Myra was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she was surrounded by the beauty of Native American textiles. She earned her BA at the University of Michigan studying Art History and later took graduate courses in Design and Architecture. In 1980 she opened her own business, Linens & Lace, in Texas, to promote the sale of fine linens. When she began to incorporate antique linens into her inventory, her life changed.

Researching Victorian linens led Myra first to ethnic textiles, and then to the Textile Art Department of the California College of Arts and Craft. There she saw the legacy of Fiberworks thriving. She became an avid Fiber Art collector, gaining knowledge by extensive traveling; by attending major national and international fiber events; and by close personal associations with artists, museums, and galleries. This culminated in 1998 with the show she curated, Defining Fiber, at the Braunstein/Quay Gallery in San Francisco. She is now a Board member of the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum.

Myra's goal is to foster recognition of the artists creating these works that have significant ethnographic roots. She hopes to raise public awareness through this website, as well as through lectures and mainstream gallery shows. She is here to educate, to curate, to answer your questions, and finally, to help you collect Fiber Art.

She looks forward to working with you in any way possible to promote Bay Area Fiber Art. Contact her at mgblock@fiberscene.com to discuss your ideas. There is no subject she loves more!