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Emails are great but when someone takes the time to scratch out a message and mail you a card, you know they care. Sometimes receiving a card is more important than the words inside and, right now in the midst of the pandemic, that might just be the best thing you can do for another person. 

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Art Exhibitions and More 2024

 Oct 13 - Dec 28 Swords into Ploughshares Gallery, Detroit MI (Theme: Women's Liberation incl work by Kathe Kollwitz)

Oct-Dec  Amy VanAndel Library  Solo

(Artist reception Oct. 17 from 4:30-7:30pm)

 Sept. 20-22, AllArt:Grand Rapids

A curated show  with world-famous art hanging next to up-and-coming and established artists. Paintings include such notables as Mark di Suvero, Salvador Dali, Norman Rockwell, Arthur Dove, Robert DeNiro Sr. and others. 

Sept. 13-28, ArtPrize -  An annual, international art competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  

May 12, -June 15 - Festival of the Arts  DeVos Place Skywalk 

May TerryBerry Gallery Solo

(Artist reception May 3 from 5-7pm)

March 23 Keynote for Kendall College of Art and Design Career Day

March 22  Break It Down, Make It Better 

Feb - April Guardian Gallery/GR Solo

Jan - April Neland Ave Church Gallery Solo

Jan 11 Presentation for Grand Valley Artists

Ongoing: All Art Works Online Gallery

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When I live with a painting, I form a relationship with the artist and the piece. I choose pieces that move me, inspire me, surprise me, or, I just can't leave behind.  I have lots of paintings by other artists that do that for me on my walls. I hope my pieces do that for you. If not, I hope you keep searching. The artist is out there for you.

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Last Apartment, an installation exhibited at ArtPrize 2018  illuminates my conflicting feelings over my mother's move from independence in her last apartment to an early dementia facility. I admired her indomitable spirit, endless energy and sometimes reckless pursuit of her dreams but mourned  her increasing confinement by limitations, both real and imagined.

I'd love to share with you what I've learned. Ask me about half-day and full-day workshops and individual lessons.

"Making art depends upon noticing things — things about yourself, your methods, your subject matter." 

Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking  

Mary Jane studied art at Bennington College, Savannah College of Art and Design, learned from Mary Bentz Gilkerson, Carolyn Fehsenfeld, Tony Couch, Jim Johnson, Wes DeVries, and Stephen Duren. Her work has appeared in Salaan Magazine and The Hopper. She completed an Artist-In-Residence in Petosky, MI in 2015, and have exhibited locally at the Shibui Gallery, Grand Valley Artist's Gallery, Marywood Center, Celebration of the Arts, ArtPrize, All Art Works, and LowellArts Gallery.