Background
Hassinger was born in Los Angeles, California.
Hassinger was born in Los Angeles, California.
She attended Bennington College, intending to study dance (which she had practiced since the age of five) but graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture.
She is known for her sculpture and public art using natural and industrial materials. She works in "sculpture, installation, performance, and video." She then enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles to study fiber and earned her Master of Fine Arts in 1973. She spent five years as an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University.
Since 1997, she has been Director of the Reinhart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Artist