Mary Ann Glass

My work has been described as spiritual and sensual, serious and elegant.  I enjoy experimenting with a wide range of medium from acrylic to watercolor. digital to infrared photography, manipulated Polaroids, solarized etching plates, encaustics, cyanotypes and other mixed media. My focus now is on iPhoneography, and I have been teaching the phone apps to students for several years.

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I’m one of the owners of RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, NY, which celebrated its 15th anniversary this year (making it the longest-running gallery in Beacon) 

I grew up in a village in Ohio, attended Ohio State University and the American Graduate School of International Management and moved to Manhattan to pursue not only a career but the dream of big-city sophistication. Eventually I ended up at Chase Manhattan Bank, using my writing and editing skills to become a Vice President. After 13 years there, I took a leave of absence and attended the summer intensive program at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Montana. In 1999, I left my corporate job and settled in the Hudson Valley as a professional photographer.

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I've studied with such photographers as Eric Lindbloom, Dan McCormack, Joel Meyerowitz, Joyce Tenneson and Arlene Collins. My  images have been exhibited  in group shows curated by Joyce Tenneson; Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum of Art; Malcolm Daniel, Curator of Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Steven Evans, former Managing Director of Dia:Beacon. 

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 I've been invited to participate in two International Artist Residencies in Myslenice, Poland, and in Beacon, NY.  My work has been chosen for shows at the New Century Gallery in Manhattan; the School of International Photography Center in NYC; the Center of Photography at Woodstock, NY; Collaborative Concepts in Beacon, NY; 721 Gallery in Kingston, NY; the 1212 Gallery in Richmond, VA;  The Front Gallery in Patterson NY: The Albert Shahanian Gallery in Poughkeepsie; The Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, and the Montauk Library Gallery. I've had solo shows at Montgomery Row in Rhinebeck, Locust Grove, Bannerman Gallery,  RiverWinds Gallery, the Amacord Gallery, Barnes & Noble and Chill.  One of my photos won a Red Ribbon at the Front Gallery in Patterson, NY !

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In addition, I’ve taught photography at the Barrett Art Center and galleries in the area and have led workshops to Italy and photo tours of the Hudson Valley.  I also judge photo contests for photography clubs throughout the area.  Since moving to the Hudson Valley, I have curated more than 130 exhibits.