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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.

Add: Tents

Articles, Interviews, Catalogues, PUBLICATIONS

    Visiting artist aims to photograph every rural U.S. post office. Park Rapids Enterprise. June 2025.
  • 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.

Add: Whitman County Gazette (White Voyage), Daily Journal Fergus Falls