Free Public Lecture
Artist Missionary Mary Proctor
Thursday, April 19, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Cornell Fine Arts Museum

Please join the Cornell Fine Arts Museum in welcoming artist Missionary Mary Proctor as she talks about her art process and inspiration. The artist, whose work is on display at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center in Winter Park, Florida, will be participating in the 3rd Annual Hannibal Square Heritage Center Folk Art and Craft Festival taking place on April 21st. 

Tallahassee-based Missionary Mary Proctor is a self-taught African-American artist who has exhibited her highly distinctive work nationally at galleries, festivals, and in visiting and permanent collections in museums nationwide.  She has won numerous Best in Show awards, and has been featured in the New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Raw Vision Magazine, and Modern Maturity Magazine.  Using found objects from her junkyard, (now her American Folk Art Museum & Gallery), 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.

Mary Proctor is a Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Artist

Limited parking available on campus.  Free parking with validated ticket in the SunTrust Parking Garage on Lyman Avenue in Winter Park.  Click here for more information.