Mary Ann Sampson

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Mary Ann Sampson is an American artist living and working in Ragland, Alabama. Sampson is a Book artist, specializing in miniatures and broadsides most of which are uniques or one-of-a-kinds. She explores the book as a means of expressing visual ideas that stem from recollections of personal events and experiences that have been derived from living in her rural environment of Alabama.

Sampson received her Master in Books Arts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, studying under Edith Frohock. Sampson founded the OEOCO PRESS (One-Eye Opera Company), whose mission is to make limited edition, letterpress books, bookbinding and unique (one-of-a-kind) books.

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[edit] Exhibition

  • "ABeCedarium: An Exhibit of Alphabet Books," juried by noteworthy peers William Drendel, book artist and Guild of Book Workers member; Paul Gehl of the Newberry Library and "ABC Books Then" curator; and Pam Spitzmueller, book artist and conservator at Harvard University. Sampson's work was exhibited alongside Emily Martin, Lucas Samaras, Claire Jeanine Satin, Christopher McAfee. This exhibition included a full catalog.

[edit] Her work

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[edit] Service and Recognition

  • Member, Guild of Book Workers, New York, New York (Sampson has served as co-chairman of the southeastern chapter)[8]
  • Panel member, Alabama State Council of the Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Founding artist and board member of Space One Eleven in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Member, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, Washington
  • Member, International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB/LILA) (members associations in Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia.
  • Executive board member, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, Alabama
  • President, advisory and executive board member, Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Member, New York Center for Book Arts, New York, New York

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Buchgalerie Mergemeier in Dusseldorf, Germany 1998
  2. ^ Dorothy Field
  3. ^ Newberry Library Chicago, Illinois
  4. ^ LBBROS: Book as Art: Workshops, Innovative Structure 1997
  5. ^ Center For Book Arts
  6. ^ Press release
  7. ^ Weaver lists this in her résumé.
  8. ^ Guild of Bookworkers