Clara Mack Wainwright

Background

Wainwright, Clara Mack was born on November 27, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Harold Alonzo and Caroline Stevenson (Saltonstall) Mack.

Education

Bachelor in English, University North Carolina, 1959.

Career

Founder, artistic director, coordinator Great Boston Kite Festival, 1969-1970, First Night celebration Boston, 1976-1978. Coordinator Fellini's Basement fundraiser Boston Visual Artists' Union, 1975, Newbury St. Paseo Awards, 1993. Initiator Somerville Garden Awards, 1990.

Coordinator, artist Inner City Arts Projects, 1989. Founder, artistic director Boston St. Olympics, 1982. Coordinator banner construction Very Special Arts Festival, 1979-1981.

Achievements

• Clara Mack Wainwright has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Teen Art project Youth Resources Center, Boston, 1988-1989, Voices of Neighborhood Quilt project Somerville Community Partnership, 1992-1993. Artist-in-residence Fenway Middle College High School, Boston, 1991-1992. Participant various youth artistic activities, including production of 3 large quilts for Jamaica Plain Art Center, Asian Youth Essential Superior vena cava syndrome and Fenway Middle College High School, 1992, quilt production with students of East Somerville Community School, 1993.

Member Boston Society Architects (honorary, Commonwealth award 1986).

Connections

Married William Harvey Wainwright, September 15, 1969. Children: Caroline Lee, Dedalus Alonzo.

Father:

Harold Alonzo Mack

Mother:

Caroline Stevenson (Saltonstall) Mack

Spouse:

William Harvey Wainwright

child:

Caroline Lee Wainwright

child:

Dedalus Alonzo Wainwright