Aileen Osborn Webb
American patron of the arts, founder of Craft Horizons and American Craft Council (1892-1979) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 87
Aileen Osborn Webb (1892-1979) was an American patron of crafts. She was a founder of the organization now known as the American Craft Council, which gives an annual award named for her. She was considered a "principal supporter" of the American Craft movement during the Great Depression.
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She founded the School for American Craftsmen (SAC), which is now part of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).