Artwork copyright Peggy Conklin Cloy. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Class of '91 #2, 1981

Peggy Conklin Cloy
American (born 1941)

Location: Mercer Island School District, Mercer Island

About the Artwork

Class of '91 #2 is a colorful paper construction by artist Peggy Conklin. She hand-cast paper pulp dyed with acrylic paints. She then sewed beads onto the composition.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Mercer Island School District.

About the Artist

Conklin received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Painting and Art History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She lived and worked as an artist in Seattle for twenty years, before moving to Colorado in 1993. She has served as an artist-in-residence for Seattle Public Schools and taught at the University of Washington Experimental College. Since 2012, she runs Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve, a non-profit organization that funds artist and ecology residencies.