STATEMENT
When I look back on my sixty years of making art, the arc swings over the word PAPER - art on paper and of paper. My love of paper has always connected to nature such as in the Winter Pressing and Talisman series; collected book pages evolve into collage; paper made from fibers of Asian origin become assemblage and sculptural forms; ephemeral handmade papers appear in my installations in nature and gallery settings; and many varieties of paper are used in my artists' book forms.
I began making works with paint and progressed to printmaking which included silk screen, intaglio, and lithography. My early influences were California artists including Corita Kent where text and image informed my prints. Returning to school in the 70’s, I was introduced to the artists’ book movement, mixed media, and collage and began experimenting with dimensional ideas and non-illusionary materials. LenoreTawney and Joseph Cornell inspired this work. Throughout this period, nature and cultural event were prime sources for my ideas.
Forty years ago I moved from an urban environment to an isolated mountain landscape, leading me to themes documenting nature and ritual from the distant past. My outdoor site installations place me in the progression of earth artists that have worked with land forms and natural elements. I have chosen to intervene in nature subtly, with a primary interest in process and time-influenced projects. For nine years I worked in the Edgemont Highlands development in Durango.Colorado, creating environmental installations along the wild trail system there. I have created environmental site works in sculpture parks and conservancies in the U.S. and Canada. In the spring of 2008 I created a large environmental site work at the Denver Botanic Garden in Chatfield, CO. Along with these outdoor installations, I have also created indoor installations that involved environments of handmade paper and natural elements. The film “Seeing the Forest for the Trees” has been made that documents this work. Artists’ books, editioned and one-of-a-kind, have been an important element in my work throughout the years. They allow me to document my environmental statements and other subjects such as family, the process of aging, and cultural issues. Also my work in the collage medium has the book being a primary theme. In 2019-2020 I completed two projects that dealt with “time” and a stroke that left me with a speech problem. During the pandemic my work returned to color and to experiments with “controlled chaos”. My art continues to explore, evolve and change.
RESUME
EDUCATION:
1979 M.A., San Diego State University, CA - Printmaking
1977 B.A., San Diego State University, CA- Painting, Printmaking
1973 Santa Reparata Graphic Art Centre, Florence, Italy - Printmaking
1952-55 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA - Early Childhood Education
SIGNIFICANT AND ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2024 CONTINUIM: Five Women Artists, Studio &, Durango, CO
2022 REIMAGINED: THE ARTIST’S BOOK, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2021 MISCELLANEA, The Recess Gallery, Studio &, Durango, CO
2018 COLLECTION: MARY ELLEN LONG, Art Library, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
DREAMS AND IMPRESSIONS: The Journey of two arist friends Mary Ellen & Genie Shenk, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY
2016 FOREST STORIES:BOOK ARTS from the ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIO OF MARY ELLEN LONG, University of Denver
2015 ICONS AND ELEMENTS, Stronghouse Gallery, Telluride, CO (included Works on Paper Trunk Show)
2014 PULP MASTERY: Two person exhibit with Melissa Jay Craig, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST, Environmental Photographs, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST, Retrospective, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO
2013 COLLAGE TRUNK SHOW, The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2012 RECENT ACQUISITIONS and A GARDEN OF ARTISTS’ BOOKS: The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2010-13 ROOTS, A Traveling Exhibit: The Land Gallery, Albuquerque, NM; The Art Library, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO:
Ah Haa, Telluride, CO; The Rotunda Gallery, The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2010 MARY ELLEN LONG:WORK IN THE COLLECTION, The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, Reading Room, La Jolla, CA
2009 ASPEN, The Co-Lab at Three Springs, Red House Gallery, Durango, CO
NOVEL CONSTRUCTIONS: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS CREATE MONUMENTAL BOOKS, Long Beach Museum,
Long Beach, CA, curator: Jean Clad (one room installation)
2007 FOREST WALK, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE: MAPPING A FRIENDSHIP, Collaborative Installation with poet Grace Cavalieri, poet and
Kathryn Moller, Prof. of Theater, Fort Lewis College, Artposium, Colorado Art Ranch, Durango, CO
2006-08 SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, documentary film by Spiralbound Studio and Durango Community Access TV, premieres in
Durango, CO and at the Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla, CA (Pegasus Award given 2009)
2006 MISSIONARY MUSE, The Art Library, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO (with Chet Anderson, photographer)
2005 ARTISTS’ BOOKS: BOOKS OF SIGNIFICANT SCALE, Cal Poly, Pomona, CA, curator: Jean Clad (one room installation)
2003 EVOLUTION OF THE BOOK, Durango Arts Center (with Laurie Dickson, author of Artists’ Interiors)
2002 JOURNEYING INTO DIFFERENCE, Ellis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
FROM THE FOREST LIBRARY, Monthly Featured Artist, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
FOREST WALK, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO
2001 DETRITUS, Geisel Library, Special Collections, UCSD, La Jolla, CA (commission and exhibit)
1999 TRAVEL VISIONS, The Art Library, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
1997 RECENT WORK, The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
VESTIGE, SYMBOL, VERSE, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1996 BIBLIOTHECA:TERRA, Artworks/Bookarts Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995 CONSTRUCTIONS, The Art Room, Durango, CO (with Ron Fundingsland, printmaker)
1992,94 ECHOES IN TIME, (COVisions grant), Kruglak Gallery, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA; Durango Arts Center,
Durango, CO; Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO; William Carlos Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ
1993 ON RETURNING, The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
1987 MARY ELLEN LONG: Windows on White, New York, NY; LA ArtCore, Los Angeles, CA; Boulder Center for the Visual
Arts, Boulder, CO; Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
1986 MARY ELLEN LONG, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
1985 MARY ELLEN LONG, Soho 20, New York, NY
1983,84 MARY ELLEN LONG, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
1983 COLLAGE: MARY ELLEN LONG, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1979,80 MARY ELLEN LONG, Spectrum Gallery, San Diego, CA; MASTERS EXHIBITION, San Diego State University,
San Diego, CA; MARY ELLEN LONG, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
PUBLIC WORK and COMMISSIONS:
2023 HOMAGE TO NATURE WRITERS, Literary Garden, Durango Public Library, Durango, CO (engraved stones & plantings)
2008 ART OF NATURE, Denver Botanic Gardens, Chatsfield, CO (environmental art installation)
2004-13 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT, The Highlands at Edgemont, Durango, CO(Art Along the Wild Trail)
1998 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, (David Nash, Master Artist)
1997 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT, CO State University, Pingree Park, CO
MEMORIAL, Valley Inn Nursing Home, Mancos, CO (outdoor meditation site)
1996 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT, ASPEN GUARD STATION, San Juan National Forest, Mancos, CO
COLORADO PUBLIC ART DIRECT PURCHASE, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO (Lichen triptych)
1995 REFLECT, RECLAIM, RETHINK, Aspen Commercial Core, Public Sculpture Commission, Aspen, CO
REVISION SERIES, Santa Sabina Center, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1994 STONE QUARRY HILL ART PARK, Cazenovia, NY (site installation)
1993 THE MILLENNIUM PROJECT, Cataraqui Conservation Authority, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (site installation)
RAVINE REVISIONS, Connemara Conservancy, Artists’ Sculpture Grants Residency and Exhibit, Dallas, TX
1987,88 PAPER PRAYER PATHWAY/PAPER PRAYER FLAGS, Santa Sabina Center, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 TAGASODE: KIMONO PROJECT, The Ink Shop[ Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY
2023 WESTWARD BOUND I , Daniel Tucker Gallery, Ah Has Schools of Arts, Telluride, CO
2022 OFF THE SHELF: Contemporary Book Arts in Colorado, Gregory McAllister Museum of Art, FT. Collins, CO
TRIGGER, Studio &, Durango, CO
COLOR, Studio &, Durango, CO
SELECTIONS: ERICA & FRED TORRI ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTION, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library , La Jolla, CA
2021 MARKING TIME: What Athenaeum Artists Created in Quarantine, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2019 NARRATIVE THREADS, Durango Arts Center, group show curated by Alicia Bailey, Denver
2018 TRADITIONS: INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION, Durango Arts Center, CO
ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, Durango Arts Center, CO (honorable mention) juror, Josie Lopez
THE POETRY OF STONES: ARTISTS' WALKS, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
RECENT ACQUISITIONS AT THE ATHENAEUM, La Jolla, CA
2017 COLLAGES FROM THE ATHENAEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
REACTION/ACTION: A collaborative installation, Studio &, Durango, CO
HUMAN/NATURE, ANNUAL MEMBERS ENVIRONMENTAL EXHIBIT, Durango Arts Center, CO
2016 SURVIVAL (NOT) MANDATORY, ANNUAL MEMBERS ENVIRONMENTAL EXHIBIT, Durango Arts Center, CO
THE WHITE SEASON and THE SWEETHEART SHOW, Durango Arts Center, CO
RECENT ACQUISITIONS at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
THE SECRET SALE, The Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
2015 SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS MEMBERS EXHIBIT, San Diego, CA
MADE IN AMERICA: CRAFT ICONS OF THE 50 STATES, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
(UN)BOUND:Artists’ Books from the Athenaeum, Music & Arts Library, Central Library, San Diego, CA
ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, Durango Arts Center, CO
CSART, (Community Share Art), & Gallery, Durango, CO
ARTISTS' BOOKS PREVIEW, (ABECEDARIAN AT GEISEL LIBRARY), Foyer Gallery, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
GALLERY DIRECTOR INVITATIONAL, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 IN AND OUT OF SCULPTURAL BOOKS, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY (curator: Kumi Korf)
AN ENDURING WILDERNESS, Durango Arts Center, (installation)
2013 LOOKING AFTER TREES, Western CO Center for the Arts, Grand Junction.CO(curator: Meredith Nemirov)
WASHI AND OTHER EPHEMERA: The Art of Handpapermaking, Durango Arts Center, CO
MEMBERS EXHIBIT, San Diego Book Arts, Cerritos Library, CA: Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2012 SWEETHEART OF THE ARTS exhibit, ABSTRACT VIEWS, both at Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
SHIN JIDAL:CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PAPER & BOOK ARTS, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis
LONGING FOR HOME, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (invitational)
21 ARTISTS CREATE BOOKS, University Art Gallery, CSU Dominguez Hills, CA(curator: Jean Clad)
2011 MATTER AND SPIRIT, Biola University, La Mirada, CA (invitational)
VIVO Book Art Event, Vivo Gallery Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (invitational)
VISUAL JOURNALS, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
DURANGO BLOOMS, Durango Arts Center, CO (honorable mention)
2010 LIBRARY FOLIAGE, Studio 2 Gallery, Austin, TX (curator: John Sager)
SIGNS OF THE FOREST, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (curator: Jean Clad)
33 IDEAS, Colorado Art Ranch, Denver International Airport, CO
RESURRECTIONS:ECO-LOGY AND ECO-NOMY, Boulder Public Library Gallery, Boulder, CO (curator:J. Heath)
EDGE TO EDGE, San Diego Book Arts, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
MAKING THEIR MARKS, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2009 FRIENDS OF THE ART LIBRARY EXHIBIT, Japan Journal Journey Box installation, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
OPEN DOORS, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CcO
HIGH FIBER, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
20/20 VISION: A Retrospective, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO (invitational)
OPENING A BOOK, The Land/Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (curator Jeffrey Lee)
5th INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS’ BOOK TRIENNIAL, Vilnius, Lithuania (traveled to Europe, Australia, South Korea)
WIDE OPEN, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO (curator: Lin Fife)
BOUNDLESS TRANSFORMATIONS:THE BOOK AS ART, Art Students League, Denver, CO (curator: Alice McKim)
7th BIENNIAL ARTISTS’ BOOK JURIED EXHIBITION, The Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA (juror: Stanley Strauss)
PAPER NARRATIVES, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (curator: Alicia Bailey)
2008 SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS MEMBERS MINIATURE BOOK EXHIBITION, (traveling in CA, catalog)
SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBIT, UCSD, La Jolla, CA (juror: Erika Torri, catalog)
CONNECTIONS: EARTH + ARTIST - A Tribute Art Show in Resistance to Desert Rock, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
BOOK SHOW, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ (curator: Margaret Suchland)
YOUR DOCUMENTS PLEASE, traveling exhibition: Japan, Hungary, Slovakia, Mexico
SECRETS AND LIES, Contemporary Artists’ Books, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR (juror: Gay Walker & L. Russell)
2007 HOME SHOW, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO (installation)
SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS MEMBERS EXHIBIT, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
REPUBLIC OF LETTERS, P. Thompson Gallery, Stratford, NZ & Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ
HOT PURSUITS, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO (curator: Gerry Riggs)
ATHENAEUM SIXTH BIENNIAL ARTISTS’ BOOK JURIED EXHIBITION, La Jolla, CA (curator: Victoria Steele, UCLA)
BLACK, WHITE AND READ, Center for Book Arts, NYC, San Francisco Center for the Book, Cerritos Library, Cerritos, CA
Minneapolis Center for the Book, University of Western England-Bristol, England (curator: Gloria Helfgott. catalog)
COLORADO GOLD, Hagnauer Gallery, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO (curator: Gerry Riggs)
2006 THE OPEN BOOK, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ (invitational)
HOLD IT, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO (invitational)
FORMS, FIGURES, SYMBOLS, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO (curator: Gerry Riggs)
RECYCLED, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO (invitational, installation)
SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS JURIED SHOW, UCSD Geisel Library, La Jolla, CA (juror: Lynda Claassen)
WHITE LEAVES/BLACK SHADOWS, Book & Paper Art, Zipp Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (invitational)
FRIENDS OF THE ART LIBRARY GROUP SHOW, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
SCULPTURAL BOOKWORKS, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO (curator: Alicia Bailey)
A READER’S ART 6, “Changing the Wind”, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
SPIRAL BOUND, “A Spiritual Journey of Aging”, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA (invitational)
THE ELEMENTS: CREATIVE ENERGY, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
2005-06 ZIPP GALLERY ARTISTS’ BOOK & DRAWING SHOW, Santa Fe, NM (invitational)
2005 ARTISTS’ BOOKS:JAPANESE THEME, San Diego Book Arts Member show, Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego
30 YEARS OF INNOVATION, SURVEY, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (curator:Jae J. Rossman)
2004 DURANGO INVITATIONAL-COLLABORATIONS, (with metalsmith Pam Pniak), Ellis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
MATTER AND SPIRIT EXHIBIT, Wells College Book Arts Center, Aurora, NY
THIRD BIENNIAL WOMEN BOOK ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
FINE CRAFTS:FOUR VIRTUES, Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
BOOK ARTS 2004, Bright Hill Center, Treadwell, NY (catalog)
2003 ALCHEMY OF FIRE, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO (installation)
SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS, San Diego State University Library & Mission Valley Library, San Diego, CA
UNDER COVER: BOOK ARTS, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO (curator, MJ Goerke)
BEYOND READING, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA (invitational)
THE BOX AS CONTAINER, Angeles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA (curator: Jean Clad)
WASHI IN AMERICAN ARTISTS’ BOOKS, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (curator: Rory Golden)
2003-04 BRIGHT HILL PRESS 1st, 2nd NATIONAL BOOK ARTS JURIED EXHIBITION, Word & Image Gallery, Treadwell, NY
2002 SOLACE, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
TOLERANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, Collins Gallery, Central Library, Portland, OR
EAT YOUR WORDS, 3rd Annual Edible Book Tea, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
BOOK EXPLORATIONS, The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA 2002,
2002,05, ’06ARTISTS MEMBERS EXHIBIT, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2001 VISUAL ICONS, Furlong Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, WI (curator: Jean Clad)
TRANSACTIONS:ARTISTS’ BOOKS, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. Johns, Newfoundland
BY NATURE’S DESIGN, William D. Connor Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA (invitational, catalog)
NOT FOR PUBLICATION: IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BOOK, Hillwood Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
CELEBRATION, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY (catalog)
THE DREAM MILL, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
2000 WORD PICTURES/PICTURE WORDS, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio
BOUND & UNBOUND, BOOKS BY ARTISTS, Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Ccnway, AR
1999 P.S. 26 SCHOOL YARD SCULPTURE SHOW, Plummer School, Fort Collins, CO (site installation)
SECOND SHOW, The Land/An Art Site, Mountainair, NM (catalog)
PUSHING PAPER, The Gallery on the Hudson, Irvington, NY (installation)
BEFORE/NOW, Artworks/Bookarts, Santa Monica, CA
OPEN & CLOSED, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, 6th Book Arts Fair, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (juror’s choice)
1998 TEXTILES, FIBERS, THREADS: THE BOOK SHOW, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
BOOKATECTURE, Astral Design Gallery, Richmond, VA (curator: Carol Barton)
PARADISE LOST: EVOLVING VISIONS OF THE CO LANDSCAPE, Mountain College Gallery, Glenwood Springs,CO
1997-98 BOOK AS ART, LITERARY SOJOURN, E. Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO
1997 THE UNCOMMON BOOK, Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
THE ARTIST BOOK, Fine Arts Center, Taos, NM
COPTIC AND COLLAGE, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
1996 POETS AND PAINTERS, slide presentation: The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV; exhibit: W. Virginia State College,
Institute, WV (honoring of collaborations with Grace Cavalieri, Washington, DC poet)
WELL WORN TEXT, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
GRIM AND GRIMMER, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (catalog)
ENDANGERED, The 4th Oregon Book Biennial, Forest Grove, OR & Bumbershoot Book Fair, Seattle, WA (catalog)
SCIENCE IMAGINED, Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA
ARTISTS’ BOOKS, The Living Room, Santa Monica, CA
LIGHT LET LOOSE, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
BOOK AS ART, Literary Sojourn, E. Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO
REPRESENTATION & REGISTERS:
Past Representation: Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (1980-2019), Markel and Sears, New York City ( 1980-2015), Vamp & Tramp Books Sellers, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION: past membership: sandiegobooksarts.org, green museum.org,
2010,14-16 Annual Community Photography Exhibit, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
2005-13 International Collage Exhibition and Exchange, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Durango Arts Center, CO: Juried shows -’03, ’04, merit ’07, ’10,’12, ‘14, '18 Four Corners Commission - ’05, Best in Show ‘10
2007-13 Furniture as Art Auction, KDUR
Durango Arts Center Advisory Board (2009-2017)
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
GRANTS:
1991 Creative Fellowship in the Visual Arts (installation) & COVisions, Colorado Council on the Arts
1981-84 Artist in Residence, State of Colorado
1971 Artist in Residence, San Diego City Schools
OTHER ART ACTIVITIES:
2011,13,16 Curator, SEUSS ON THE LOOSE, WASHI AND OTHER EPHEMERA, THE WHITE SEASON,Durango Arts, Center, Durango, CO
2008 Juror: Four Corners Commission Exhibit, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2004-16 FOAL (Friends of the Art Library) curator member, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO (part of the Sweethearts of the Arts honoring 2016)
2008 Sweetheart of the Arts, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
2000 Juror, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
1997-‘03 Curator of Exhibits (national and regional) - Art Library, Durango Arts Center, Durango. CO
1997 The Cultural Center, Capital Complex, Charleston, WV (slide presentation with Grace Cavalieri reading)
1994-95 Curator: The Book Unbound, National Traveling Book Arts Show
1989 Sweetheart of the Arts, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
1987-88 Director of Workshops and Programs, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
1986-88 Panels, Organization Grants and Art in Public Places, State of Colorado
1979 Animated film for La Jolla Civic University Symphony production of Ravel operaa, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
1965-‘14 Private teaching: young people, adult and college educator
BOOK ARCHIVES & MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Grace Cavalieri Papers, George Washington University, Musee de l’ Art du Collage, Bretagne, France
Gelman Library, Washington, DC Animas Museum (historical), Durango, CO
Art Colle, Sergines, France Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Library, Chicago, IL National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry, Miami, FL New Museum Library, New York, NY
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona University of Washington Special Collections, Seattle, WA
Visual Arts Workshop Archive, Rochester, NY Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Minneapolis College of Art Design Library Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
Getty Museum Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA UCLA Art Library, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum Library of American Art, New York, NY Boise State University Library, Boise, ID
National Museum of American Art Library, Smithsonian Special Collections, Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
San Diego State University Special Collections, CA Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Cerritos Library, Cerritos, CA Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Texas Tech University, Southwest Collections, University of Denver, Penrose Library Acquisitions, Mary Ellen Long Archive
Trak Gallery, Tsankolavrerov School of Fine Arts, Penn State UniversityCollection-Hazelton campus
Plovdiv, Bulgaria Yale University and Baylor University Special Collections
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA The Collage Museum, Cecil Touchon, Director, Santa Fe, NM
Topeka&Shawnee County Public Library, KS
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: Pueblo Medical Center, CO
Colorado State Public Art Collection JP Morgan, New York, NY
Intradesign, Los Angeles, CA UPS, Atlanta, GA
Coldwell Banker, Los Angeles, CA Mitsui Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Hunt Corporation, Houston, Texas Rosewood Hotels, Bel Air, CA
Campton Hotel, San Francisco, CA Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
Mill River Hotel, Connecticut Citibank, N.A.
Ramada Renaissance Hotel, San Francisco, CA Nabils Restaurant, Kansas City, MO
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, CA Stouffer’s Concourse Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Sheraton, Baltimore, MD & Tyson’s Corner, VA Sheraton Hotel, Washington DC
Four Seasons Hotel, Newport Beach, CA Four Seasons Hotel - Austin, TX, Wailea, Maui & Singapore
Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA Rialto Hotel, FL
Alicante Hotel, Garden Grove, CA L’Escoffier Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
Filenes, Boston, MA Fairmont Hotel, San Antonio, TX
RCA, New York, NY Mountain Bell, Denver, CO
Mitsubishi Corp., Los Angeles, CA Mitsubishi Corp., Nokia & Irvine, TX
Northern Trust Corp., San Francisco, CA Spanish Bay Resort, Pebble Beach, CA
Westin Hotel, Kauai, HI & Taipei Grand Floridian Beach Resort, Orlando, FL
Hyatt Regency, Waikoloa, HI, Taipei & Wailea, Maui Princess Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ
Cole & Dietz, New York, NY Century City Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Checkers Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Citi Corp, Long Island, NY Ocean Grand Hotel, FL
Sherwood Hotel, Taipei, Taipan Contrappunti, Ambassador Hotel, Taipei Hotel, Taipei
The Peninsula, Beverly Hills, CA Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO
The Peaks, Telluride, CO Lowes Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
Courtyard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA American Express, New York, NY
Pepsi Co, New York, NY Yokohama Royal Park Hotel, Japan
London Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Dai Ichi Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Four Seasons, Los Angeles, CA The Claridge, Jupiter Island, FL
Golden Unicorn Restaurant, Hong Kong Grand Tiara Hotel, Nagoya, Japan (29 piece commission)
Pfizer Corporation, New York, NY Jones Day, Chicago, IL
Terry Bacon collection, Durango, CO Amoco, Denver, CO
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2014 JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST: THE ART OF MARY ELLEN LONG, self-published, on-demand, IMac
2013 OFFERINGS, self-published., on-demand, IMac
2011 ON LINE INTERVIEW, Dottie Moore, www.ladybuglive.com, The Gallery, Creative Traces
2010 BOOKS THAT TELL THE STORY, Ampersand, D. Kogan, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2009 NOVEL CONSTRUCTIONS, Shirle Gottlie, artsscenecal.com
CURATOR FINDS INSPIRATION IN BOOKS, Jason Lipeles, Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA
NOVEL IDEAS: Durango Artist Exhibits Work at Museum in Long Beach, CA, Patricia Miller, Durango Herald
MEET ARTIST MARY ELLEN LONG, Kinsee Moran, KSUT Public Radio, Durango, CO
2008 METAMORPHOSE DU LIVRE, Catalog of The Center of Contemporary Artists’ Book, Verderonne, France
THE COPELAND COLLECTION, 100 collages from International Exhibition/Exchange, Okato, NZ
500 HANDMADE BOOKS, Lark Books, (juror: Steve Miller)
A LEAF, A STONE, A PINECONE, Documentary Unveils the Art of Mary Ellen Long, Judith Reynolds, Durango
Telegraph, Durango, CO
2007 DREAMCASTING, A RESPONSE TO “FOREST WALK”, poet Sandy Beach, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
DETRITUS, self-published, limited edition
2006 SEQUENCES OF MEMORY, THE VISUAL BOOKMAKING ARTS OF MARY ELLEN LONG, CM Gotsch, Arts Perspective,
Durango, CO
MARY ELLEN LONG INTERVENING SUBTLY WITH NATURE, Jules Masterjohn, Durango Magazine, Durango, CO
LITTLE LINE, author Grace Cavalieri & illustrator Mary Ellen Long, International Children’s Digital Library
A VISIT WITH MISSIONARY MUSE, Jules MasterjohnDurango Telegraph, Durango, CO
NEW DIRECTIONS IN ALTERED BOOKS, Lark Books, (juror: Gabe Cyr)
FORGING A PATH OF CREATIVITY, Jules Masterjohn, Durango Telegraph, Durango, CO
2005 WILDFIRE INSPIRED BEST OF SHOW PIECE, Patricia Miller, Durango Herald, Durango, CO
EXCEPTIONALLY SCALED ARTISTS’ BOOKS, judith Hoffberg, Arts Scene, Los Angeles, CA
FOREST ROOMS, self-published, limited edition
2004 AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR, Vol. I, Book 2, Central States, Alcove Books
DESIGN! A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists & Craftspeople, Steven Aimone
LITTLE LINE, XLibros.com, a children’s book by Grace Cavalieri, illustrated by Mary Ellen Long
2003 ARTISTS’ INTERIORS, Creative Spaces, Inspired Living, Laurie Dickson, Rockport Publishers
2002 THE DECORATED PAGE, Gwen Diehn, Lark Books
NATURE STYLE, Marthe LeVan, Lark Books
ART ALONG THE PATH, Judith Reynolds, Durango Herald, Durango, CO
2001-02 DOG-EARED MAGAZINE, A Journal of Book Arts
2000 WHO’S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN, Millennium Edition
1999 TRAVEL VISIONS, Charlie Langdon, Durango Herald, Durango, CO
NON-ADHESIVE BINDINGS, Keith A. Smith, “Books Without Paste of Glue”, Vol. 1
1998 METAPHORS FOR TIME, Judith Reynolds, Durango, CO
1997 HANDMADE BOOKS AND CARDS, Jean Kropper
KNOWING AND NAMING: THE SEARCH FOR TANGIBLE MEANING, Suvan Geer, ArtWeek, CA
1996 SPACES LOADED, Michael Paglia, Westword, Denver, CO
1995 MIGRATIONS, Grace Cavalieri poet & Mary Ellen Long illustrator, Visual Library Publications
COVER TO COVER, S. La Plantz
DREAMS OF MOTHER, The Raven Chronicles, Seattle, WA