MARY BETH MAGYAR
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​Solo and Three Person Exhibitions
2026
Title and Dates TBD, Arts Center St. Peter, St. Peter, MN
2025
Public Offerings, Artistry Theater and Visual Arts, Bloomington, MN
2023
Drawings & Prints, Lake City Arts Center, Lake City, MN
2022
​Patterns, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2021

Markings, Hutchinson Center for The Arts, Hutchinson, MN
Presently, St. Mary's University, Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery, Winona, MN
2020
Structures, Riverland Community College, Austin, MN
2019
Analagous, with Andy Messerschmidt, MacRostie Center for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MN
2018
Analagous, Paramount Center for the Arts, Gallery St. Germain, St. Cloud, MN
Restoration, Arts Center St. Peter, St. Peter, Minnesota
20
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How to build a Nest, RAC2 gallery, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN


​Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
  • Form & Substance: Laurie Cohrs, Lisa Truax, Alexis Zaccariello, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2022 
  • Off Center, Blue Line Arts Center, Roseville, CA International Ceramics Art Competition, (catalog) Juror Rachel Gotlieb, Ruth Rippon Curator of Ceramic at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2021
  • Minnesota Women in the Ceramic Arts, (MNWCA) Current Survey of Work, Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery, St. Mary's University, Winona, MN
2020
  • Alone Together, virtual show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2019
  • We of Claytopia? Banfill Locke Art Center, Fridley, MN
2018
  • Political Birthdays, Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA
  • Foursquare, Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN
  • Emerging Artists, Lanesboro Center for the Arts, Lanesboro, MN
2017-2016
  • Recent Works, Gallery 535, Rochester, MN
  • Through My Eyes, Paramount Center for The Arts, St. Cloud, MN
  • Fresh Work: MNWCA, Arts Center of St. Peter, St. Peter, MN
  • 25th Annual Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
  • To Build a Nest, Rochester art Center, Rochester, MN

Public and Community Engaged Work
2024  
  • Seasons Mosaic with community partner The Landing, a day shelter offering support for unhoused folks in Rochester, MN
  • Textile Art: a multicultural tapestry with community partner IMAA (Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association) SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council) Individual Artist Grant.
  • ​Blue Whales, 5' x 20' ceramic mosaic, Community partners: Riverside Elem. 4th Graders, APEX High School for teens in recovery, IMAA, Soldiers Field Pool, Rochester, MN
2023 
  • Mosaic by Many Hands at Gage Elementary, SEMAC School Residency Grant, Rochester, MN​
  • SEMAC Legacy Grant with Mainspring Arts, teaching monthly classes and installation of smallärt gallery, Caledonia, MN
2022 
  • Dahlias, 12' x 20' mural painted at Sargent's on 2nd, Rochester, MN
2021 
  • smallärt gallery, a locked mini gallery in a park to promote art access for neighbors &    opportunities for fellow artists, Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support grant (there are now three, one outside Community Ed. and one in EVEN Hotel, both in Rochester)
  • Metal Sculptures with ALC (The Alternative Learning Center, a High School for students in Rochester and surrounding cities to attend if they are not thriving in regular HS settings) students. This summer class was an option for students in need of credit recovery because of the pandemic.
2020 
  • Community, Wajahir, Unidad  CARES Act Art Grant for mural, 4 8' x 4' panels, Community Partners: Families First, United Way, IMAA & RNeighbors in Friendship Park, Rochester, MN
2019
  • Reclaim, 1 year sculpture installation through Art4Trails, Rochester, MN
  • Minnesota State Arts Board Education Grant: Teach Metal Sculpture with ALC Students
2018
  • Clay Mandalas with ALC. The students made the pieces and they were affixed and epoxied to tables for the students to use at school for schoolwork
  • Monoprint workshop with ALC Students. Every 9 weeks students get a free day and this workshop was a choice. I worked with all students, not just art students.


Grants, Awards and Workshops
2025
  • Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Education Grant
2024
  • SEMAC Individual Established Artist Grant 
  • Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for Individual Artist Initiative Grants
  • Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN: Fall Clay workshop with Lisa Truax
  • Mainspring Arts. Clay Workshop, Caledonia, MN
2023
  • Mayor's Medal of Honor, Artistic/Cultural Achievement Award, Rochester, MN
  • Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for Art Experience Grants FY 2024
  • MAEd-Beulah Benton Tatum Award-thesis exemplifies reflective practice in a multicultural context    and specifically focused on minority or underserved children or adults
  • Summer art enrichment with The Alternative Learning Center, a Rochester Public School grant to improve mental health        
  • NCECA (National Council for the Education in Ceramic Arts) Conference Presenter, Cincinnati, OH
2022 
  • Presenter at WI/MN art educators conference COLLABORATE, Red Wing, MN
  • Juror for student show at Winona University, Winona, MN
  • NCECA  Conference Presenter, Sacramento, CA
2021
  • Juror for student show at St. Mary's University, Winona, MN
  • Art instruction through 21st Century Learning Grant in Meadow Park Neighborhood
2020  
  • Minnesota State Arts Board Arts Learning Grant
  • Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for FY 2021 Community Arts Organization grants
2018   
  • Minnesota State Arts Board Artist's Initiative Grant
  • Minnesota State Arts Board panelist for FY 2019 Artist Initiative Grant 
2017   
  • Emerging Artist Grant from Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council

Private Collections
2021     
  • Soft Lining, Lexington, KY
2020     
  • Reclaim, Rochester, MN
2016-7   
  • Nest 1, Los Angeles, Ca, Nest 2 and 3 Rochester, MN

Professional Artists Organizations
2019- present      Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
2018- present      NCECA, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
2017- present      Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists


Volunteer
2025-present Minnesota Marine Art Museum, MMAM, Board Member
2024.               Cascade Lake Recreation, judge for new sculpture placed in the park
2022               Mentor for juvenile youth at Red Wing Correctional Facility, Red Wing, MN

2019-present  Open Table, a food truck that delivers weekly free meals to neighborhoods  
2019                Career Day Speaker at The Alternative Learning Center

2018                Broadway Project Public Art Advisory Committee for the City of Rochester

Education
2024  Kansas City Art Institute Educator's Lab, Ceramics with Prof. Elaine Buss (2 credit graduate class)
2022  Masters of Arts in Education, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN

          Thesis title: Cultural Relevance in Art Matters: An Accessible Curriculum
          Beginning Screen printing, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN
2017  Metal Casting with Recyclable Molds with Wayne Potratz, Grand Marias Art Colony
2016.  Art Welding, Crossings Center for the Arts, Zumbrota, MN
2014  Etching, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis MN

1991   BFA Painting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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    • Seasons: Mosaic at The Landing Fall 2024
    • IMAA Textile 2024
    • Soldiers Field Pool Mosaic 2023-24
    • Mainspring Arts 2023
    • Longfellow Portraits 2023
    • Art & Mental Health ALC 2023
    • Gage Elem. "Many Hands Mosaics"2023
    • ALC Metal Sculptures 2021
    • CARES ACT Art Grant Murals 2020
    • ALC Metal Sculpture 2019
    • Raku and Printmaking ALC 2019
    • ALC Mandalas 2018
    • Rochester Art Center 2015
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