Biography
of Missionary Mary L. Proctor
 Using
found objects from her junkyard, now her American
Folk Art Museum, Missionary Mary crafts three dimensional
assembled works from buttons, mirrors, jewelry and other trinkets.
Some works are inspired by bible scripture and others by memories
of her grandmother or her childhood and most include written messages
of spiritual truths or life lessons.
For a detailed
biography, read the full article from RAW VISION No 29, Winter
1999
HONORS
-
1st Art Show
- All Saint
Canal Club
and Gallery
- Tallahassee,
FL 9/95
- Tricia
Collins -
Grand Salon,
"One
Woman Show,"
Soho District
- NYC 2/96
- Best
of Show -
Riverside
Avondale
Preservations,
Inc. - Jacksonville,
FL 9/2/96
- Award
of Merit
- Arts on
the Park
- Lakeland,
FL 9/29/96
- Award
of Excellence
- 11th Annual
Starke Festival
of the Arts
- Third
Place - 26th
Anniversary
On the Green
Art Festival
- Ft. Pierce,
FL 1/11-12/97
- Award
of Merit
- 27th Gasparilla
Festival
of the Arts
- Tampa,
FL 3/1-2/97
- Kate
Chapman Memorial
Award for
Sculpture
- 42nd Annual
Broadwalk
Art Show
- Virginia
Beach, VA
6/12-15/97
- Award
of Merit
- 26th Riverside
Art &
Music Festival
- Jacksonville,
FL 9/6-7/97
-
Second Place
- 13th Art
Festival
'97 Thornebrook
Village -
Gainesville,
FL 9/27-28/97
-
Award of
Honor - 35th
Halifax Art
Festival
- Daytona
Beach, FL
10/25-26/97
- Best
of Division
1 - Citrus
County 27th
Festival
of the Arts
- Inverness,
FL 11/1-2/97
-
Second Place
- St. Tammany
Art Association
Award - The
First Covington
Three Rivers
Art Festival
- Covington,
LA 11/8-9/97
- Best
of Show -
9th Annual
Zora Neale
Hurston Festival
- Eatonville,
FL 1/31/98
& 2/1/98
- Friends
of the Arts
Awards -
28th Gasparilla
Festival
of the Arts
- Tampa,
FL 2/28/98
& 3/1/98
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- The
621 Gallery
at Railroad
Square -
Tallahassee
Sculptures
- "40
Artists from
the Tallahassee
Area"
- Tallahassee,
FL 4/3 -
26/98
- Awards
of Excellence
Harambee
'98 - 14th
Arts &
Cultural
Heritage
Festival
Tallahassee,
FL 4/17-19/98
- National
Black Arts
Festival
- 10th Anniversary
Celebration
at Greenbriar
Mall - "Art
Beyond Borders"
- Atlanta,
GA 7/11-14/98
- The
Zetter Collection
presents
for the first
time in the
western US
"The
Outstanding
Art and Doors
of Missionary
Mary L. Proctor
of Tallahassee,
FL"
- "One
Woman Show"
- Hermitage
Gallery Southwest
Pavilion
- Reno, NV
8/1-31/98
- The
Zetter Collection
presents
"One
Woman Show"
- Brenda
Antin Antique
Shop - Los
Angeles,
CA 9/10-14/98
- VIP
- "An
Invited Guest"
- Kentuck
Association
of Northport,
Inc. - Northport,
AL 10/98
- Award
of Merit
- Arts on
the Park
- Lakeland,
FL 12/98
- Third
Place - 39th
Fine Art
& Selective
Craft Show
- Cocoa,
FL 2/13-14/99
- "First
Place - 31st
Opelika Arts
Festival
- Opelika,
AL 4/17-18/99
- "Awesome"
- Gadsden
Art Center,
Presents
"Missionary
Mary L. Proctor"
- Quincy,
FL 4/30-5/23/99
- Jules
Jewel Presents
Missionary
Mary Proctor
"One
Woman Show"
- Buckhead
- Atlanta,
GA 5/15 &
16/99
- The
Virginia-Highland
Summerfest
Art Festival
- Atlanta,
GA 6/5 &
6/99
- Howard
Finster Fest
- Paradise
Gardens,
GA
- The
Bainbridge-Decatur
County Council
for the Arts
- Presents
in the Firehouse
Gallery -
Missionary
Mary L. Proctor
(A One Woman
Show Reflecting
Folk art
Through Her
Eyes) - Bainbridge,
GA 6/7-12/99
- "Divine
Inspiration"
painting
and sculpture
by spiritually
motivated
artists -
Main Street
Gallery -
Clayton,
GA 6/12-23/99
Galleries
- Florida
A&M University,
"1997
College of
the Year"
- Fine Art
Exhibition
Presents
Missionary
Mary L. Proctor
"Contemporary
American
Folk Artist"
- FAMU Fine
Art Gallery,
Tallahassee,
FL 11/21/97
to 12/12/97
- American
Visionary
Art Museum:
Love: Error
and Eros
- May 16
1998 - May
30 1999.
Curated by
John Maizels
and Maggie
Maizels,
creators
and founders
of Raw Vision:
International
Journal of
Intuitive
and Visionary
Art. http://www.avam.org/exhibitions/love.html
- Screen
Arts
Show, opening
Feb 3, 2006
in St. Augustine,
FL
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MUSEUMS
- Morris Museum - Augusta, GA
- The Zora Neale Hurston National
Museum of Fine Art - "Of the People: An Exhibit of Folk
Art" - 227 E. Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville, FL 32751 - 10/20/97
to 11/26/97
- Mennello Museum of American
Folk Art
- Museum of African American
Art cordially invites you to "A Reunion of Spirit"
Community Artists' Show In the Spirit of the Barnett-Aden Collection
- 1305 N. Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 - 11/7/97 to 1/6/98
- Museum of Florida History,
R.A. Gray Building - Black History Month and Women's Month -
500 S. Bronough Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399 - 2/12/98 to 4/6/98
- American Visionary Art Museum
presents its 4th Exhibition - Eros and Error: Love, Profane
and Divine - Baltimore, MD - 5/15/98 to 5/30/99
- Two of her doors, and four
multi-media books were acquired for the permanent collection
of the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland
- House of Blues - New Orleans,
Orlando, Chicago
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REVIEWS
& ARTICLES
COLLECTORS
- Mary Call Proctor, TLH, FL
- Mary Anne Moore, TLH, FL
- Dr. Lou Hill, TLH, FL
- Joan W. & Howard E. Bowers,
TLH, FL
- Suzanne D & Armand B Cognetta,
JR M.D., TLH, FL
- Anne & David O'Bryan, TLH,
FL
- Anita R. Favors, City Man.,
TLH, FL
- Fred Flowers, Atty., TLH, FL
- Paula L. Walborsky, Atty.,
TLH FL
- Judith W. Hawkins, County Judge,
TLH, FL
- Dawn S. & Jerome W. Hoffman,
TLH, FL
- Pauline Carroll, Birmingham,
AL
- Suzanne & Rocke Doddridge,
M.D., St. Petersburg, FL
- Kenn W. & Lynn G. Melton
- Greensboro, NC
- Travis N. Trensit - Chicago,
IL
- Charles P. & Eileen Smith,
Lakeland, FL
- The Woodruff Family, Coca Cola,
ATL, GA
- Tammy Deene, Virginia Beach,
VA
- Ann F. & William M. Offenhimer,
Richmond, VA
- Rhea Chiles, Tampa, FL
- Rebecca & Leroy E. Hoffberger,
Towson, MD
- Philip D. Mercado, M.D., Los
Angeles, CA
- Dinah Manoff - TV star, "Empty
Nest", "Soap"
- Judge Reinhold - movie star,
"Beverly Hills Cop"
- Diane Carroll, singer/actress
- James H & Suzanne Fenwick,
aka "Suzanne Stone" - TV star, "Sanford &
Sons"
- Judy Schoen, owner of the
Theatrical Agency
- Greg Stewart, TV producer,
owner of graphics company
- Larry Moss, one of Hollywood's
best known acting coaches (Misty Blue)
- Connie Tazel, manager of Helen
Hunt & Craig T. Nelson
- Marty Ozer, chairman of Reno
Fox - TV network
- Jeff Melnick, owner of film
& TV literacy agency
- Lois Zetter, Siegel & Feldstein
and the Zetter Collection
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