Monuments 2018 - 2019
Mary McCann became a visual artist out of necessity. When Multiple Sclerosis made opera vocal performance difficult, she turned to the visual arts for expression. She has been painting for over 20 years and is primarily self-taught. Her subject matter has changed through time. Current work is an emotional response to geologic forces, geologic time and the incredible beauty found in the resulting landscape. Mary lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and her work has been shown throughout the region and is included in private, corporate and public art collections.
Childhoods End Gallery, Olympia WA, Ongoing Presence 2008-Present
2020 Bainbridge Island Performing Arts Center, Solo Show
2019 Vashon Center for the Arts
2017 Solo Exhibition “Geology” Tacoma Community College at Gig Harbor
2017 Invitational 45th Anniversary Childhood’s End Gallery, Old Friends New Work
2013 American Association of Geologists, Representative Artist for Washington State, Deadwood, SD
2007 Invitational, The Nature Conservancy Conference on Global Warming, Art exhibit, Portland, OR
2006 Featured Artist, Shelton Oysterfest, Shelton, WA
2005 Invitational Artist Show, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2004 Purchase for Permanent Collection Robert Frye Gallery, Seattle WA
2012 Washington State Department of Natural Resources, five oil paintings purchased for permanent collection.
2006 Washington State Department of Natural Resources, five oil paintings purchased for permanent collection and public use.
2004 Washington State Department of Natural Resources, five watercolor paintings purchased for permanent collection and public use.
2002 Master Gardeners National 30 Year Anniversary Poster Artist.
1996 Black Hills Audubon Society, Poster Artist
2015 Public Art Purchase, South Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
2010 Public Art Purchase, Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
2008 Public Art Purchase, Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
2006 Public Art Purchase, Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
2004 Corporate Purchase, Batdorf and Bronson, Olympia, WA
2010 Featured Artist 2010 Calendar Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA
2009 South Sound Women Artists 2009: A Sense of Place
2005 University of Oklahoma Press, Illustrations and Jacket Cover, “A Room for the Summer”, author, Fritz Wolff.
2020 Bainbridge Island Performing Arts Center, Solo Show
2019 Vashon Center for the Arts
2018 Solo Show, Washington Department of Ecology
2018 “Perspectives on Landscape”, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA.
2018 20thAnniversary Juried Show, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2018 SW Washington Annual Juried Exhibition, South Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
2017 Tacoma Community College at Gig Harbor, Solo Exhibition “Geology”
Childhood’s End Gallery 45th Anniversary Invitational Olympia WA “Old Friends New Work”
Invitational Show Swedish Hospital Annual Art Show2016 Tacoma Community College Fourteenth Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition,
The Gallery
Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, SPSCC, Olympia WA
Allsorts Gallery Three Artist Show, Olympia, WA2015 Peninsula Art League 13th Annual Juried Show, Gig Harbor WA
Thirteenth Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition, The Gallery, Tacoma Community College
Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, SPSCC, Olympia, WA Purchase Award
6th Annual Swedish MS Art Show, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle WA
EAFA Annual Juried Abstract Show Seattle, WA
No Boundaries Traveling Group Show “Peripheral Visions”2014 Tacoma Community College 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Annual Show Swedish MS Center, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle, WA
International Juried Show, Museum Contempo, Shelton, WA “Who is God”,
Childhood’s End Gallery, Spring Arts Walk, A Group Show, Olympia, WA
No Boundaries 2014, A Juried Show. Seattle, WA “Living Metaphors”2013“Beginnings and Beyond” A Juried Art Exhibition Shown at:
Highline Community College Gallery, Seattle, WA
Burien Community Center, Burien WA
Shoreline City Hall, Shoreline, WA
Normandy Park City Hall, Normandy Park, WA
Robert Frye Gallery, Seattle, WA
American Association of State Geologists, Representative Artist, Deadwood, SD
Fourth Annual Swedish MS Center Art Show, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Franke Toby Jones Annual Juried Show2012 No Boundaries Juried Show shown at:
Brom Wikstrom Brothers Gallery Seattle WA
Federal Way City Hall, Federal Way WA
Normandy Park Arts Commission, Normandy Park WA
Miniature & Small Painting Juried Show, Gallery North, Edmonds WA
Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia WA2011 Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia WA
Robert Frey Gallery, No Boundaries Annual Juried Show, Seattle WA
Swedish Hospital Annual MS Show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA2010 Childhoods End Gallery Group Show, Olympia, WA, “Divergent Paths”,
Traver Gallery, Group Show, “The Art of Living With MS,” Seattle WA2009 Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia WA
Mary McCann and Marie Hassett at Batdorf and Bronson, Olympia Arts Walk
South Sound Community College Kenneth J. Minneart Gallery, Annual Juried Show, Olympia, WA2008
Washington Center for Performing Arts, Arts Olympia Juried Show. Olympia WA
Olympia Arts Walk, Newbury Bay, Olympia WA
Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia WA
SPSCC Kenneth J. Minnart Gallery, Annual Juried Show, Olympia WA2007
Invitational Art Show, Nature Conservancy International Conference on Global Warming, Portland Oregon
Women Painters of Washington, Inaugural Open Juried Show, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle W
Mary McCann and Marie Hassett at Batdorf and Bronson, Olympia WA
Olympia Arts Walk, Art House Designs, Group Exhibition, Olympia, WA
Olympia Arts Walk, Selected Works, Fireside Books, Olympia, WA
2015 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition Purchase Award, South Sound Community College
Bachelor of Arts Degree, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WADon Gianluca, Italian Master Iconographer, Intensive Workshop, Cottonwood, Idaho
Joan McKesson, Whidbey Island, WA
Ned Mueller, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Jordan Wolfson, Kathy Gore Fuss Studio, Olympia, WA
Helen O’Toole Residency, Kathy Gore-Fuss Studio, Olympia, WA
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