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{{Short description|Latvian-American-Canadian artist}}
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{{AFC comment|1=Apologies I missed the museum collections please re-submit and I will happily accept [[User:Theroadislong|Theroadislong]] ([[User talk:Theroadislong|talk]]) 20:53, 19 June 2021 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=Per [[WP:ARTIST]], Peeples-Bright is in two major museum collections (if not more) and she was a co-founder of an art movement [[Funk art]] (all of which are supported by current citations). {{reply|Theroadislong}} could you please point me to the outstanding issue but in a more specific way? I need clarification. Her current citations include a published book, articles that feature stories about only her, and they are in mainstream publications. [[User:PigeonChickenFish|PigeonChickenFish]] ([[User talk:PigeonChickenFish|talk]]) 19:27, 19 June 2021 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=still not clear that they pass [[WP:NARTIST]] [[User:Theroadislong|Theroadislong]] ([[User talk:Theroadislong|talk]]) 19:19, 19 June 2021 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=New citations were added today, removal of content that was without citations, I added more details based on the new citations. She is notable since she was a pioneer an internationally recognized art movement. [[User:PigeonChickenFish|PigeonChickenFish]] ([[User talk:PigeonChickenFish|talk]]) 18:20, 19 June 2021 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=Please add sources for the claims that her work is held in the permanent collections of significant institutions as this is a criteria for notability of an artist on Wikipedia. I checked the Cincinnati Art Museum site and can't find mention of her. [[User:MurielMary|MurielMary]] ([[User talk:MurielMary|talk]]) 20:26, 4 October 2019 (UTC)}}

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{{Infobox person
| name = Maija Peeples-Bright
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| birth_name = Maijiā Ģēģeris
| birth_name = Maijiā Ģēģeris
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1942}}
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1942}}
| birth_place = [[Riga, Latvia]]
| birth_place = [[Riga]], [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| education = [[University of California, Davis]]
| education = [[University of California, Davis]]
| spouse = David Zack (m. 1965–?),<br> Earl Peeples (m. 1972–1999; death),<br> Bill Bright (m. 2000–2015; death)
| spouse = David Zack (m. 1965–?),<br> Earl Peeples (m. 1972–1999; death),<br> Bill Bright (m. 2000–2015; death)
}}
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'''Maija Peeples-Bright''' (née '''Maija Gegeris'''; born 1942)<ref name=":5" /> is a Latvian-born American and Canadian [[Painting|painter]], [[Ceramic art|ceramist]], and arts educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the [[Funk art|Funk art movement]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2018|title="Dinner for Two": Featuring Funk Art Legend Maija Peeples-Bright and Oakland Based Artist Sam Spano|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/dinner-for-two-featuring-funk-art-pioneer-maija-peeples-bright-and-oakland-based-artist-sam-spano/|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-30|website=Juxtapoz Magazine|language=en-gb}}</ref> Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names '''Maija Zack''', '''Maija Woof''', '''Maija Bright''', and '''Maija Peeples'''.
'''Maija Peeples-Bright''' ([[née]] '''Maija Gegeris'''; born 1942)<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hotchkiss |first=Sarah |date=2023-09-11 |title=The Contagious Joy of Maija Peeples-Bright's Animal-Filled World |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934441/8-over-80-maija-peeples-bright |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}</ref> is a Latvian-born American and Canadian [[Painting|painter]], [[Ceramic art|ceramist]], and arts educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the [[Funk art|Funk art movement]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2018|title="Dinner for Two": Featuring Funk Art Legend Maija Peeples-Bright and Oakland Based Artist Sam Spano|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/dinner-for-two-featuring-funk-art-pioneer-maija-peeples-bright-and-oakland-based-artist-sam-spano/|access-date=2019-07-30|website=Juxtapoz Magazine|language=en-gb}}</ref> Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names '''Maija Zack''', '''Maija Woof''', '''Maija Bright''', and '''Maija Peeples'''.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Maija Peeples-Bright was born as Maija Gegeris in 1942 in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Mackenzie |title=An Afternoon with Rocklin Artist Maija Peeples-Bright |journal=Placer Herald |date=February 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=6 July 2012|title=Funky Figures Inhabit 'World of Woof'|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/636424529/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Sacramento Bee|page=X28|language=en}}</ref> In 1945, the town she lived was occupied by Nazi Germany and was bombed during the Soviet invasion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maija Peeples-Bright|url=http://www.stylemg.com/2012/10/05/39820/maija-peeples-bright|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Style Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She and her family fled to Germany, where they were forced into German refugee camps from the time she was three years old to the time she was eight years old.<ref name=":0" /> In 1950, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling near [[Sacramento]], [[California]].<ref name=":4">{{cite journal |last1=Beverage |first1=Gloria |title=Roseville Gallery Hosting Artwork of Maija Peeples-Bright |journal=Placer Herald |date=June 6, 2012}}</ref>
Maija Gegeris was born in 1942 in [[Riga]], [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]] (now [[Latvia]]).<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Mackenzie |title=An Afternoon with Rocklin Artist Maija Peeples-Bright |journal=Placer Herald |date=February 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=6 July 2012|title=Funky Figures Inhabit 'World of Woof'|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/636424529/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Sacramento Bee|page=X28|language=en}}</ref> In 1945, the town she lived in was occupied by Nazi Germany and was bombed during the Soviet invasion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maija Peeples-Bright|url=http://www.stylemg.com/2012/10/05/39820/maija-peeples-bright|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Style Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She and her family fled to Germany, where they were forced into German refugee camps from the time she was three years old to the time she was eight years old.<ref name=":0" /> In 1950, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling near [[Sacramento]], [[California]].<ref name=":4">{{cite journal |last1=Beverage |first1=Gloria |title=Roseville Gallery Hosting Artwork of Maija Peeples-Bright |journal=Placer Herald |date=June 6, 2012}}</ref>


Peeples-Bright attended high school in Sacramento, California; she then enrolled at the [[University of California, Davis]] in 1960, originally majoring in mathematics.<ref name=":0" /> After learning she needed an art class to meet General Education requirements, she enrolled in first art class, taught by [[William T. Wiley]].<ref name=":4" /> She then changed her major to art and went on to pursue a Bachelors degree in Art.<ref name=":4" /> [[Wayne Thiebaud]] became her graduate advisor; she finished her Master's degree at UC Davis in 1965. While there, she took classes with [[Robert Arneson]] whom she later befriended, as well as [[Roy De Forest]] and [[David Gilhooly]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last1=Blunk|first1=Dawn|title=At the Heart of the Art|url=https://www.sacmag.com/2006/11/02/at-the-heart-of-the-art/|website=Sacmag.com|publisher=Sacramento Magazine|accessdate=August 31, 2019}}</ref>
Peeples-Bright attended high school in Sacramento, California; she then enrolled at the [[University of California, Davis]] in 1960, originally majoring in mathematics.<ref name=":0" /> After learning she needed an art class to meet General Education requirements, she enrolled in her first art class, taught by [[William T. Wiley]].<ref name=":4" /> She then changed her major to art and went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in art.<ref name=":4" /> [[Wayne Thiebaud]] became her graduate advisor; she finished her master's degree at UC Davis in 1965. While there, she took classes with [[Robert Arneson]] whom she later befriended, as well as [[Roy De Forest]] and [[David Gilhooly]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last1=Blunk|first1=Dawn|title=At the Heart of the Art|url=https://www.sacmag.com/2006/11/02/at-the-heart-of-the-art/|website=Sacmag.com|publisher=Sacramento Magazine|accessdate=August 31, 2019}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
In 1965, Peeples-Bright had her first exhibition, held at the [[Candy Store Gallery]] located in [[Folsom]], California, a small city near Sacramento.<ref name=":4" /> The gallery was founded in 1962 by Adeliza McHugh, and it was important to the Funk art and [[Nut art|Nut art movements]] (in the 1960s and 1970s).<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=John|title=Glossary of Art, Architecture and Design Since 1945|publisher=Clive Bingley, LTD.|year=1973|isbn=978-0915794010|location=England|pages=99}}</ref> Many of the early artists within these art moments were connected to University of California, Davis.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shields|first1=Scott|date=November 2008|title=California Funk|journal=Ceramics Monthly}}</ref> Peeples-Bright showed at Candy Store Gallery regularly throughout the three decades it was open; along with Robert Arneson, [[Roy De Forest]], [[David Gilhooly]], [[Clayton Bailey]], and Peter VandenBerge, among others.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Faberman|first=Hilarie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onZJAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0|title=Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at the University of California at Davis, the Paula and Ross Turk Collection|last2=Bick|first2=Tenley C.|last3=Cameron|first3=Susan C.|date=2005|publisher=Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University|isbn=978-0-937031-28-5|pages=23|language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the [[Crocker Art Museum]] will hold a group exhibition about the Candy Store Gallery titled, ''The Candy Store: Funk, Nut and Other Art With A Kick'', and features work by Peeples-Bright.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Candy Store|url=https://www.crockerart.org/exhibitions/the-candy-store|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Crocker Art Museum}}</ref>
In 1965, Peeples-Bright had her first exhibition, held at the [[Candy Store Gallery]] located in [[Folsom, California]], a small city near Sacramento.<ref name=":4" /> The gallery was founded in 1962 by Adeliza McHugh, and it was important to the Funk art and [[Nut art|Nut art movements]] (in the 1960s and 1970s).<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=John|title=Glossary of Art, Architecture and Design Since 1945|publisher=Clive Bingley, LTD.|year=1973|isbn=978-0915794010|location=England|pages=99}}</ref> Many of the early artists within these art moments were connected to University of California, Davis.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shields|first1=Scott|date=November 2008|title=California Funk|journal=Ceramics Monthly}}</ref> Peeples-Bright showed at Candy Store Gallery regularly throughout the three decades it was open; along with Robert Arneson, [[Roy De Forest]], [[David Gilhooly]], [[Clayton Bailey]], and Peter VandenBerge, among others.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Faberman|first1=Hilarie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onZJAQAAIAAJ|title=Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at the University of California at Davis, the Paula and Ross Turk Collection|last2=Bick|first2=Tenley C.|last3=Cameron|first3=Susan C.|date=2005|publisher=Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University|isbn=978-0-937031-28-5|pages=23|language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the [[Crocker Art Museum]] will hold a group exhibition about the Candy Store Gallery titled, ''The Candy Store: Funk, Nut and Other Art With A Kick'', and features work by Peeples-Bright.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Candy Store|url=https://www.crockerart.org/exhibitions/the-candy-store|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Crocker Art Museum}}</ref>


In 1965, Peeples-Bright married David Zack, an artist and professor at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]] (SFAI).<ref name=":4" /> Together they bought the Iverson House (1888) on Steiner Street in the [[Haight-Ashbury]] neighborhood of San Francisco, which was later named "The Rainbow House" since it was painted in a myriad of colors.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Perrigan|first=Dana|date=2009-02-01|title='Painted Lady' for sale for $1.6 million|url=https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Painted-Lady-for-sale-for-1-6-million-3252522.php|access-date=2021-06-19|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of her ownership of the home, it was covered with beast-themed murals on the interior.<ref name=":5" />
In 1965, Peeples-Bright and her husband David Zack, an artist and professor at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], bought the Iverson House (1888) on 908 Steiner Street in the [[Haight-Ashbury]] neighborhood of San Francisco.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Robertson|first=Michelle|date=2021-10-11|title=Meet Dr. Color, who's painted more than 17,000 SF buildings|url=https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/dr-color-painted-San-Francisco-buildings-16516377.php|access-date=2021-10-12|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref> The house was later named "The Rainbow House", since it was painted in a myriad of colors.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Perrigan|first=Dana|date=2009-02-01|title='Painted Lady' for sale for $1.6 million|url=https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Painted-Lady-for-sale-for-1-6-million-3252522.php|access-date=2021-06-19|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of her ownership of the home, it was covered with beast-themed murals on the interior.<ref name=":5" /> The Rainbow House later inspired Bob Buckter (also known as Dr. Color), a San Francisco-based color consultant for Victorian Homes.<ref name=":6" />


She had taught art classes at [[Sierra College]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 April 2005|title=Maijia's Art|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/650224464/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Sacramento Bee|page=N4|language=en}}</ref> Peeples-Bright had a retrospective exhibition, ''Maija Peeples-Bright's: World of Woof'' (2012) at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, California.<ref name=":2" />
She had taught art classes at [[Sierra College]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 April 2005|title=Maijia's Art|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/650224464/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Sacramento Bee|page=N4|language=en}}</ref> Peeples-Bright had a retrospective exhibition, ''Maija Peeples-Bright's: World of Woof'' (2012) at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, California.<ref name=":2" />


Peeples-Bright has work in various permanent museum collections including the [[Minneapolis Institute of Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beast Haystacks, Maija Peeples-Bright|url=http://collections.artsmia.org/art/132618/beast-haystacks-maija-peeples-bright|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA)}}</ref> the [[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-21|title=Maija Gegeris|url=https://art.famsf.org/maija-gegeris|access-date=2021-06-19|website=FAMSF Search the Collections|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-08|title=Monstergraph Thru Flashlight - Maija Gegeris|url=https://art.famsf.org/maija-gegeris/monstergraph-thru-flashlight-19651013|access-date=2021-06-19|website=FAMSF Search the Collections|language=en}}</ref> and others. The artist book, ''Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears'' (1971),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Miller|first=Sequoia|date=2018|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears: An Artist’s Gift in Honor of Jock Reynolds|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26573507|journal=Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin|pages=25–31|issn=0084-3539}}</ref> which she co-author is found in the permanent collections at [[Yale University Art Gallery]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears|url=https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/230066|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Yale University Art Gallery}}</ref> and at the collection at [[Otis College of Art and Design]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears|url=https://collections.otis.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/artbook/id/17630/rec/2|url-status=live|website=Artists' Books Database, Otis Collections Online}}</ref>
Peeples-Bright has work in the permanent collections of the [[Minneapolis Institute of Art]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beast Haystacks, Maija Peeples-Bright|url=http://collections.artsmia.org/art/132618/beast-haystacks-maija-peeples-bright|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA)}}</ref> and the [[Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-21|title=Maija Gegeris|url=https://art.famsf.org/maija-gegeris|access-date=2021-06-19|website=FAMSF Search the Collections|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-08|title=Monstergraph Thru Flashlight - Maija Gegeris|url=https://art.famsf.org/maija-gegeris/monstergraph-thru-flashlight-19651013|access-date=2021-06-19|website=FAMSF Search the Collections|language=en}}</ref> The artist book, ''Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears'' (1971),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Miller|first=Sequoia|date=2018|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears: An Artist's Gift in Honor of Jock Reynolds|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26573507|journal=Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin|pages=25–31|jstor=26573507|issn=0084-3539}}</ref> which she co-author is found in the permanent collections at [[Yale University Art Gallery]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears|url=https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/230066|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Yale University Art Gallery}}</ref> and at the collection at [[Otis College of Art and Design]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears|url=https://collections.otis.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/artbook/id/17630/rec/2|website=Artists' Books Database, Otis Collections Online}}</ref>


== Personal Life ==
== Personal life ==
Maija Peeples-Bright's first marriage was to artist and professor David Zack (1938–1995), whom she lived with in San Francisco,<ref name=":5" /> and later in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]. Maija Peeples-Bright married Earl Peeples in 1972 and moved to the [[El Dorado Hills, California|El Dorado Hills]]; Earl Peeples died of cancer in 1999.<ref name=":2" /> In 2000, she married Bill Bright, a close friend of Earl Peeples, and they moved to [[Rocklin, California|Rocklin]], [[California]].<ref name=":2" /> Bill Bright died of bladder cancer in 2015.
Maija Peeples-Bright's first marriage was to artist and professor David Zack (1938–1995), whom she lived with in San Francisco,<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> and later in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]. Maija Peeples-Bright married Earl Peeples in 1972 and moved to the [[El Dorado Hills, California|El Dorado Hills]]; Earl Peeples died of cancer in 1999.<ref name=":2" /> In 2000, she married Bill Bright, a close friend of Earl Peeples, and they moved to [[Rocklin, California|Rocklin]], [[California]].<ref name=":2" /> Bill Bright died of bladder cancer in 2015.


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Nut_Pot_Bag.html?id=RUlSHQAACAAJ|title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears|publisher=University of California, Davis|others=Authored by Jim Adamson, [[Robert Arneson]], [[Clayton Bailey]], Fred Bauer, Maija Peeples-Bright, [[Victor Cicansky]], [[David Gilhooly]], Jim Melchert, Nicholas Stephens, Chris Unterseher, Peter Vandenberge, David Zack, [[Lowell Darling]]|year=1971}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUlSHQAACAAJ |title=Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears |publisher=University of California, Davis |others=Authored by Jim Adamson, [[Robert Arneson]], [[Clayton Bailey]], Fred Bauer, Maija Peeples-Bright, [[Victor Cicansky]], [[David Gilhooly]], [[Jim Melchert]], Nicholas Stephens, Chris Unterseher, Peter Vandenberge, David Zack, [[Lowell Darling]] |year=1971 |type=artist book}}


== References ==
== References ==
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Maija Peeples-Bright
Born
Maijiā Ģēģeris

1942 (age 81–82)
Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Other namesMaija Gegeris, Maija Zack, Maija Woof, Maija Bright, Maija Peeples
EducationUniversity of California, Davis
Spouse(s)David Zack (m. 1965–?),
Earl Peeples (m. 1972–1999; death),
Bill Bright (m. 2000–2015; death)

Maija Peeples-Bright (née Maija Gegeris; born 1942)[1][2] is a Latvian-born American and Canadian painter, ceramist, and arts educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the Funk art movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s.[3] Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names Maija Zack, Maija Woof, Maija Bright, and Maija Peeples.

Early life and education

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Maija Gegeris was born in 1942 in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Latvia).[4][5] In 1945, the town she lived in was occupied by Nazi Germany and was bombed during the Soviet invasion.[6][4] She and her family fled to Germany, where they were forced into German refugee camps from the time she was three years old to the time she was eight years old.[4] In 1950, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling near Sacramento, California.[7]

Peeples-Bright attended high school in Sacramento, California; she then enrolled at the University of California, Davis in 1960, originally majoring in mathematics.[4] After learning she needed an art class to meet General Education requirements, she enrolled in her first art class, taught by William T. Wiley.[7] She then changed her major to art and went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in art.[7] Wayne Thiebaud became her graduate advisor; she finished her master's degree at UC Davis in 1965. While there, she took classes with Robert Arneson whom she later befriended, as well as Roy De Forest and David Gilhooly.[8]

Career

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In 1965, Peeples-Bright had her first exhibition, held at the Candy Store Gallery located in Folsom, California, a small city near Sacramento.[7] The gallery was founded in 1962 by Adeliza McHugh, and it was important to the Funk art and Nut art movements (in the 1960s and 1970s).[9] Many of the early artists within these art moments were connected to University of California, Davis.[10] Peeples-Bright showed at Candy Store Gallery regularly throughout the three decades it was open; along with Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, David Gilhooly, Clayton Bailey, and Peter VandenBerge, among others.[7][11] In 2022, the Crocker Art Museum will hold a group exhibition about the Candy Store Gallery titled, The Candy Store: Funk, Nut and Other Art With A Kick, and features work by Peeples-Bright.[12]

In 1965, Peeples-Bright and her husband David Zack, an artist and professor at the San Francisco Art Institute, bought the Iverson House (1888) on 908 Steiner Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco.[13] The house was later named "The Rainbow House", since it was painted in a myriad of colors.[8][1] At the time of her ownership of the home, it was covered with beast-themed murals on the interior.[1] The Rainbow House later inspired Bob Buckter (also known as Dr. Color), a San Francisco-based color consultant for Victorian Homes.[13]

She had taught art classes at Sierra College.[14] Peeples-Bright had a retrospective exhibition, Maija Peeples-Bright's: World of Woof (2012) at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, California.[5]

Peeples-Bright has work in the permanent collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art[15] and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[16][17] The artist book, Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears (1971),[18] which she co-author is found in the permanent collections at Yale University Art Gallery,[19] and at the collection at Otis College of Art and Design.[20]

Personal life

[edit]

Maija Peeples-Bright's first marriage was to artist and professor David Zack (1938–1995), whom she lived with in San Francisco,[1][7] and later in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Maija Peeples-Bright married Earl Peeples in 1972 and moved to the El Dorado Hills; Earl Peeples died of cancer in 1999.[5] In 2000, she married Bill Bright, a close friend of Earl Peeples, and they moved to Rocklin, California.[5] Bill Bright died of bladder cancer in 2015.

Publications

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  • Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears (artist book). Authored by Jim Adamson, Robert Arneson, Clayton Bailey, Fred Bauer, Maija Peeples-Bright, Victor Cicansky, David Gilhooly, Jim Melchert, Nicholas Stephens, Chris Unterseher, Peter Vandenberge, David Zack, Lowell Darling. University of California, Davis. 1971.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Perrigan, Dana (2009-02-01). "'Painted Lady' for sale for $1.6 million". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  2. ^ Hotchkiss, Sarah (2023-09-11). "The Contagious Joy of Maija Peeples-Bright's Animal-Filled World". KQED. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  3. ^ ""Dinner for Two": Featuring Funk Art Legend Maija Peeples-Bright and Oakland Based Artist Sam Spano". Juxtapoz Magazine. January 25, 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  4. ^ a b c d Myers, Mackenzie (February 18, 2017). "An Afternoon with Rocklin Artist Maija Peeples-Bright". Placer Herald.
  5. ^ a b c d "Funky Figures Inhabit 'World of Woof'". Newspapers.com. The Sacramento Bee. 6 July 2012. p. X28. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  6. ^ "Maija Peeples-Bright". Style Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Beverage, Gloria (June 6, 2012). "Roseville Gallery Hosting Artwork of Maija Peeples-Bright". Placer Herald.
  8. ^ a b Blunk, Dawn. "At the Heart of the Art". Sacmag.com. Sacramento Magazine. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  9. ^ Walker, John (1973). Glossary of Art, Architecture and Design Since 1945. England: Clive Bingley, LTD. p. 99. ISBN 978-0915794010.
  10. ^ Shields, Scott (November 2008). "California Funk". Ceramics Monthly.
  11. ^ Faberman, Hilarie; Bick, Tenley C.; Cameron, Susan C. (2005). Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at the University of California at Davis, the Paula and Ross Turk Collection. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-937031-28-5.
  12. ^ "The Candy Store". Crocker Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  13. ^ a b Robertson, Michelle (2021-10-11). "Meet Dr. Color, who's painted more than 17,000 SF buildings". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  14. ^ "Maijia's Art". Newspapers.com. The Sacramento Bee. 3 April 2005. p. N4. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  15. ^ "Beast Haystacks, Maija Peeples-Bright". Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  16. ^ "Maija Gegeris". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  17. ^ "Monstergraph Thru Flashlight - Maija Gegeris". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  18. ^ Miller, Sequoia (2018). "Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears: An Artist's Gift in Honor of Jock Reynolds". Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: 25–31. ISSN 0084-3539. JSTOR 26573507.
  19. ^ "Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears". Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  20. ^ "Nut Pot Bag or Clay Without Tears". Artists' Books Database, Otis Collections Online.
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