The Women and Water exhibit celebrates and honors water by portraying Women who work with it, protect it and advocate for it.
Her work has been displayed in numerous exhibits and shows, including several art and science collaborations..
Her first exhibit of portraitures, Ancestral Women: Wisconsin\'s 12 Tribes , was completed in 2016 and still travels today.
Mary Burns began weaving over 50 years ago, and in 2008, leapt into learning the highly complex process of Jacquard weaving.
May we be deeply inspired by the work of these remarkable Women to protect our waters.
Water is the life blood of the planet and of all living beings.
Seven years in the making, Mary Burns\' twenty-nine handWoven jacquard Portraits of Women from Around the World form the core of the exhibit.
Featured are scientists, water-walkers, teachers, farmers, activists and healers, all who hold deep connections with water.
The Women and Water exhibit celebrates and honors water by portraying Women who work with it, protect it and advocate for it