Mary Apikos taught at Parsons School of Design NYC for 17 years. She taught inter disciplinary courses about the intersection of social history and design that fell through the cracks to people who fell through the cracks. She is ABD in Cultural Anthropology from CUNY Graduate Center and has worked as an ethnographic textile conservator at the Museum of the American Indian, George Heye Foundation NYC and in private practice where she specialized in the care of sacred materials. In 2022 Mary completed a one-year remote applied fine arts program at the Centre for Applied Jungian Studies in South Africa.. She teaches at the NYC Jung Foundation and is on the staff of The London Arts Based Research Centre. In 2026 Mary will be in Kavala, Greece on an artist residency.