Maggie Leininger splits her time between Evanston, IL and Greencastle, IN where she develops exhibition and educational programming for 10 Fold Projects, an artist-run space developed by Leininger and her creative partner and printmaker David Krauter. Leininger currently teaches at the Art School at DePaul University. Additional academic experiences include serving as the director of the International Honor Quilt, a companion piece to The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, and as visiting professor of fibers at Arizona State University. In addition to her studio practice, Leininger hones her textile design skills at Considered Cloth, a design studio promoting intentionally designed textile goods for home and body.

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Leininger has been awarded numerous grants, fellowships, and artist residencies. Notable residencies and fellowships include support from Kala Institute in Berkeley, CA, The Present Group in San Francisco, CA, Scottsdale Public Art Commission, the Kentucky Historical Society, Mansfield Institute of Social Justice, Illinois Arts Council, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Leininger has exhibited her work nationally including at the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, NM, the South Bend Museum of Art, and the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago, IL.