Mary Ann Beckwith, NWS

Academic Year:
Department of Visual and Performing Arts • Michigan Technological University • Houghton, MI 49931 • Phone (906) 487-3285

Year-round Address:
P.O. Box 17• 27711 Grosse Pointe Shores • Hancock, MI 49930 • On the Web: www.fa.mtu.edu/~mabeckwi • E-mail: mabeckwi@mtu.edu

EDUCATION

B.A., Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan) 1967; Art major and English minor.

Artist Workshops with professional artists, 1979-98:

PUBLICATIONS

• Mary Ann Beckwith, Creative Watercolor, Japanese Language Edition, 1997, MPC, Tokyo.

• Mary Ann Beckwith, Creative Watercolor: A Step-by Step Guide and Showcase, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, December 1995.

Featured in:

• International Artist Magazine (.com), "Experimenting With Texture and Media", February-March 2006, pg. 56-65.
• Mark Mehaffey, Creative Watercolor Workshop, North Light Books, 2005 pages 26 & 122.
• The Art of Layering: Making Connections, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, 2004.
• Collected Best of Watercolor, Rockport Publishers, 2002.
• Watercolor Magic, F&W Publications, Autumn 2002.
• Midwest Watercolor Society: 25 Tips by the Best of MWS, 2001.
• Mary Alice Braukman, Watercolor Magazine, American Artist Publication, Winter 2000
• Nita Engle, How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself, Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, 1999, pg. 137.
• Rachel Wolf, Splash 5, Northlight Publishing Co., 1998, pg. 93.
• Best of Watercolor: Creative Inspirations, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1997.
• Best of Watercolor: Painting Texture, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1997.
• Schlemm, Best of Watercolor 2, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1997.
• Chris Unwin, The Artist’s Touch II, Northlight Publishing Co., 1996.
• Schlemm and Nicholas, Best of Watercolor, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1995.
• Chris Unwin, The Artist’s Touch, Creative Arts Press, 1995.
• Rachel Wolf, Splash 2, Northlight Publishing Co., 1992, page 90.
• Maxine Masterfield, In Harmony with Nature, Watson Guptill, Inc., 1990, page 42.

NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Allied Artists of America, Inc.

• 94th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, December-January, 2007 – Mary Bryan Award
• Bennington, VT, September-November, 2007 – By Invitation
• 93rd Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, November-December 2006
• 89th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, November-December 2002
• 88th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, November-December 2001
• 81st Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, November-December 1994

Audubon Artists

• 65th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, September-October, 2007 – Silver Medal Award
• 64th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, September-October, 2006
• 63rd Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, September-October, 2005
• 61st Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, September-October, 2003
• 59th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, September-October, 2001
• 58th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, September-October, 2000

International Society of Experimental Artists

• 16th Annual Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA, August-September 2007
• 15th Annual Exhibition, Marquette, MI, By Invitation, June 2006
• 14th Annual Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX, October 2005
• 11th Annual Exhibition, Muncie, IN, April 2002
• 10th Annual Exhibition, Traverse City, MI, October-November, 2001
• 7th Annual Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX, September- October 1998
• 5th Annual Exhibition, Longboat Key, FL, October-November 1997—Award of Merit
• 4th Annual Exhibition, Sarasota, FL, February 1996—Award
• 3rd Annual Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX, October-November 1994
• 2nd Annual Exhibition, Shreveport, LA, July-September 1993
• 1st Annual Exhibition, Long Boat Key, FL, October, 1992

American Watercolor Society

• 140th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY 2007 - AWS Traveling Show, Fredric Albrecht Award
• 120th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY April 1987 - Traveling Show Award

Watercolor Society of Alabama

• 65th Annual Exhibition, Birmingham, AL, May-June 2006 – Winsor Newton Award

Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, NY

• 25th Annual Exhibition, November-January 2006 – Traveling Show Award
• 24^th Annual Exhibition, August-October 2005 — Traveling Show Award
• 19^th Annual Exhibition, August-September 2000 — Traveling Show Award
• 18^th Annual, August-September 1999 — Traveling Show Award
• 11^th Annual Exhibition, July-August 1992
• 7^th Annual Exhibition, August-September 1987, Traveling Show Through February 1988

Georgia Watercolor Society

• 26th Annual National Exhibition, Roswell, GA, April-May 2005—Hal P. Moore Experimental Award
• Juried Exhibition, Valdosta, GA, August-September 1999
• Members Show, St. Simons Island, GA, September 1998
• XVI Annual National Exhibition, La Grange, GA, April-June 1995

Northwest Watercolor Society

• 63rd Annual Open Exhibition, Seattle, WA, May-June 2003
• 58th Annual Open Exhibit, Seattle, WA, May-July1998 — President’s Award

Montana Watercolor Society

• Watermedia 2001 Exhibition, Bigfork, MT, October 2001 — Dale Rowney Award

Society of Layerists in Multimedia Invitational

• Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, June-August, 2001

National Watercolor Society

• 80^th Annual Exhibition, San Pedro, CA, November-December, 2000

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society

• 21^st National Juried Exhibition, Warren, PA, September-October, 2000

Kentucky Watercolor Society

• Aqueous ’00, Louisville, KY, September-October 2000
• Aqueous ‘94, Louisville, KY, October-November 1994 — Travel Show Award
• Aqueous ‘93, Frankfort, KY, Nov. 1993 - January 1994 — Brown Foreman Award

Louisiana Watercolor Society

• 30^th Annual International Exhibit, March-May 2000 — Merit Award
• 29^th Annual International Exhibit, New Orleans, LA, April-May 1999
• 28^th Annual International Exhibit, New Orleans, LA, May-June 1998 — Award
• 14^th Annual International Exhibit, New Orleans, LA, April 1987
• 11^th Annual International Exhibit, March-April 1984

Butler Museum

• 63rd Annual Exhibition, Youngstown, OH, July-August 1999

Watercolor Society of Alabama

• Annual National Competition, Fairhope, AL, April 1998 — Award
• Annual National Competition, Montgomery, AL, April-May 1994
• Annual National Competition, Montgomery, AL, July-August 1993 — Art Alliance Award
• Annual National Competition, Montgomery, AL, May-June 1991

Pittsburgh Watercolor Society

• Aqueous ‘97, Pittsburgh, PA, June-August 1997
• Aqueous ‘86, 41st Annual National Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, April-May 1986

Watercolor USA 1996

• Springfield (Missouri) Museum of Art, May-August 1996

Western Colorado Watercolor Society

• 6th National Exhibition, Grand Junction, CO, October 1996 — Award

Transparent Watercolor Society of America (formerly Midwest Watercolor Society), National Exhibit

• 20th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, July-September 1996 — By invitation
• 19th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, July-September 1995 — By invitation
• 18th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, July-October 1994 — By invitation
• 17th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, July-September 1993 — By invitation
• 16th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, July-August 1992 — By invitation
• 13th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, June-August 1989 — Traveling Show Award
• 12th Annual Exhibit, Green Bay, WI, August-October 1988 — Award
• 7th Annual Exhibit, Davenport, IA, July-August 1983

Red River Watercolor Society

• 1^st Annual Exhibition , Morehead, MN, June-July 1994

17th Annual North Dakota National Juried Exhibition, Minot, ND, March-April 1994

New England Watercolor Society

• North American Open, Boston, MA, May-June 1994
• North American Open, Boston, MA, May-June 1992

Arizona Aqueous 1991, Tubac, AZ, January-March 1991

11^th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia, MO, February 1990

14^th National Watercolor Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, September-October 1988

Watercolor West Annual Exhibition National Show

• XVIII, Judged-Juried, Riverside Museum, Redlands, CA, April-May 1987
• XVII, Judged-Juried, Riverside Museum, Redlands, CA, March 1986

SELECT REGIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Michigan Watercolor Society Exhibit

• 55^th Annual Exhibit, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, May-July 2002 — Traveling Show Award
• 53^rd Annual Exhibit, Grosse Pointe, MI, July-September 2000
• 46^th Annual Exhibit, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, April-May 1992
• 44^th Annual Exhibit, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI, April-May 1991
• 43^rd Annual Exhibit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, June-July 1989

Copper Country Gallery Exhibit, Judged-Juried Show, Houghton, MI: 1977-2001
Awards:

• 2001: Madelyn Weaver Watercolor Award
• 1996: Incha Lee Award
• 1995, 1986, 1981, 1979: Best of Show
• 1994: Madelyn Weaver Memorial Award
• 1992, 1991, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982: Award of Excellence
• 1989: Honorable Mention
• 1980, 1978: First Place, Two-Dimensional

Great Lakes Showcase, Lee Hall Gallery, Marquette, MI, June-July 1994

Michigan Watercolor: Best of ‘89 Exhibition

• University of Michigan, Oct.-Nov. 1989 — Invitational Exhibit

ONE-PERSON AND LIMITED GROUP SHOWS

• One-person show, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, March 30-May 3, 2007
• One-person show, Swearingens Visions Gallery, Northville, MI, November-December 2006
• One-person show, The Healing Gallery Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center, Calumet, MI, February-March 2005
• Four Artists, Beckwith, Conover, Tubbs, Simmons, Shiawassee Center for the Arts, Owosso, MI, June-July 2004
• Art in the Garden, participating artist, Copper Country Community Arts Council, July 2004
• One-person show, Superior National Bank Gallery, Hancock, MI, December 1, 2003-January 9, 2004
• The Vierling Show, Marquette, MI, June-September 2003
• Best of Copper Country, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI, July-August 2003
• Abstract By Nature, Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, MI, September-October 2002.
• Summer Solstice Invitational, Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, MI, June-July 2002.
• A Round Again, Main Gallery, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL, Sept-Oct 2000.
• Celebrate Color, The Healing Gallery, Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center, Hancock, MI, December 1998-February 1999.
• Copper Country Invitational, Marquette, MI, October 1997
• One-person show, Woodruff, WI. August-October 1997
• Best of the Best, Invitational Exhibit, Marquette, MI, June 1996
• Creative Watercolor Showcase, invitational group exihibit, Marquette, MI, April 1996–Best of Show Award
• The Artistic Touch Invitational, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI, March-April 1995
• Midwest Watercolor Society Signature Exhibition, Invitational, Portland, IN, February-March 1995
• Beckwith—Carlton-Johnson—Luhrs, Suomi College, Hancock, MI, August 1994
• Oasis Gallery, Jurors Show, Marquette, MI, July 1994
• Concept & Design, The Country Manor Gallery, Lansing, MI, October 1993
• Artists of the Keweenaw, Bonifas Art Center & Lee Hall Gallery, Marquette, MI, June-August 1992
• Limited Group Invitational, Neville Public Museum, Sales and Rental Gallery, July-December 1991
• In Harmony with Nature, Invitational Group Show, Alan Gallery, Berea, OH, September 1991
• Signatures, Group Show, Invitational, Marquette, MI, December 1990-January 1991
• New Works, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, Limited Group Show, Invitational, August-September 1990
• Four Watercolor Artists, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, Limited Group Show, Invitational Exhibit, June-August 1989

PUBLIC AND COPORATE COLLECTIONS - select

• Detroit and Northern Savings Bank, Hancock, Michigan
• Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan
• Van Pelt Library, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan
• State of Michigan, Governor’s Mansion, Lansing, Michigan
• Art in Senate, Art in the House, Lansing, Michigan
• Private collections in England, Norway, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Italy, Brazil and the U.S.A.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Michigan Technological University—Professor, 2001-present;
Associate Professor, 1997-2001; Assistant Professor, 1994-1997; Lecturer, 1980-1994; Instructor of watercolor painting, drawing, 3-D design and graphic design.

Instructor of watercolor painting, drawing, 3-D design and graphic design

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

• Who’s Who in American Education, 1997-1998, 2006-2007

• Who’s Who in American Women, 2002-2007

• Distinguished Teacher Award Recipient, Michigan Technological University, 1996, 2003

• Distinguished Teaching Award Finalist, Michigan Technological University: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003.

• Creative Painting to New Heights, Faculty Development Grant, Michigan Technological University, 1999.

• Faculty Development Grant, 1997, Michigan Technological University
  This grant supported travel to England (London, University of Southampton and Rothschild Gardens) and Amsterdam for the purpose of visiting museums and galleries and establishing professional contacts, May-June, 1997.

• Faculty Development Grant, 1996, Michigan Technological University
  This grant supported travel to Seoul National University (S. Korea) in May 1996 to present advanced watercolor workshops and to work with Korean watercolor artists.

JUROR - select

• Iowa Watercolor Society, Cedar Rapids, IA, September 2007
• Iron Mountain Festival of Arts, Iron Mountain, MI, June 2007
• Manitowish Waters Art League, Manitowish Waters, WI, July 2005
• 42^nd Annual Marshfield Art Fair, Marshfield, WI, May 2005
• Central Coast Watercolor Society, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, January 2005
• Wyoming Watercolor Society XIX National Exhibition, Sheridan, WY, June 2004
• All Michigan, All Media Competition, Lansing, MI, October 2001
• Virginia Highlands Arts Festival, Abingdon, VA, July 2001
• 69^th Annual Exhibition, Indiana Artists Club, Indianapolis Museum of Art, April 2001
• International Society of Experimental Artists Annual Exhibit, July-August 1999
• Goldcoast Watercolor Society, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,October 1998
• Art in the Parks, Isle Royale Artist Residency, National Park Service, 1991-1998
• Lake Superior Exhibition, Alberta House, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Sept. 1996
• Sault Ste. Marie Summer Arts Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Aug. 1996
• All Michigan Exhibition, Marquette, MI, July 1994
• Manitoish Waters Summer Arts Festival, July 1993
• Kingsford Art Festival, Kingsford, MI, June 1992, 1994
• Art in the Union, Michigan Technological University Statewide Fine Arts Competition, 1991
• Wisconsin Women in the Arts Exhibition 1991, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, June 1991

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR - select

• Iowa Watercolor Society, September 2007
• Art Center Traverse City, Traverse City, MI 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Northwood University, Midland, MI, June 2007
• Creative Art Connection, Shreveport, LA, May 2007
• Cheap Joe’s Artists Workshops, Boone, NC, 2005, 2007
• Fairborn Art Association, Fairborn, OH, October 2006
• Art in the Mountains, Bend, OR, June 2003, June 2006
• Watercolor Seminars, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL: 1998, 2006
• St. Louis Watercolor Society, St. Louis, MO: October 2000, October 2005
• Michigan Arts Educator Association, Marquette, MI: 2002, 2003; Lansing, MI: 2005
• Northern Michigan Artist’s Association, Traverse City, MI: July 2001, July 2002, July 2003, July 2004, July 2005
• Kanuga Workshops, North Carolina: 1997, 2000, 2005
• Experimental Watermedia Workshop, Gladstone, MI, Funded by Michigan Council for the Arts Grant, April 2005
• Kanuga Watercolor Workshop 2005, Hendersonville, NC, April 2005
• Watercolor Dynamics, Experimental Watermedia & Collage Techniques, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, September-October, 2004
• Creative Watermedia Workshop, Shiawassee Arts Council, Owosso, MI, June 2004
• Wyoming Watercolor Society, Sheridan, WY, May-June 2004
• The Studio School, Roanoke, VA, August 2003
• Art in the Mountains, Bend, OR, June 2003
• Glacial Ridge Art Society, Glenwood, MN: May 1999, May 2003
• Mountain Haven Arts, Mission, BC (Canada): August 1998, September 2002
• Blacksburg Artist’s Workshop, Blacksburg, VA: August 2002
• Dick Blick Master Class Workshops, Rising Sun, IN: May 2002, July 2003
• Art Escape, Tampa, FL: July 2002
• Boniface Center for the Arts, Escanaba, MI: April 2002
• Virginia Highlands Arts Festival Workshop, Abingdon, VA: July 2001
• Dillmans Creative Arts Workshop, Loc du Flombeau, WI: June 2001
• Western Ohio Watercolor Society, Nov 2000, Farmington Hills Arts Alliance: October 2000
• Illinois Central College, Residency, Peoria, IL: September 2000
• The Gallery, Battle Creek, MI: April 2000
• International Society of Experimental Artists, Huntsville, AL: August 1999
• Southwest Michigan Watercolor Society, Battle Creek, MI: June 1999
• Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI: March 1999
• Florida Coast, Coconut Creek, FL: October 1998
• Society of Watercolor Artists, Forth Worth, TX: October 1997
• Advanced watercolor, Seoul National University & Kon-Kuk University (Chung Ju), Korea: May-June 1996
• Red River Watercolor Society, Fargo, ND: October 1995
• University of Wisconsin, Shell Lake, WI: July 1994 and 1996
• Demonstrator/Lecturer, Twin City Watercolor Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN: April 1993
• Docent Workshop, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI: July 1992 and April 1993

WORKSHOP COORDINATOR

Workshops held at Michigan Technological University:

RELATED EXPERIENCE - select

Keweenaw Art Affair (co-chair), Dollar Bay, MI, summer 2006

International Society of Experimental Artists

• President/Exhibition Co-Chair,15h Annual Exhibition, Marquette, MI, June-July 2006

Michigan Watercolor Society

• Speaker/Presenter, Annual Meeting, Bloomfield, MI, September 2004

Western Ohio Watercolor Society

• Guest Speaker: Creative Approaches in Watercolor, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH: Nov 2000

Signatures Artists Society

• Guest Speaker: Motivation and Inspiration, Kalamazoo, MI: April 2000

Huntsville Museum of Art

• Guest Speaker: Expanding Arts Horizons: Experimental Art Today, Huntsville, AL: August 1999

Transparent Watercolor Society of America (formerly Midwest Watercolor Society)

• President, 1993-95
• Vice President/President-Elect, 1991-1993
• Signature Status Awarded July 1989
• 17^th Annual National Exhibition chairman, 1993
• 16^th Annual National Exhibition chairman, 1992
• Board of Directors, 1987-89, 1989-92
• Chairman, Nominating Committee, 1989
• Chairman, Slide Receipt for Annual Exhibition, 1989, 1990, 1991

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Alabama Watercolor Society, Signature member,1992-present
• Allied Artists of America, Associate Member, 1989-present, Signature Member, 2007.
• American Watercolor Society, Associate Member, 1980-present
• Audubon Artists Society, Active Full-Membership, 2005
• Copper Country Community Arts Council, Houghton, MI, 1975-present
• Georgia Watercolor Society, 1993-present, Signature Member
• International Society of Experimental Artists, 1992-present, Signature Membership 1998, Nautilus Fellowship, 1999
• Louisiana Watercolor Society, Signature Member, 1984-present
• Michigan Watercolor Society, 1982-present
• National Watercolor Society, 1999-present, Signature member, 2000
• Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Signature Member, 1986-present
• Society of Layerists in Multimedia, 1999-present, Full Membership, 2000
• Transparent Watercolor Sociey of America (formerly Midwest Watercolor Society) Signature Member, past president (see above)