Sep
6
to Oct 1
Dec
9
10:00 AM10:00
Art Enables Holiday Market: Washington, DC
Mara will be selling at the Art Enables & Friends Holiday Market on December 9 from 10-5. Hope to see you there.
Nov
4
2:00 PM14:00
Screening of Living Art at Disability Film Festival: Arlington VA
Three films will be screened that showcase the stories and artistic expressions of individuals with disabilities.
A Q&A with Living Arts’ director, David Rochkind, and artist Mara Clawson follows the screenings.
Jan
13
to Mar 23
Jun
26
to Jul 15
Solo Exhibition at Silo6776 Gallery
NEW HOPE, PA (June 26, 2022) Silo6776 is pleased to present When Colors Get Along, a highly curated exhibition of works by self-taught artist Mara Clawson. For more information, contact info@silo6776.com
Aug
25
to Sep 26
VAA 37th Juried Open Exhibition
The exhibition is juried by Dr. Harry Cooper, Senior Curator and Head of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; he discusses each selected work with VAA President Matt Adams during the recorded opening reception.
Jun
12
to Jul 5
National Juried Works on Paper 2021
Works on Paper is LBIF’s 23rd annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition, juried by Lanka Tattersall, the Curator of Drawings and Prints at MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Tattersall awarded Mara’s soft pastel, Cleaning Ears, second place. View Catalogue
May
5
to Jul 31
Viridian Artists' "30 Under 30"
Viridian's 5th Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition, curated by Vernita Nemec.
May
5
to May 8
Screening of Living Art at ReelAbilities: Denver
Living Art is screening at ReelAbilities Film Festival: Denver, followed by a Q&A with Mara and director of the film, David Rochkind.
Jan
12
to Apr 25
Solo Exhibition: Caring for Humanity and for Life
Accompanying Mara’s exhibition, "Caring for Humanity and for Life", are two online Main Street programs. Mara is demonstrating her digital art process at the Jan. 12 program. Online closing reception is April 25.
Jan
1
to Dec 31
Art in the Time of Corona, Vol. 2
The Dab Art Co.’s ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA™ global project and exhibition can be viewed at Dab Art’s website (Mara’s digital painting, Hopeful Tastes, is in January of 2021).
Sep
4
to Sep 27
Sea of Change Mid-Atlantic
Mara’s oil pastel, Finding Ways to Keep the Water Clean, received an honorable mention award.
Jun
26
to Jul 19
Works on Paper 2020 National Juried Competition
"Works on Paper" 2020 is the 22nd Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition, juried by Sarah Suzuki, Curator of Drawings and Prints at MOMA, the Museum of Modern Art, NYC. View Catalogue
Mar
1
7:00 PM19:00
Screening of Living Art at ReelAbilities: Northern Virginia
Living Art is screening during the closing night of ReelAbilities Film Festival of Northern Virginia, along with three other films. Closing reception of Mara’s Solo Exhibition: Loving Nature and Food follows the screening.
Feb
16
12:30 PM12:30
Screening of Living Art + Q&A w/ Director & Artist
Mara and documentary film director David Rochkind are speaking after the screening of Living Art.
Feb
13
6:00 PM18:00
ReelArt: The Art of Celebration w/ Visiting Artist Mara Clawson
Mara is the 2020 visiting artist in Houston's ReelArt exhibition, curated by Samara Rosen at The Center for Art and Photography gallery at Celebration Company.
Jan
17
to Mar 5
Solo Exhibition: Loving Nature and Food
Mara’s solo exhibition, Loving Nature and Food, in the Bodzin Art Gallery at the Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia. Closing reception is Sunday, March 1st after the screening of Living Art in the ReelAbilities Film Festival of Northern Virginia.
Nov
29
to Nov 30
Bazaart Holiday Art Market 2019
Mara is in the American Visionary Art Museum's annual holiday art market, Bazaart.
Nov
14
to Nov 15
NASDDDS Annual Conference
Mara is selling her artwork at the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) annual conference. Mara's soft pastel, Swimming Together as One, is on the cover of the NASDDDS conference brochure.
Oct
5
1:00 PM13:00
Screening of Living Art at ReelAbilities: Cleveland
Following the screening of Living Art is a Q&A with the museum’s deputy director Megan Reich and Mara Clawson. Mara has a pop-up exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland.
Sep
1
to Oct 31
Inspired Bodies
Inspired Bodies is a group show celebrating all bodies and our resilience.
Jun
2
3:00 PM15:00
International Premier of Living Art at ReelAbilities: Toronto
International Premier of Living Art, a documentary film featuring Mara Clawson at the ReelAbilities Film Festival: Toronto.
Apr
7
4:00 PM16:00
TEARLESS: An exhibition featuring artists with Familial Dysautonomia
Mara’s artworks are exhibited at the Allouche Gallery in Tearless, a one day exhibition curated by Kristina Hagman to benefit the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc.
Apr
6
12:30 PM12:30
World Premiere of Living Art at ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York
World Premiere of Living Art, a documentary film featuring Mara Clawson at the 11th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York. Panel discussion with filmmaker, David Rochkind, and Mara Clawson after screening. ReelAbilities presents films made by and about people with different disabilities whether physical, developmental, or psychological. Read more about the film here: https://ground.media/project/living-art/.
Dec
12
to Jan 25
Food for the Soul
Food for the Soul: Seven Washington Artists, curated by Elizabeth Federici.
Nov
23
to Nov 24
Bazaart Holiday Art Market
Mara is in the American Visionary Art Museum's annual holiday art market, Bazaart.
Dec
22
to Feb 14
We Will Do and We Will Hear
Mara's soft pastel, Let My People Go, is exhibited in a group show that explores the moment when the Israelites received the 10 Commandments and uttered the phrase, "We will do and we will hear" (Exodus 24:7.)
Dec
3
1:00 PM13:00
Nov
17
to Jan 28
Et Tu, Art Brute?
Andrew Edlin Gallery open invitation exhibition explores the parameters of who can be a part of the art world.
Nov
15
11:00 AM11:00
Changing Lives through Arts Education – a Panel Discussion
Mara is on a panel of professional artists with disabilities, alongside other individuals in the arts education field, to accompany the exhibition UBUNTU: Yo Soy...Je Suis….I Am…Because You Are, sponsored by the VSA.