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Ellamarie Woolley
Ellamarie Woolley (1913–1976) was an American enamel artist,[1] muralist, and educator. She and her husband, Jackson Woolley collaborated on enamel pieces. The School of Art+Design at San Diego State University established a scholarship in her name. Early life and educationBorn in San Diego, California as Ellamarie Packard, Woolley studied art at San Diego State College and Los Angeles Art Center.[2][3] Career Enamel artist with Jackson WoolleyShe met her husband Jackson Woolley while working as an art teacher at Francis W. Parker School (San Diego).[3] They learned the craft together and created enamel pieces collaboratively until 1965, when they started producing works independently.[4] They worked mostly in enamel on copper but also created art works in Plexiglas and plastic.[3] Her works were exhibited at the California Ceramics Exhibition in 1948 at the Florence Rand Lang Galleries by the Fine Arts Foundation of Scripps College, Claremont.[5] In 1964, the Woolleys were commissioned to make copper reliefs and wall ornamentation for the interior of San Diego Civic Theatre.[6][a] An exhibit of Ellamarie and Jackson's paintings, enamels, and constructions was held between October 7 and November 7 in 1968 at The Renaissance Society at University of Chicago.[7] MuralistWoolley painted two murals on the campus of San Diego State College in 1936, Packing Oranges and Sailors Going to Hell, as part of a group commissioned with WPA funds.[8] These murals were removed from their location at some point after 1959 and have not been located.[9] LegacyA retrospective of her work was held in 1977 at the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego.[2] The School of Art+Design at San Diego State University (formerly San Diego State College) established a scholarship in her name, the Ellamarie Woolley Art Student Assistance Scholarship.[10] Notes
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