P. Buckley Moss
This lovely lady artist has been around for a while. She is one of America's most prized living artists. An alumna of New York's prestigious Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Pat Moss is a formally educated and accomplished artist, highly regarded by academics and collectors alike. Her art is represented in over 200 galleries worldwide.
This lovely lady artist has been around for a while. She is one of America's most prized living artists. An alumna of New York's prestigious Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Pat Moss is a formally educated and accomplished artist, highly regarded by academics and collectors alike. Her art is represented in over 200 galleries worldwide.
Having achieved success, she devotes a great deal of her time and effort to helping others. Donations of P. Buckley Moss art have raised over four million dollars for worthy charities. The P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children's Education is devoted to promoting the use of art in the classroom, especially as a means to teach children with learning differences.
Moss was born in 1933 in New York City. She had a difficult time in school as a child due to her struggles with dyslexia. (I find most brilliant artists to have a struggle like that, either ADD or dyslexia or bipolar disorder... the most incredible artists need not look for inspiration any further than their own struggle)
In 1951 she received a scholarship to New York's Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She began her career from there, quickly discovering her own unique style, and her fame took off quickly after she graduated.
In 1989 the P. Buckley Moss Museum opened in Waynesboro, Virginia. Its stated purpose is to permanently record and illuminate the Moss phenomenon through educational exhibitions, lectures, permanent collections and archival files.
However, one of her greatest achievements has been in the world of charity. In 1995 the P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children's Education was formed to help children with learning disabilities to succeed in school and in life. The Foundation encourages the use of the visual and performing arts in all educational programs, but especially those involving children who learn differently. Moss has used her own talents and her own struggles to help people for a very long time... an admirable ambition.
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