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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's work has been exhibited in more than 50 venues since 1983 including locations in Germany,[1]Canada,[2] Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago,[3] New York, Washington, New Mexico.[4]
She was included in "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.
"Teaching a Bird to Sing" 2004 Unique, Published by (OEOCO) Ragland, Alabama.
"Faulkner Suite By Sue Brannan Walker" 2008 Unique, Published by (OEOCO) Ragland, Alabama. (Description of “Faulkner Suite”)
"Prayer Book and Singer" 1994 Unique, Published by (OEOCO) Ragland, Alabama. (shown in The Anthropomorphic Book annual book exhibition) 1994, The Center for Book Arts, New York, New York.
Sampson collaborated in "Macaroni and Cheese" with Terrence A. Taylor, proprietor of Duende Press in Dolomite, 1989, edition of 20 Published by Duende Press Dolomite, Alabama