Christa C. Mayer Thurman
Christa C. Mayer Thurman | |
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| Born | Christa Charlotte Mayer 12 December 1934 Darmstadt, Germany |
| Other names | Christa C. Mayer–Thurman |
| Alma mater | Finch College (BA), New York University Institute of Fine Arts (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Museum curator, art historian, author, scholar |
Christa Charlotte Mayer Thurman (born 1934), is a German-born American curator, art historian, author, and scholar. She served for forty-two years as the curator and chair of the textiles department at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1992, she was the namesake of an endowed position created in her credit, the Christa C. Mayer Thurman Chair and Curator of Textiles. Thurman was awarded an honorary fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC) in 2000.