Taking printmaking to new frontiers, Mary Jane captures and enhances photographic images with a refreshing visual perspective. She can be found working in Studio 3, “Plum Crazy”, many evenings and most weekends. Mary Jane is an Inaugural Juried Member of the State Artisan Center of Virginia in Waynesboro where her book and paper arts are also sold. Her work is represented throughout the United States and Canada.

Mary Jane creates one of a kind blank journals in a medley of contemporary and ancient bindings, as well as note cards, boxes and accessories. Just as no two people are alike, each piece is a unique creation using a variety of paper and leather, ribbons, beads, and other materials

At LibertyTown, Mary Jane teaches classes in all paper arts, printmaking, and painting, for children, teens, and adults. Private instruction is also available. She is the papermaking instructor for Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Master of Interdisciplinary Studies program for art teachers, K-8 art teacher at Holy Cross Academy and Saint Patrick School and teaches papermaking and book arts from Virginia to New England. Mary Jane is available to give demonstrations or teach workshops for schools, community and church organizations, or for you and a group of friends.

Selected Awards and Recognition:
• “Best in Show” at the King George Art Show in 2003
• Northern Virginia Outstanding Elementary Art Teacher of the Year
1999 and 2003
• 1st place, Computer Generated Art “Uniquely Fredericksburg” 2000
• George Washington Federation Foundation Fellow 2001-2002
• Smithsonian Folk Life Festival Fellow 2002
• Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Scholar to Japan in 1999
• Book Arts Instructor, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2001-2002
• Certificate of Recognition from the Virginia Governor’s Awards for the Arts 2000
• Bart Daniels Excellence in Art Award in 1997
• Melcher’s Award in Two Dimensional Art 1992

916 Liberty Street - Fredericksburg, Va. 22401
 540-371-7255