Marna Brauner is Professor Emerita of Art and Design (1989-2014) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, specializing in fibers and surface design. She received her MFA in textiles, with distinction, from California College of Arts and Crafts, and her BFA in Visual Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She exhibits her work nationally and internationally, including solo and group shows in India, Mexico, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Brauner has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wisconsin Arts Board, and the Milwaukee Artists Foundation. Her work was featured in the books The Surface Designer's Art and Celebrating the Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery of North America, as well as Fiberarts magazine and Surface Design Journal.
