Editing Laurie Anderson (section)

== Early life and education ==
Laura Phillips Anderson was born in Chicago on June 5, 1947, and grew up in the nearby suburb [[Glen Ellyn, Illinois]], one of eight children born to Mary Louise (née Rowland) and Arthur T. Anderson.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-27-ca-woodard27-story.html|title = Her Private Happy Meal|last = Woodard|first = Josef|date = January 27, 2002|accessdate = October 3, 2024|work = [[Los Angeles Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grabel |first=Leanne |date=April 9, 2024 |title=53 things about Laurie Anderson you may or may not know {{!}} Oregon ArtsWatch |url=https://www.orartswatch.org/53-things-about-laurie-anderson-you-may-or-may-not-know/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> Growing up, she spent weekends studying painting at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] and played with the [[Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras|Chicago Youth Symphony]].<ref name="Anderson 2021" />

She graduated from [[Glenbard West High School]]. She attended [[Mills College]] in California, and, after moving to New York in 1966,<ref name="Anderson 2021" /> graduated in 1969 from [[Barnard College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] ''[[Latin honors#magna cum laude|magna cum laude]]'' and [[Phi Beta Kappa]], studying [[art history]]. In 1972, she obtained an [[Master of Fine Arts|M.F.A.]] in sculpture from [[Columbia University]].<ref name=Handy1989>{{cite book |last=Handy |first=Amy |title=Making Their Mark. Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970–1985 |editor1=Randy Rosen |editor2=Catherine C. Brower |chapter=Artist's Biographies – Laurie Anderson |publisher=Abbeville Press |date=1989 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/makingtheirmarkw0000unse/page/237 237–238] |isbn=0-89659-959-0 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/makingtheirmarkw0000unse/page/237 }}</ref>

Her first performance-art piece — a symphony played on automobile horns — was performed in 1969. In 1970 she drew the [[underground comix]] ''Baloney Moccasins'', which was published by [[George DiCaprio]]. In the early 1970s she worked as an art instructor and as an art critic for magazines such as ''[[Artforum]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazings.com/articles/article0026.html |title=Music Article 0026 |website=Amazings.com |access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> and illustrated children's books<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/anderson/index.html |title=Art:21 . Laurie Anderson . Biography . Documentary Film |publisher=PBS |access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> — the first of which was titled ''The Package'', a mystery story in pictures alone.<ref>{{cite web|last=Papageorge|first=John|title=Interview with Laurie Anderson|url=http://www.transmitmedia.com/svr/vault/anderson/ander_transcript.html|work=Silicon Valley Radio|publisher=Web Networks, Inc.|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012101014/http://www.transmitmedia.com/svr/vault/anderson/ander_transcript.html|archive-date=October 12, 2011}}</ref>