Who is Maya Lin
Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Although she is best known for historical memorials, she is also known for environmentally themed works, which often address environmental decline. According to Lin, she draws inspiration from the architecture of nature but believes that nothing she creates can match its beauty.ChildhoodMaya Lin was born in Athens, Ohio. Her parents emigrated from China to the United States, her father in 1948 and her mother in 1949, and settled in Ohio...Read Full Biography of Maya Lin
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- Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.
- I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.
- Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
- Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.
- I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character.
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Hecoworks: today's feature for women's history month is maya lin, best known for designing the vietnam veterans memorial in washington, dc. head over to our instagram to read more:Rhizomatically: from maya lin: a strong clear vision (1994)
Cannabisnftmag: sculptor maya lin will release her first nft project, a generative art series based on the root systems of trees, this spring
Cuexeccoach: my 8 year-old daughter, clara, and i have been reading this book, little dreamers, for women's history month. i had no idea that the vietnam veterans memorial, right here in d.c., was designed by maya lin when she was 21 years old and an undergraduate stu…
Hebronlions: our 8th graders have finished their monument stem project this week, which started by reading about maya ying lin, the college student who designed the vietnam war memorial. the students selected a person/group/event from american history that they felt was an unsung hero worthy…
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