Scheier
Scheier is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Adam Scheier (born 1973), American football coach *Edwin Scheier (1910–2008), American artist *Jacob Scheier (born 1980), Canadian poet * Libby Scheier (1946–2000), Canadian poet and short story writer *Mary Scheier (1908–2007), American ceramicist *Mindy Scheier (born 1971), American fashion designer *Shirley Scheier Shirley Scheier is an American painter and printmaker. She studied at the University of Kansas and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship in 1994. She taught at the University of Washington from ...

Edwin Scheier
Edwin Scheier (November 11, 1910 – April 20, 2008) was an American artist, best known for his ceramic works with his wife, Mary Scheier. Early life Edwin Scheier was born in The Bronx, New York, to a Jewish German immigrant father, and an American mother. Scheier's father died shortly after his son's birth. Although his mother remarried, Scheier was left to his own devices, and dropped out of school before high school, in order to make a living. During the Great Depression, he criss-crossed the nation before returning to New York City. Although never formally trained, Scheier attended free seminars at Cooper Union, and also worked for a silversmith and a ceramicist. He often examined works in the city's museums, and first, and briefly, met his future wife, Mary Goldsmith, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A period as a public puppeteer led him to take a position teaching crafts through the WPA. This led to other positions in the WPA, and it was through one of these roles ...
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Libby Scheier
Libby Scheier (May 31, 1946 – November 14, 2000) was a Canadian poet and short story writer. Personal life She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at Sarah Lawrence College and the State University of New York. During the sixties, Scheier interest and involvement in women's rights and pacifism grew. Robert Priest and Beverley Daurio were her friends of over twenty years. Her son Jacob Scheier is also a poet. He won the Governor General's Award for English language poetry in 2008 for his debut collection ''More to Keep Us Warm''. In 2000 after a struggle with breast cancer, Scheier died in Toronto at the age of fifty-four. Career After living in France, California and Israel, in 1975, Scheier moved to Toronto and became the literary columnist for the Toronto Star."Legacy: Libby Scheier
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