Mary Welcome

Neighbor first, all else follows

📬 PO Box 364 Palouse, Wash. 99161-0364
💾 moreparades [at] gmail.com
☎️ (509) 288-1313

COLLECTIVE WORK

M12 Studio, Member (2016 - present)
Cabin-Time, Founding member and facilitator. (2012 - 2019)
Camp Little Hope, Founding member and collaborator (2012 - present)
Dept of Public Transformation, Founding member and board member (2016 - 2024)
Homeboat, Founding member and collaborator (2017 - 2020)
Brokeback Palouse, Founding member and producer (2019 - 2022)
Flannel & Blade, Member. (2022-present)
Hi-Vis Agency, Principal (2023-present)
The Strange Grange, Founding member and collaborator (2024 - present)

RESIDENCIES & SPECIAL PROJECTS

2025

Scholar-in-Residence. Woodpecker Archives. Lucas, Kansas.
Artist-in-Residence. Sawbill Surf Club. Elberta, Michigan.
Scholar-in-Residence. Riverby Books. Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Artist-in-Residence. Nemeth Arts. Park Rapids, Minnesota.

2024

Artist-in-Residence. Playa Art & Science Conservatory. Summer Lake, Oregon.
Artist-in-Residence. Greenhorns. Pembroke, Maine.
Artist-in-Residence. Rockland Woods. Unincorporated Kitsap, Washington.
Artist-in-Residence. Centrum Arts. Port Townsend, Washington.
Artist-in-Residence. The Yes! House. Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. Volland Foundation. Volland, Kansas.

2023

Pilot Artist-in-Residence. MT Liggett Art Environment. Mullinville, Kansas.
Artist-in-Residence. Peter Bullough Foundation. Winchester, Virginia.
Artist-in-Residence. Surel’s Place. Boise, Idaho.
Fellow, TAIR (Transportation Artist-in-Residence) Summit. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Fellow, Transportation Research Board. Smart Growth America. Washington, DC.

2022Pilot Artist-in-Residence. Sawbill Artist Residency. Elberta, Michigan.

2020Artist-in-Residence. Washington State Department of Transportation.
Artist-in-Residence. Riverfront North Partnership. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2019
Artist-in-Residence. Washington State Department of Transportation; Statewide.
Lead Artist, Beach Blanket Babylon. Summit on peripheral practice by Homeboat. Green River, Utah.
Lead Artist, Creative Community Design-Build (2.0). Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; St. James, Minnesota and Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Visiting Artist, Rural Women Rural-Wide. Dept of Public Transformation, Battle Lake, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. This Will Take Time; Point Arena, California.
2018
Artist-Organizer, The Year of Play. Springboard for the Arts; Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Lead Artist, Community Advocate Program. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; St. James, Minnesota.
Lead Artist, Creative Community Design-Build. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; St.James, Minnesota and Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. KBRRR: Road Salt Radio. Art of the Rural; Winona, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. The Jennings Hotel; Joseph, Oregon.
Remote Artist-in-Residence. Kosmologym. Den Frie Gallery; Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017
Artist-Organizer, The Year of Play. Springboard for the Arts, Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. Cabin-Time: E. Sierras; Lone Pine, California.
Artist-in-Residence. Partnership Art. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; St. James, Minnesota.
Visiting Artist. Rural Summit. Blue Sky Center; New Cuyama, California.
Artist-in-Residence, Summit Series. Summit Powder Mountain; Eden, Utah.
2016
Artist-in-Residence, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMoCA). Year-long studio residency, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Artist-in-Residence, Rabbit Island Rabbit Island Foundation and Conservancy; Lake Superior, Michigan.
Artist-in-Residence with Camp Little Hope. Western Carolina University; Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Artist-in-Residence. Adams State University; Alamosa, Colorado.
Artist-in-Residence. Hinge Arts, with Springboard for the Arts and Partnership 4 Health. Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. Fed Galleries; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2015
Artist-in-Residence. Central Utah Art Center (CUAC); Spring City, Utah.
Artist-in-Residence. The Jennings Hotel; Joseph, Oregon.
Lead Artist. High Desert Test Sites: Epicenter. Green River, Utah.
Lead Artist. Cabin-Time: Sleepout. Little Wild Horse Canyon, Utah.
Artist-in-Residence. Sierra Nevada College; Incline Village, Nevada.
Artist-in-Residence with Camp Little Hope. South Elm Projects, Elsewhere Museum and ArtPlace America; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Lead Artist, The Chamber of Commons with Camp Little Hope. Greensboro, North Carolina.
Artist-in-Residence. Cabin-Time: Archipelago. Deer Isle, Maine.
Artist-in-Residence: The Loneliest Highway. Mobile Road Residency. Highway 50, Nevada.
2014
Artist-in-Residence. M12 Studio; Byers, Colorado.
Artist-in-Residence. Cabin-Time: Pokey Creek. Santa, Idaho.
Artist-in-Residence. Have Company; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Artist-in-Residence with Camp Little Hope. Corwen Field Stwdio. Arts Council of Wales and Addo Creative; Corwen, Wales.
Artist-in-Residence. The New Gallery, John Snow House; Calgary, Alberta.
Artist-in-Residence. Frontier Fellowship, Epicenter; Green River, Utah.
2013
Artist-in-Residence. Divina Sonus Ruris. Binaural/Nodar Rural Art Lab; Covas du Monte, Portugal.
Artist-in-Residence. Rhaglen Breswyl Toiledau, Corwen, Wales.
Artist-in-Residence. Cabin-Time: Desolation Canyon. Green River, Utah.
Artist-in-Residence. Mar-Lu-Ridge Educational Center; Jefferson, Maryland.
Artist-in-Residence with Camp Little Hope. Hidden City, Fairmount Water Works; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Visiting Artist, Special Project Fellowship. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Artist-in-Residence: I Think of You on Mountaintops. Mobile Road Residency. Cross-country USA.
Artist-in-Residence. Cabin-Time: Wilderness. Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
Artist-in-Residence. Mystic Homestead. Elberton, Washington.
2012
Artist-in-Residence: No More Sad Sad Bad Lands. Mobile Road Residency. Cross-country USA.
Pilot Artist-in-Residence. Rabbit Island Foundation and Conservancy; Lake Superior, Michigan.
Pilot Artist-in-Residence. Shared Space Studio; Pentwater, Michigan.
Artist-in-Residence: Ocean Erie/Highway 12. Mobile Road Residency. Cross-country USA.
Artist-in-Residence. Cabin-Time: Bogus Lake. Grand Marais, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence. Attic 19; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Visiting Artist, Special Project Fellowship. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Artist-in-Residence. James & Janie Washington Foundation; Seattle, Washington.
2011
Artist-in-Residence. Clarke Commons; Oakland, California.
2010
Artist-in-Residence. Struts Gallery; Sackville, New Brunswick.
2009
Artist-in-Residence. Art Shanty Projects. Soap Factory; Medicine Lake, Minnesota.
Artist-in-Residence: Death Valley, Mobile Road Residency. Cross-country USA.
2008
Artist-in-Residence. New Riddles and Constellations; Stichting KIK; Kolderveen, Drenthe, the Netherlands.
2007
Artist-in-Residence. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Artist-in-Residence: The Grandest Canyon, Mobile Road Residency. Cross-country USA.

lectures & workshops

2025
All Things Hold Together. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
Futures Finding: Embedding the Creative Process. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, Minnesota.
Engage Rural: Visioning Workshop. Department of Public Transformation; Minnesota.

2024
A No Place and A Good Place. Rockland Woods, Bremerton, Washington.
Prairie Post: God Bless the USPS in Palouse Country. Palouse Rural Library, Palouse, Washington.
Heartland, Heartwork: People & Possibilities. New London, Minnesota.

2023
Pump Up the Volume: Storytelling in your Practice. Rural Regenerator Fellows and Springboard for the Arts. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Make Good Cheer: Mail Art for All. Surel’s Place. Boise, Idaho.
God Bless the USPS: Post Offices of Southern Idaho. Surel’s Place. Boise, Idaho.
The Art of Neighboring. Connective Arts, Shenandoah University. Winchester, Virginia.
Hosting Artists in Rural Spaces: Visioning Workshop. 5.4.7. Arts Center and M.T. Liggett Art Environment. Greensburg, Kansas.
Art in the Afterwards: Creative Documentation. Upstream Initiative and Springboard for the Arts. Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Hosting Artists in Rural Spaces: Visioning Workshop. Sawbill Artist Residency and Piney Wood Atlas. Elberta, Michigan.
Off-Roading with Public Engagement. Blandin Foundation and Springboard for the Arts. Statewide Minnesota.
The Future in the Fields. Arts & Design Department, University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho.
2022
Hosting Practices for Artists. Civic Artist Round Table, Voices for Rural Resilience. Minnesota Source Water Protection Collaborative, Minnesota.
Civic Artists and Rural Diaspora. Kansas Field Arts Forum. Pratt, Kansas.
2021
Artist Residencies for Emerging Artists. Pepperdine University. Los Angeles, California.
Cultural Work and Social Practice. Colorado Mountain College. Glenwood Spring, Colorado.
2020
Pandemic Creative Practice. University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho.
Off the Clock: Holiday Party. Department of Public Transformation.
Creative Practice and Politics. Common Field; Seattle, Washington.
2019
The Future of the Field. Common Field Convening; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The After Hours Hours. Rural Arts and Culture Summit; Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Artist as Activist, Artist as Neighbor. Ethos, Americorps; Portland, Oregon.
Neighboring as Practice. Rural Environments Field School; Antonito, Colorado.
Artist Lecture. University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho.
2018
Community Engagement with Public Art. NOWPAC Conference; Moscow, Idaho.
Public Art for Your Landscape. NOWPAC Conference; Moscow, Idaho.
Relational Aesthetics and Community Engagement. Alberta Art + Design College; Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Artist Lecture. Winona State University; Winona, Minnesota.
Artists as Activist, Artist as Neighbor. Ethos, Americorps; Portland, Oregon.
2017
The Year of Play: Practice + Projects. Springboard for the Arts; Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Center Pivot Chautauqua. Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas.
Unsettling the Old Country Buffet: Reports from the Rural. Common Field Convening; Los Angeles, California.
Works in Progress: The Center Pivot Box Set (M12). Autry Museum of the American West; Los Angeles, California.
The Power of Artist Residency Programs. Outpost: Art of the Rural; Winona, Minnesota.
Artist as Community Organizers. Local Initiative Support Corporation and Metrics Arts Consulting; Easton, Pennsylvania.
This Island Is Loud. Northern Michigan University; Marquette, Michigan.
Healthy Housing and Collaborative Community Engagement. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership and La Convivencia Hispana; St. James, Minnesota.
Nightlife. Rural Arts and Culture Summit; Morris, Minnesota.
Making Space for Meaningful Engagement. Rural Arts and Culture Summit; Morris, Minnesota
Creative Placemaking. Blue Sky Center; New Cuyama, California.
Process and Practice. Outpost: Art of the Rural; Winona, Minnesota.
2016
The Citizen Artist. Art & Rural Environments Field School; Byers, Colorado.
The Citizen Artist. Adams State University; Alamosa, Colorado.
Handmade Landscapes, with Camp Little Hope. Western Carolina University; Cullowhee, North Carolina
The Citizen Artist. Next Generation Summit: The Future of Arts and Culture in Rural America; Iowa City, Iowa.
2015
Rerouting Histories, with Camp Little Hope. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Small Towns & Parades. The Wurks Community Studio; Providence, Rhode Island.
The Citizen Artist. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Family Home Evening. White Haus; Green River, Utah.
Get Together: Community-Based Art Initiatives. Sierra Nevada College; Incline Village, Nevada.
A Guide to Field Guides at the Mountain Research Station; University of Colorado-Boulder; Boulder, Colorado.
Play as Practice, with Camp Little Hope. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Citizen Artist. University of Colorado-Boulder; Boulder, Colorado.
Embodied Place, Panel at Sierra Nevada College; Incline Village, Nevada.
2014
The Citizen Artist. Epicenter; Green River, Utah.
How to Have a Hangout. Have Company; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Residencies and Alternative Arts Practices. Shared Space Studio; Pentwater, Michigan.
Imagine Corwen, community design workshops with Camp Little Hope. Corwen, Wales.
Rural Works, two-day seminar on community arts practices. Corwen, Wales.
2013
In Remembrance of We. Binaural/Nodar; Covas du Monte, Portugal.
Imagining the Future with the Future, weekly educational tours and design workshops with local elementary schools. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dreamboats for Nightmares, with Camp Little Hope. Philly Nerd Night; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Water Futures in Philadelphia: Meet the Bibotorium, with Camp Little Hope. Hidden City Festival; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2012
Artist Lecture. Washington State University; Pullman, Washington.
Artist Lecture. Shared Space Studio; Pentwater, Michigan.
Panel Interview. Open Studio 106 Gallery; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2010
Artist Lecture. Struts Gallery; Sackville, New Brunswick.
Small Town Social Practices. Open Engagement; Portland, Oregon.
Artist Lecture. University of Idaho; Moscow, Idaho.
Artist Lecture. Garfield-Palouse High School; Palouse, Washington.
2009
Artist Lecture. University of Mary Washington; Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Artist Lecture. Elon University; Elon, North Carolina.
2008
Conversations on Collaboration. Washington State University; Pullman, Washington.
Artist Lecture. Stichting KIK; Kolderveen, Drenthe, the Netherlands.
The Shared Imaginary. Reed College; Portland, Oregon.
2007
The Elsewhere Avian Collective. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Vernacular of Collection. Washington State University; Pullman, Washington.

EXHIBITION RECORD

Solo Exhibitions

All Things Hold Together. Gallery II, Washington State University. Pullman, Washington (2025)
Post Offices of the Treasure Valley. Surel’s Place. Boise, Idaho. (2023)
From Nothing to Nothing Is No Time at All. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Salt Lake City, Utah. (2017)
The Sand in your Shoes. Cloyde Snook Gallery; Alamosa, Colorado. (2016)
Star Route 1. M12: Feed Store; Byers, Colorado. (2015)
Staying Power. Holman Arts & Media Center; Incline Village, Nevada. (2015)
I Think of You on Mountaintops. New Gallery; Calgary, Alberta. (2014)
I Wish I Was a Wildflower. Amgueddfa Corwen Museum; Corwen, Wales. (2013)
More Like an Ocean. Saki; Chicago, Illinois. (2013)
My Dear, You Lovely Idea. Gallery Gray; Spearfish, South Dakota. (2010)

All Exhibitions2025

All Things Hold Together. Gallery II, Washington State University. Pullman, Washington.

2024

Higher Ground. WSU LGBTQ+ Center & WSU Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collection, Washington State University. Pullman, Washington.
Palouse Arts Walk. Palouse Arts Council, Palouse, Washington.

2023

Post Offices of the Treasure Valley. Surel’s Place. Boise, Idaho.
House of Grief (Paintings). Peter Bullough Foundation. Winchester, Virginia.
Post Offices of the Shenandoah Valley. Peter Bullough Foundation. Winchester, Virginia.
Timescapes. Moscow Contemporary; Moscow, Idaho.

2022

Indie Folk: Artists of the Pacific Northwest. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; Portland, Oregon and Pullman, Washington.
Deep Looking. Saranac Art Works; Spokane, Washington.
Truths about Rural. Form + Content Gallery. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2021

Diverse Networks. Oolite Arts; Miami, Florida.

2020
This Pizza is a Park. Old English Pizza, Bridesburg. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
LOOP. Little Pink House; Genessee, Idaho.
2019
Poems for Our Country. Union Hall; Denver, Colorado.
2017
Center Pivot. Sala Diaz; San Antonio, Texas.
From Nothing to Nothing Is No Time at All. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Cabin-Time: E. Sierras. Garage Gallery; Incline Village, Nevada.
Public Transformation. Outpost: Art of the Rural; Winona, Minnesota.
Rabbit Island: Works and Research. DeVos Museum; Marquette, Michigan.
This Place: Selections from the Frontier. Tahoe Gallery; Incline Village, Nevada.
Ten Years of Art Shanty Projects. Soo Visual Arts; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2016
The Sand in your Shoes. Cloyde Snook Gallery; Alamosa, Colorado.
The Land of Here and Now: Five Years of Artists at Shared Space Studio. Fed Galleries; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
A Call to Place: Five Years of the Frontier Fellowship. Rio Gallery; Salt Lake City, Utah.
2015
Star Route 1. M12: Feed Store; Byers, Colorado.
Staying Power. Holman Arts & Media Center; Incline Village, Nevada.
Making Things (Happen). Interface Gallery; Oakland, California.
Kid River. Windows on Broadway project; Green River, Utah.
2014
Carte Blanche. DNA Artspace; London, Ontario.
I Think of You on Mountaintops. New Gallery; Calgary, Alberta.
Stacks: 30 Years of Zines. Light Grey Art Lab; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Beach Cam Variety Show. Shared Space Studio; Pentwater, Michigan.
It All Turns on Affection. Windows on Broadway, Arbon Cafe; Green River, Utah.
2013
I Wish I Was a Wildflower. Amgueddfa Corwen Museum; Corwen, Wales.
Rabbit Island: Works & Research. deVos Art Museum; Marquette, Michigan.
Ossuary. University of Tennessee, Downtown Gallery; Knoxville, Tennessee.
Art Book Review. Jam Handy Building; Detroit, Michigan.
A Sickness of Great Magnitude. Homework Project; Portland, Oregon.
Esoteric as in Learning. Video Bar curated by Heidi Nagtegaal; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Rabbit Island: Benefit. Brooklyn, New York.
Bibotorium with Camp Little Hope. Hidden City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
More Like an Ocean. Saki; Chicago, Illinois.
Inventory of Armor. Homework Project; Portland, Oregon.
Cabin-Time: Wilderness. Crafthaus; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Place to Go is Idaho. City Hall; Potlatch, Idaho.
Encyclopedia of Work Spaces. Arthouse Co-op; Brooklyn, New York.
Sweetest Little Thing. Owens Art Gallery; Sackville, New Brunswick.
The Wanderer Project. Katrina Neumann/Transmediale Festival; Berlin, Germany.
Oracles of the Auric. Caroline Collective; Houston, Texas.
2012
Year Two. Fowler Arts Collective; Brooklyn, New York.
Cabin-Time: Rabbit Island. Miscellany; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Cabin-Time: Bogus Lake. Nice Gallery; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Letters to Home. Mosaic Festival; Knoxville, Tennessee.
Even Hoping Machines Get the Blues. Attic 19; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Collections. Fictilis Gallery; Seattle, Washington.
Artwalk. Look Around; Palouse, Washington.
Bookstore. Drift Station; Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sweetest Little Thing. Owens Art Gallery; Sackville, New Brunswick.
Hammock Studio. Kwantlen Polytechnic University; Surrey, British Columbia.
Mystic Homeschool Open House. James & Janie Washington Foundation; Seattle, Washington
2011
The Atlas of Here & There: Making This Day Out of Many. Spaceworks; Tacoma, Washington.
The Long and Short of It. LCSC Center for Arts & History; Lewiston, Idaho.
Papergirl SF. Incline Gallery; San Francisco, California.
The Unimpressionable Hotel. Studio 34; West Oakland, California.
Near & Yonder Drawing Exhibition. Look Around; Palouse, Washington
Book Report. Allegheny College; Meadville Pennsylvania.
Artwalk. Old Post Office; Pullman, Washington.
Hootenanny. Look Around; Palouse, Washington.
Mailto: Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska.
We’ll Stand as One Once Completed. SOIL Gallery; Seattle, Washington.
We Are Here, This Is Home. K-OKAY Radio, Clarke Commons; Oakland, California.
Sweetest Little Thing. Owens Art Gallery; Sackville, New Brunswick.
2010
When You Finally See Them. Struts Gallery; Sackville, New Brunswick.
Return to Sender. The Door at 72 Ludlow; New York, New York.
Open Letter Project. Old Post Office; Pullman, Washington.
Traveling Tent Show IV. A nomadic arts encampment; Redding, Washington.
Papergirl SF. The Women’s Building; San Francisco, California.
Papergirl Berlin. Neurotitan Galerie; Berlin, Germany.
Artwalk. The Grange; Palouse, Washington.
Scattered Light RO/LU. Art of This; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
My Dear, You Lovely Idea. Gallery Gray; Spearfish, South Dakota.
The White Voyage. The Upper Bunk; Palouse, Washington.
Ideas of Mountains. Creative Research Lab; Austin, Texas.
Pairings. Edge Gallery; Denver, Colorado.
2009
Traveling Tent Show III. A nomadic arts encampment; Redmond, Washington.
Artwalk. The Grange; Palouse, Washington.
Artist Feature. Community Library; Palouse, Washington.
The Imperial TransAntarctic Expedition. Art Shanty Projects with the Soap Factory; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hustle & Bustle. Hub-Bub Arts Center; Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Messages. Community Foundation; Greensboro, North Carolina.
2008
Elsewhen Meanwise Otherwhere. RM103 Gallery; Auckland, New Zealand.
Traveling Tent Show II. A nomadic arts encampment; Pullman, Washington.
Thought Harbor. Blackfish Gallery; Portland, Oregon.
New Riddles & Constellations IV. Kaashall; Kolderveen, the Netherlands.
Bureau of Public Recollection. Museum of Art; Pullman, Washington
Ghosts. Reed College; Portland, Oregon.
MFA Exchange Show. Ridenbaugh Gallery; Moscow, Idaho.
2007
The Power of Play. Bank Left Gallery; Palouse, Washington.
Traveling Tent Show I. A nomadic arts encampment; Pullman, Washington.
Carnival Ad Absurdum. Gallery 2; Pullman, Washington.
The Elsewhere Aviary. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Bureau of Public Recollection. Museum of Art; Pullman, Washington
In(n) & Out of Nowhere. Cougarland Motel; Pullman, Washington.

Add: 2006, 2005

Professional experience

Designer, Flannel & Blade Studio. (2022-present)
Faculty, Rural Environments Field School. University of Colorado-Boulder (2015 - 2022)
Editor, The Changing Times (2018 - 2020)
Board Member, M12 Studio (2018 - present)
Board Member, Secretary, Department of Public Transformation (2016 - 2024)
Member, Chamber of Commerce, Palouse, Washington (2016 - present)
Councilman, City Council, Palouse Washington (2020 - 2022)
2022
Faculty. Kansas Field Arts Forum. Kansas Creative Arts Industry Commission. Kansas.
2021
COVID Outreach and Response. Palouse Chamber of Commerce. Palouse, Washington.
2020
Facilitator, Palouse COVID Response Hotline. Palouse, Washington.
2018
Curator, Seeing Rural. Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Facilitator, 555 Pilot Residency. Blue Sky Center, New Cuyama, California.
2017
Curator, Department of Public Transformation. Outpost: Art of the Rural; Winona, Minnesota
Web Consultant, Common Field (National Network). Los Angeles, California.
2016
Co-Curator, Shared Space Studio Retrospective. Fed Galleries; Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Visiting Artist, Art Department, Adams State University. Alamosa, Colorado.
Curatorial Staff, Arts & Culture Department; Epicenter; Green River, Utah.
2015
Visiting Faculty, MFA/IA Program. Sierra Nevada College; Incline Village, Nevada.
Faculty, Rural Environments Field School. University of Colorado-Boulder; Boulder, Colorado.
Residency Facilitator, Shared Space Studio. Pentwater, Michigan.
Co-Curator, HDTS: Epicenter; High Desert Test Sites; Green River, Utah.
Teaching Artist, Pyramid Youth Programs. PACT; Green River, Utah.
2014
Residency Facilitator, Shared Space Studio. Pentwater, Michigan.
Curatorial Staff, Arts & Culture Department; Epicenter; Green River, Utah.
Teaching Artist, Corwen Field Stwdio with Ysgol Caer Drewyn. Corwen, Wales.
Alternate Staff, Green River High School and Book Cliff Elementary. Green River, Utah.
Alternate Staff, Green River Boys and Girls Club. Green River, Utah.
Member, Seam Spitters Quilt Guild. Green River, Utah.
Webmaster, Sable Dunes Audubon Society. Pentwater, Michigan.
2013
Teaching Artist, Hidden City Festival. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Teaching Artist, Mar-Lu-Ridge Educational Center. Jefferson, Maryland.
Teaching Artist, Prichard Art Gallery Summer Youth Program. Moscow, Idaho
2012
State Guide to Washington and Idaho, American Guide Project.
Citizen Scientist, Audubon Society.
Member, P.E.O.; Palouse, Washington.
Member, Officer. Washington State Grange, Palouse, Washington.
Alternate Staff, Garfield-Palouse School. Palouse, Washington.
Alternate Staff, Potlatch Elementary. Potlatch, Idaho.
Curator, Outbuilding Discourses Micro-Residency. Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2011
Director, The Look Around. Palouse, Washington.
2009
Editor, Palouse Palouse Press (Editorial Collective). Palouse, Washington.
Curator, Upper Bunk Residency Program. Palouse, Washington.
Collaborator, Network of Domestic Spaces (NoDS). Montreal, Quebec.
Member, Palouse Arts Council. Palouse, Washington.
2008
Design Director, Elsewhere Museum. Greensboro, North Carolina.
2007
Executive Archivist, Bureau of Public Recollection. Palouse, Washington.
Director, Nomadic Arts Collective.
Member, ETC (Elsewhere’s Tenured Collective). Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Instructor of Record, Fine Arts Department. Washington State University; Pullman, Washington.

ACCOLADES

BA, Religion. University of Mary Washington. Fredericksburg, Virginia.
MFA, Painting. ~~Washington State University. Pullman, Washington.~~

Creative Change Coalition Connection Grant. Springboard for the Arts; Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Self-Directed Artist Practice Grant. Arts WA; Seattle, Washington.
Grants for Artists’ Progress. Artist Trust; Seattle, Washington.
Artist Scholarship. Common Field; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Artist Trust Fellow. Artist Trust; Seattle, Washington.
#1 New Noodle. World Famous Mac n Cheese Cook-Off; Palouse, Washington.
ArtPlace America Project Funding. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; Granite Falls, Minnesota.
NEA Our Town Project Funding. Springboard for the Arts; Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
ArtPlace America Project Funding. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; St. James, Minnesota.
Artist Scholarship. Common Field; Miami, Florida.
Artist Scholarship. Next Generation Rural Summit; Iowa City, Iowa.
ArtPlace America Project Funding. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Special Residency Fellowship 2013. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Special Residency Fellowship 2012. Elsewhere Museum; Greensboro, North Carolina.
Best of Austin 2010 for CAMP BASE CAMP installation. Austin Critics ; Austin, Texas.
Art Shanty Project Grant. Art Shanty Projects; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Founders Award ,Outstanding Graduate Student. Washington State University.
Fine Arts Scholarship. Washington State University; Pullman, Washington.
Departmental Honors, Religion. University of Mary Washington.
Neiman Scholarship for Excellence in the Study of Religion. University of Mary Washington; Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Add: List of funders, orgs

WRITING

How Rural Post Offices Sustain Community: Reflections on the post offices of Benzie County, Michigan, as a living map. Barnraiser. January 2025
As That Crow Flies. Sawbill Surf Club; Elberta, Michigan. August 2025.
We Are Out In the Fields. ArtPlace America. May 2020.
Correspondence: Mary Welcome + Nicole Lavelle. New Life Quarterly, Spring 2019.
We are All We Have: The Practice of Neighboring. MN Artists, 2018.
These Palouse Arms. The Changing Times: Palouse Country, 2018.
Star Route 1 (Center Pivot Series). Last Chance Press; Jap Sam Books, 2018.
Vernaculars: God Bless the USPS. Site Magazine, 2017.
The Great Middle America Motion Picture Show. Field School. Dakotas, USA.
Dear Old Man of the Edgelands. Empty Stretch Publishing, 2013.

Add: High Desert Test Sites, Lethbridge Monologue

SELF-PUBLISHED WORK

Welcome to the Conversation: The Spotsy Papers. Palouse Palouse Press, 2023.
Five Star Fergus. Palouse Palouse Press, 2020.
Land of Here and Now: Five Years of Artists at Shared Space Studio. Shared Space Studio, 2017.
Prairie Picnic Party. Palouse Palouse Press, 2016.
Handmade Landscape. Camp Little Hope, 2016.
Boyhood River. Palouse Palouse Press, 2015.
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter. Palouse Palouse Press, 2015.
Pocket Guide to the United States Flag Code. Epicenter, 2015.
Field Notes. Palouse Palouse Press, 2015.
Good Readers Guide to Ward Public Library. Palouse Palouse Press, 2015.
Slowtime Guide to US Route 50. Epicenter, 2015.
Land Tides, May the Blessed Ones Lead Us From Darkness Into Light. Epicenter, 2015.
That Moon This Place Which Way. Palouse Palouse Press, 2014.
1932 Edgewood Road. Palouse Palouse Press, 2014.
Thunderbird Motel. Palouse Palouse Press, 2014.
River Beach Look Book. Epicenter, 2014.
I Wish I Was a Wildflower. Camp Little Hope, 2013.
Teaching A Stone to Speak. Camp Little Hope, 2013.
Jukebox Guide to Corwen. Camp Little Hope, 2013.
Apples to Oracles, Dust to Dust. Epicenter, 2013.
Bibotorium: Schematics. Camp Little Hope, 2013.
Bibotorium: Stories. Camp Little Hope, 2013.
More Like An Ocean. Paugey Press, 2013.
The Elsewhere Storybook. Elsewhere Museum, 2013.
Ten For A Bird You Must Not Miss. Palouse Palouse Press, 2012.
Moments of Maybe. Palouse Palouse Press, 2012.
Field Trip Field Guide to Pentwater Michigan. Shared Space Studio, 2012.
Bogus Lake or Bust. Palouse Palouse Press, 2012.
Keep Hoping Machine Running. Single edition artist book; Palouse Palouse Press, 2012.
Someone Else’s Orange: Issue II. Palouse Palouse Press, 2011.
The Adventures of Hither and Yon. Palouse Palouse Press, 2011.
The Invisible Ink of Her Laughter. Palouse Palouse Press, 2011.
We’ll Stand as One Once Completed. Palouse Palouse Press, 2011.
It Always Means Everything. Single edition artist book; Palouse Palouse Press, 2010.
Someone Else’s Orange: Issue I. Palouse Palouse Press, 2010.
Ideas of Mountains. Single edition artist book; Palouse Palouse Press, 2010.
Small Town Social Practices. Palouse Palouse Press, 2010.
They Must Have Been So Very Cold. Single edition; Palouse Palouse Press, 2009.

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Articles, Interviews, Catalogues, PUBLICATIONS

Visiting artist aims to photograph every rural U.S. post office

Palouse-based artist speaks on art as cultural work. The Argonaut. April 2023
Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Digital Essay by Melissa Feldman. May 2022.
Indie Folk: Mary Welcome's art reflects her interest in advocacy for rural communities. Inlander. January 2022.
A Love Letter to the USPS: Mary Welcome. Daily Smile Podcast. January 2021.
Long before post offices became political flash points, this artist was photographing them. Washington Post, Weekender Magazine. Oct 19, 2020.
Artists in the DOT: Residencies in Transportation. Public Art Review, Issue 59, 2020.
Mary Welcome Welcomes New Neighbors. Artists with Impact, Creative Exchange 2018
Rabbit Island: Works & Research. deVos Museum, Northern Michigan University, 2017.
Public Transformation: Art in Rural America. Outpost Winona, 2017.
Cabin-Time: Archipelago Field Guide. Issue Press, 2016.
A Call to Place: Five Years of the Frontier Fellowship. Epicenter, 2016.
Cabin-Time: Pokey Creek Field Guide. Issue Press, 2015.
I Think of You on Mountaintops: Mary Welcome. New Gallery, 2014.
Cabin-Time: Green River Field Guide. Issue Press, 2013.
Homework: Volume 1.1. The Homework Project, 2013.
Cabin-Time: Wilderness Field Guide. Issue Press, 2013.
The Green River Magazine. Sincerely Interested and Epicenter, 2013.
Rabbit Island: Works & Research. deVos Museum, Northern Michigan University, 2013.
Issue #3: OIL. Make8elieve, 2013.
Post offices: Look at them a bit, and the monotony falls away. MinnPost, December 2012
Cabin-Time: Rabbit Island Field Guide. Issue Press, 2012.
Cabin-Time: Bogus Lake Field Guide. Issue Press, 2012.
Remember How I Have Patched Your Holes. The Intimate Revolt, Volume 2, 2010.

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