FROM THE SCRAPBOOK




Correspondence: Mary Welcome & Nicole Lavelle

Interview
Wolfman New Life Quarterly, 2019


Long before post offices became political flash points, this artist was photographing them
Article
The Washington Post. October, 2020


Palouse-based artist speaks on art as cultural work
Article
The Argonaut, April 2023



How Rural Post Offices Sustain Community
Essay
Barn Raiser, January 2025




Generating creative solutions to entrenched transportation problems

Report
Culture for Climate Scotland, March 2025

Mary Welcome's art reflects her interest in advocacy for rural communities
Article
Inlander, January 2022



How Artists Helped a Housing Organization Adapt to Demographic Change
Article
Shelterforce Magazine, May 2020


Mary Welcome welcomes new neighbors all around the country
Interview
Creative Exchange, May 2018


Mary Welcome is glad you are alive


EssayKevin Buist for The New Gallery, 2014


I Think of You on Mountaintops


Interview

Steven Cottingham for The New Gallery, 2014


Transportation Artists in Residence: A Landscape of an Emerging Field

Report
Smart Growth America, 2024



Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest

Essay
Melissa Feldman (Curator), 2022


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


We Are All We Have: The Practice of Neighboring
Essay
MN Artists, July 2018


Post offices: Look at them a bit, and the monotony falls away

Article
Andy Sturdevant for Minn Post, December 2012



Looking back on Minnesota and Washington State DOTs’ inaugural artists-in-residence
Article
Smart Growth America, December 2020




Artist creates projects that advocate healthy living
Article
Fergus Falls Daily Journal, April 2016


Public Transformation celebrates & contemplates art in rural America
Article
Creative Exchange, October 2017


How Four Rural Towns Are Building Vibrant Communities Through the Tools of Creative Placemaking
Article
Daily Yonder, April 2021



Get to know Washington state’s new artists-in-residence
Interview
Transportation for America, March 2019


Bringing Creativity to the DOT

Article
Forward Magazine, Forecast Public Art, 2021


Washington State DOT Artists-in-Residence

Article
The Scenic Route, 2021


Artists in the DOT
Article
Public Art Review, Forecast Arts, 2020


Vernaculars
Essay
SITE Magazine, 2016


Mary Welcome: A Love Letter to the USPS

Podcast
The Daily Smile, January 2021


7 Layers of Mary Welcome


Podcast
Memory Chips, June 2024