventual recognition as an
important fiber artist of international
acclaim. Vividly illustrated with selections from her
works, the artist, at age 80, recounts the
steps along the way, including her
interactions with art world luminaries such as Joseph Cornell, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman, the Abstract Expressionists, and the Beat Poets of the time.

Marilyn Henrion is represented in the Smithsonian
Institution's Archives of American Art in
Washington, DC, Henrion's works are now in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide.