MarY Artist YounG

Photo Credit: Tony Smith

Biography

Mary Young has provided instruction in Textile Design inspiring and guiding artistry at institutions including University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program; South-Side Community Art Center; Hyde Park Art Center and Arthur Dixon Elementary School.

Mary is known for her leadership positions in Arts Administration at cultural institutions throughout the City of Chicago and served on grant panels with the Illinois Arts Council and Department of Cultural Affairs. Mary’s exhibitions have included galleries in Michigan City, IN (Southern Shore Art Association); Chicago, IL ( Pop-Up Exhibition/THE cre.ae.tive ROOM); (Under The Bridge Studio/Gallery); (South-Side Community Center); (Blanc Gallery); Glen Echo, MD (Glen Echo Gallery); and Washington, DC (Mary McCloud Bethune Museum). Additionally, several of Mary’s Tapestries can be found in private collections throughout San Francisco, CA. 

She is the recipient of several awards including a Study-Abroad Program to Italy, an International Artist Exchange Program to Australia and a Summer Artist Residency with the Department of Interior, Parks and Recreation, in Washington, DC. Mary was awarded an Inaugural Residency in 2015-16 with THE cre.ae.tive ROOM in Chicago, IL, followed by a Merit Scholarship to Ox-Bow School of Art & Residencies for Summer 2016 in Saugatuck, MI. More recently she was awarded a Teaching Residency at the Hyde Park Art Center in 2018. Mary has been the recipient of four commissions with the Hyde Park Art Center’s “Not Just Another Pretty Face” Program culminating with a Group Exhibition during the Fall/Winter 2019-20 available for viewing in the exhibition catalogue. Mary is also a 2023 recipient of the Chicago’s Living Legends Award from the Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Community Affairs and Outreach in cooperation with Bronzeville Diva Productions.

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