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Mara Williams

Mara Williams

2021 Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy

Mara Williams of Brattleboro is the 2021 recipient of the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy for her significant impact on the artistic and strategic vision of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and for furthering the arts throughout Vermont. Williams recently retired as Chief Curator of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) after 32 years. She has curated over 200 contemporary art exhibitions at BMAC and has presented the first-ever Vermont exhibitions of dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists. 

From a five-part short video tribute series created by Willow O’Feral and Brad Heck of Haptic Pictures, honoring each of the five awards recipients granted by the Vermont Arts Council in 2021. 

Client

Vermont Arts Council

Credits

  • Director | Willow O’Feral 
  • Cinematography | Brad Heck
  • Music | Dr. Turtle, ‘Grow Grotesque’
  • Featuring Brattleboro Museum and Art Center exhibits ‘Arcadia Revisited’ by artist Michael Abrams, and ‘Keep Up/Hold Up’ by artist William Ransom

Special thanks to VAC Communications Director Catherine Crawley