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In this oral history, longtime Mill Valley resident, artist, and retired teacher Margaret "Kett" Zegart recounts the story of her life. Born in Michigan, Margaret grew up in East Lansing in a family with Scandinavian roots. She attended Cranbrook Academy of Art and Michigan State University. After college, she moved to New York City, where she worked for magazines and made art. Margaret recounts living as a young artist in New York City and the people she met, including the likes of Andy Warhol and E.E. Cummings. After a number of years in New York, Margaret moved out to San Francisco with her husband. She completed an MA degree in painting at U.C. Berkeley, where she also got a teaching credential. When her fourth child was born, Margaret and her family moved to Mill Valley. Soon after, Margaret began a 25-year teaching career at Tamalpais High School. Margaret describes her active life after retiring from teaching, including her return to artmaking, travels, involvement in the Outdoor Art Club, and civic participation around the issues of housing, transportation, and environmental preservation.
Identifier
6C8591C4-40DE-4DD2-BA8F-390784620230 2017.127.001
Subject
Almonte District Improvement Club Art Art - Marin County Art - Mill Valley Art clubs Art education Art exhibitions Art galleries, Commercial Art materials Art objects Art supplies Artists Atelier 17 Bank of America Boussy, Henri Brown, T. G Churches College of Marin Cranbrook Art Academy Cummings, E. E Del Norte County Driving, Automobile East Lansing Education Elderhostel Environmental control Environmental management Environmental policy Environmental protection Equal educational opportunity Exhibitions Family Food Freshman Court Garden walks Gardens Greenwood, Robert ("Bob") Hewett, Peggy Housing Housing developments Housing projects Magazine illustrations Magazines Marriage Michaillian, Donald Michigan State Milley Award Monotypes Museum of Modern Art National parks & reserves New York City Oral history - Education Oral history - Visual, performing, literary arts Oral history - Volunteerism, activism Outdooor Art Club Phoenix Hall Planning, City Poetry Prather, Bob Printmaking Printmaking equipment Prints Public housing Sage House San Francisco San Francisco State Tam High School Tea Teachers Teaching Teaching methods Transportation Travel Warhol, Andy Wasserman, Abby Young persons Youth Zegart, Harold Zegart, Kett
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