Mary Ann Peters (artist)
Mary Ann Peters (1949) is an American artist. Her large scale paintings and installations deal with the themes of immigration and the refugee crisis.[1] She is a founder of COCA (Center on Contemporary Art).[2]
Peters received her MFA from the University of Washington in Painting and Drawing in 1977 and her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.[3]
Peters has completed public art projects for University of Texas, San Antonio (2002),[4] and Port of Seattle Headquarters.[5] In 2015, Peters received the Stranger Genius Award,[6] a 2013 Art Matters Foundation research grant, the MacDowell Colony Pollock Krasner Fellowship in 2011, the Civita Institute Fellowship in 2004, the Artist Trust Leadership and Arts Award, and the Behnke Foundation Neddy Award in Painting in 2000.[7] Her work is included in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters explores the migration crisis". The Seattle Times. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "CoCA looks back on 35 years of contemporary art with 'Legacy'". The Seattle Times. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Mary Ann Peters | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington". art.washington.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Ambassador Team 5 | On the Boards". www.ontheboards.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Art Zone: Mary Ann Peters | seattlechannel.org". seattlechannel.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Graves, Jen. "Mary Ann Peters, Winner of the 2015 Stranger Genius Award in Art". The Stranger. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Q&A: Mary Ann Peters". Strange Fire. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ "Mary Ann Peters – Artists – eMuseum".