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Margie Beth Labadie is a lecturer in the Digital Arts area of the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA. She teaches Digital Fine Art, Digital Photography, and Web Design. She is also the Coordinator of the UNC Pembroke Digital Academy. In 2006, she was an International FuBon Communications Scholar at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. Margie Labadie has an MFA in Printmaking from East Carolina University and a BA in Art from Temple University, Philadelphia and Tyler School of Art in Rome.
Merging traditional and digital printmaking techniques. Margie Labadie combines physical objects with printed images to make 2D collages and 3D assemblages. Bird imagery is the main vehicle through which she depicts themes of war, love, death, separation, and heroism. Avian photographs and illustrations, printed feathers, wishbones, and eggs are combined with emotionally evocative objects like torn love letters, medals of valor, antique cigar boxes, and maps to elicit the memories and mythologies. Recent works use birds from children’s literature to examine the current "war on terroristm." Many of her works comment on humankind’s use of birds throughout recorded history.
Before teaching at UNCP, Margie Labadie worked in Central and South America for nine years running her own international ecotourism company. She is a transplant to North Carolina from the Philadelphia region, but considers North Carolina to be her home. Margie Labadie is happily married to her partner and best friend, John Antoine Labadie. Together they teach, lecture, and offer hands-on workshops in digital fine art, creativity, and originality.
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