Dr Heidi Strobel is my guest in episode 56 about Mary Linwood. Heidi joined me from The University of North Texas, USA where she is is Professor of Art History. She is also the author of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation, and Entrepreneurship in Britain 1787-1845 which has been invaluable for my exhibition research.
Heidi and I have been in touch throughout this project and she’s been an amazing support in the development of the exhibition and in the general excitement I feel about being able to share Linwood’s work. This is a fantastic conversation in lots of depth about Mary Linwood’s life and work. If you need to start with an introduction to Mary Linwood, there are several previous episodes including a short intro in episode 45, as well as conversations with historians in episodes 49 and 55.
Heidi Strobel is a Professor of Art History and the Associate Dean for Academic and
Student Affairs in the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender and Georgian material culture. Strobel’s publications include The Artistic Matronage of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818): How a Queen Promoted Both Art and Female Artists in English Society (2011). She co-edited Materializing Gender in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2016, with Jennifer Germann) this most recent book, The Art of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation, and Entrepreneurship in Britain 1787-1845 (2024), a catalogue of Linwood’s work and the first monograph on this artist. In 2024, Heidi also wrote three essays on Linwood and/or women artists that should be published in 2025. In her spare time, Heidi enjoys spending time with her family, embroidery, yoga, reading, and sleeping.
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Some Mary Linwood images
Ruth Singer 
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