Mary Jane Erard
Art Education: Self-taught.
Memberships: Pastel Society of America - Juried Associate Member World Wide Arts Resource - Juried Member - Premier Artist Great Lakes Pastel Society Spectrum:
Friends of Fine Art
Galleries Exhibiting My Work: Toledo Museum of Art - Juried Exhibitor of the Collector's Corner Gallery Spectrum Gallery - Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio
One Person Exhibitions: 1999 February: “Landscapes in Pastel” - SeaGate Gallery, Toledo, Ohio 2000 September: “Autumn Landscapes” - Norwalk Ohio Bank, Norwalk Ohio 2002 October: “Recent Landscapes and Florals in Pastel” - Adams' Amble Art Exhibition,Manhattan Restaurant, Toledo, Ohio 2003 February - April: “Recent Work” - Alex Hamilton's Restaurant, Toledo, Ohio 2004 February – March: “Landscapes in Pastel” - SeaGate Gallery, Toledo, Ohio April – June: “Landscapes in Pastel” - Wesley Memorial Gallery, Fostoria, Ohio 2005 March – April: “The Landscape of Bar Harbor, Maine” – Spectrum Gallery 1998 1999 February:
SeaGate Gallery Landscapes in Pastel 1999 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's Corner Exhibition of local Artists' Work* 2000 Toledo Museum of Art: Collector's Corner Exhibition of local Artists' Work* 2001 Toledo
Museum of Art: Collector's Corner Exhibition of local Artists' Work* 2002 January:
University of Toledo: Faculty Staff Art Show 2003 July
- December: Seagate Gallery: Exhibition of Landscapes in Pastel 2004 October – December: Catherine S. Eberly Center for Women Gallery – University of Toledo: “Three by Five” Exhibition of five local women artists. Each submitting three works of art. 2005 December
2005 - Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Juried Exhibitions: 1995
Spectrum Spring Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 1997-98
Spectrum Downtown Gallery Winter Exhibition, Michigan Street, Toledo,
Ohio 1999
Impressions of Nature Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 1999
Spectrum Award Winners Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 2002
Spectrum Open Spring Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 2003 Impressions of Nature, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 2003
Salon des Refuses, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio 2004 Spectrum Members Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 2004 Crosby Festival of the Arts, Toledo Botanical Garden 2004 Impressions of Nature Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 2004 86th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition - Toledo Museum of Art Canaday Gallery 2004
Crosby Festival of the Arts, a National Juried Art Fair, Toledo
Botanical Garden 2004 Stranahan Manor House: "Artists in the Garden" Juried Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio 2004 Award Winner’s Exhibition: Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Garden 2005 Members Exhibition: Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Garden 2005 Crosby Festival of the Arts, a National Juried Art Fair, Toledo Botanical Garden 2005 Summer Show: Spectrum Gallery, Toledo Botanical Garden 2005 Art on the Mall: University of Toledo Juried Art Fair 2005 Perrysburg Art Fair: Michigan Guild of Artists Juried Art Fair 2005 Spectrum Gall Exhibition, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo, Ohio 2005 37th Annual National Juried Competition – Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
Awards: Best
of Show: 1997-98 Spectrum Downtown Gallery: Winter Exhibition (“Under
Gray Skies”) Award of Distinction**: 2001 Spectrum Winter Exhibition (“Roadside”) Second
Place: 2002 Spectrum Members Exhibition (“Golden Farmland”) Honorable Mention: 2003 Spectrum Members Exhibition (“Pear Tree”) Award
of Distinction**: 2003 Spectrum Spring Exhibition (“Lavender
Fields”) Second Place: 2004 Impressions of Nature Exhibition (“Poplar and Lavender”) Second Place: 2004 Salon des Refuses’ Exhibition (“Lavender Fields II) Second Place: 2004 Crosby Festival of the Arts, National Juried Art Fair (Entire Body of Work) Best of Show: 2004 Award Winner's Exhibition - Spectrum Gallery (“Sunday Drive”) Best of Show: 2005 Members Exhibition – Spectrum Gallery (“Honeybee Farm”) First Place: 2005 Crosby Festival of the Arts, National Juried Art Fair (Entire Body of Work) First Place: 2005 Summer Show – Spectrum Gallery (“Lavender Fields V”) Third Place: 2005 Harrison Rally Day Art Festival – Perrysburg, Ohio (Entire Body of Work) Third Place: 2005 Fall Show – Spectrum Gallery (“A Well-Remembered Day”)
Publications: January 2000 - Talk of the Town magazine, Toledo, Ohio April 2002 - The University of Toledo's UT Times April - May 2003 – Featured Artist – ColumbusArt.com September 2003 – Feature Artist – WorldWideArtResources.com August 2004 – Featured Artist – WorldWideArtResources.com
Private Collections: M. Brodie James, M.D. – Plymouth, Mass. Mr. Michael Ledford – Toledo, Ohio D. James Nemeth, Ph.D. – California Law Offices of Robinson, Curphey & O’Connell - Four SeaGate, Toledo, Ohio Law Offices of Allotta, Farley & Widman – Perrysburg, Ohio
Exhibitions I Have Juried: 1999 - Genoa Artists’ Guild – Annual Exhibition 2005 - Toledo Artists’ Club – Annual Exhibition, “All Creatures Big and Small” 2006 – Crosby Festival of the Arts – National Juried Exhibition – Jury Process for Entries |