Mary Williams
Clitherall, MN
Visual
Workshops for Adults, Demonstrate, Serve as a Juror
Mary is a sculptor. Her first love is stone carving, but she also creates pieces in clay and bronze. When asked why she sculpts, Mary's response is that it satisfies her need to create, it is something she is compelled to do. She delights in working with nature's materials to form shapes and images pleasing to the senses.
Mary received her formal training from the Art Institute of Chicago. She has participated in many exhibitions and master workshops and received numerous awards. Among her honors, Mary received the prestigious Lake Region Arts Council/ McKnight Foundation fellowship, a year long project in which she experimented with armature and concrete to create outdoor garden sculptures. In 2002, she was commissioned to produce a life-sized Ojibwa Indian woman in limestone, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Ottertail County, MN Historical Society. The piece is on display on the west shore of Battle Lake.
Mary shares her love of sculpting willingly and unselfishly. Nearly every year since 1997, she has taught a very popular figurative clay sculpting class sponsored by the Art of the Lakes organization at her Clitherall, MN lake home. During the winter season, Mary has taught at the Vero Beach Museum of Art , FL; in 2004 she taught a stone carving class and in 2005, a figurative clay course. In 2006 she provided private tutoring in clay figurative sculpting in Vero Beach.
