Mary Vinton Folberg
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Miss Oregon
The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition and beauty pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant...
in 1958. She founded the dance program at Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, which has become internationally recognized within the dance community. The performing leg of the Jefferson High School dance department is The Jefferson Dancers
The Jefferson Dancers
The Jefferson Dancers is the performance group of advanced students from the magnet arts dance program at Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company was founded by Mary Vinton Folberg in the early 1980s...
, which performs locally, nationally, and occasionally even internationally. The Portland, Oregon, newsweekly Willamette Week
Willamette Week
Willamette Week is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, United States. It features reports on local news, politics, sports, business and culture....
has referred to The Jefferson Dancers as "Portland's best dance company".
After leaving Jefferson High School in the early 1990s, Folberg founded The Northwest Academy
The Northwest Academy
The Northwest Academy is a private arts and performing arts high school located in Portland, Oregon, United States.-History:The school was founded in 1997 by Mary Vinton Folberg, former artistic director of The Jefferson Dancers and sister of Claymation creator Will Vinton...
, which is an alternative arts high school in Northwest Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
.
Mary Vinton Folberg is the sister of Will Vinton
Will Vinton
Will Vinton is an American director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for his work, and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for the work of his studio.- Education :...
, creator of Claymation. Folberg was featured in Images of Oregon Women, published by Madison Pr (June 1983); (ISBN 0-961296-20-8).