Friday, February 26, 2021

2021 Members' Showcase: Mary Ann Sampson

Next up in our 2021 Members' Showcase is Mary Ann Sampson, who will also be featured in an upcoming retrospective at the Gadsden Museum of Art!


Mary Ann Sampson

Mary Ann Sampson has been an avid bookmaker since the early 1980s. She received her MFA in the Book Arts at the University of Alabama. She has shown her work both nationally and internationally. Her studio, One Eye Opera Company, is located in Ragland, Alabama. Her passion for drawing as well as crafting books by hand is shown throughout her body of work.

The works shown below are from two books, Eight Drawings and QWERTY.



Eight Drawings, #2 & 3



Eight Drawings, #6 & 7



QWERTY