Executive Director: Schoodic Arts for All, retired

Mary Laury watercolorist from Maine.

Has recently retired from a career as Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, a non- profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Coastal Maine.

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Mary Laury

Mary Laury is an artist based in coastal Maine specializing in watercolors. She was the Executive Director of Schoodic Arts for All, a non- profit organization celebrating the arts and culture in Downeast Coastal Maine. She has now returned to her first love, teaching painting and drawing.

The dynamic nature and botanical subjects of Maine are Mary’s passions. You can see her paintings exhibited at various galleries along the coast of her home state. An experienced teacher, she has taught painting, drawing and dancing both in the classroom and in the field, for many educational programs. Back in 1999, Laury signed on to teach, painting, drawing and ballroom dancing at Schoodic Arts’ inaugural arts festival. A painter whose work was carried in at least six galleries, she went on to stage the group’s first visual arts show. She was hired as the organization’s first executive director. Laury says she will continue to teach painting and drawing

Organization membership

Schoodic International Sculptor Symposium, board member

Sunrise County Leadership Institute, graduate

Union of Maine Visual Artists

Paddling the Rapids, forum for Executive Directors

Downeast Non-Profit Network, group for Executive Directors

Maine Association of Non-Profits panelist

Juice Conference, Powering the Creative Economy, volunteer

Pathways to Education, committee member

Downeast PechaKucha, licensee

Image Gazer Film Festival, partner

Boards of Directorships

Hancock County Cultural Network

Schoodic International Sculptor Symposium

Galleries representing my work

The Argosy Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine

The Commons Eastport, Maine

The Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor, Maine

Honors

Maine Alliance for Arts in Education - Arts Advocacy Award

EdGE Hero award – Youth mentoring

Maine Association of Non-Profits award – Non-Profit Excellence in Maine