Artist, teacher, and art historian, Marcia Eisworth, was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After devoting her early adult years raising her four children; Ms. Eisworth now enjoys being an “atypical grandmother” to soon to be 11 grandchildren. She is affectionately called the “Art Grammy!” Ms. Eisworth retired in 2006 as an artist in the Talented Visual Arts Program of East Baton Rouge Parish at Baton Rouge Magnet High. Recent past teaching experience has included opportunities as an adjunct instructor of art history at the university level at both Louisiana State University and Southern University in Baton Rouge in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, Ms. Eisworth was awarded Educator of the Year by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Links, Inc.
Marcia graduated from L.S.U. in the 1960′s with a B.S. degree in Home Economics and Child Development. About thirty years later, experiencing the “pangs” of the empty nest with her children leaving home, Ms. Eisworth entered L.S.U. School of Art majoring in Painting and Drawing. She graduated in 1994 with a BFA. During this period of time, she also maintained a painting studio in downtown Baton Rouge with several other artists, where she taught private art lessons to both adults and children.
In the summer of 1994, Marcia participated in a collaborative workshop with noted feminist artist, Judy Chicago, culminating in a group exhibition of participants at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. In 1995, Ms. Eisworth served an internship with Judy Chicago and Through the Flower, a support foundation for Chicago’s work. As part of her duties of the internship, Marcia prepared The Triangle Quilts, (often shown in conjunction with the famed Dinner Party) for an exhibition, Sexual Politics and Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, held in 1996 in Los Angeles.
Later, Ms. Eisworth furthered her education as an adult learner by entering graduate school, studying Western and Chinese Art History. She graduated with an MA in Art History in 2000. It was during this period that Marcia continued to expand her interests and knowledge in Asia by traveling to China for research, to study the Mandarin language, and teach English as a second language.
Now that Marcia has retired from full time teaching, she spends many hours in her studio producing her artwork, and teaches in programs sponsored by the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board. The body of Ms. Eisworth’s artwork can be classified as spiritual and close to nature. Some series of her work comments on the trials and tribulations of society based on her own life experiences. As a result, Marcia Eisworth art tells a personal story, a journey of growing up….story most common to all people.