Teaching
Making and doing compelled Miriam; process was more important than the outcome. Materials drove the process as much as the artist’s conception of the piece. Discovering new materials (clay from the ground, mushrooms along the trail) and manipulating them to build something out of nothing (a child’s head, a bowl) was at the heart of her practice. Sharing this with others and guiding them to free their own creative spirit was a lifelong passion.
- Miriam and students 1933
- Miriam and student late ’30s
- Children’s art class 1951
- Mendocino Art Center children’s class
- Mendocino Art Center children’s class
- Mendocino Art Center children’s class
- Sculpture class, Mendocino Art Center 1973
- Sculpture class, Mendocino Art Center 1973
- Sculpture class, Mendocino Art Center 1973
- Sculpture class, Mendocino Art Center 1973

Children’s art class 1951, with daughter Rachel to the right of her mother.