Cara Lawson-Ball
Edwardsburg, Michigan
Sculptor, painter, business owner, canoe guide, hiker, forever learner, can’t be stiller.
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Michigan artist Cara Lawson-Ball creates bronze sculpture and multimedia paintings inspired by her appreciation of the Great Lakes Region and its inhabitants. Through the use of imagined line and strong color Cara’s work encourages viewers to linger in all our wild places, both in ourselves and in nature.
Cara’s award winning work is in collections in the US and Canada with commissions in numerous state, local and private spaces. She has a BFA in sculpture from IUSB with help from Oxbow Chicago
Cara Lawson-Ball (b. 1959, US)
www.caralawsonball.com
574-675-1218
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Roti Roti Art Center, Buchanan, Michigan
2013 Kenapochamocha, North Manchester, Indiana
2012 Circa Arts Gallery, South Bend, Indiana
2003 Wildlife Prairie State Park, Illinois
2003 Starved Rock State Park, Illinois
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Heartland Annual Juried Regional Art Exhibition, Plymouth, Indiana, Purchase award
2023 Crooked Tree Artists Guild Member Salon Show, Michigan
2022 Cass County Artists, 1st place
2021 Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana
2019 Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana
2019 Brooklyn Public Library Sketchbook Project, New York
2014 Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana
2013 St. Mary’s University, Notre Dame, Indiana
2012 Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana
2011 Wellfield Botanic Garden, Founders Dinner, Indiana
2003 Lafayette Zoo, Indiana
2003 Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, Indiana
2002 Get Into Nature, Bremen, Indiana
1999 Cantigny Sculpture Show, Chicago, Illinois
Selected Commissions
Riverbridge Park, Indiana
Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Indiana
Wildlife Prairie State Park, Illinois
Collections
Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Indiana
Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana
Wildlife Prairie State Park, Illinois
Starved Rock, Illinois
Private collections in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
Education
St. Mary’s University, Notre Dame, Indiana, Business, 2013
Indiana University South Bend, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, 1999
Art Institute Chicago, Oxbow, Metal-smithing, 1997
Selected Publications and Reviews
Sculpture Review
Country Lines Journal
Journal Star “Sculpture Garden”
National Public Radio “Sculpture Unveiling”
Art Foundry JournaL
Memberships
Roti Roti Art Center, Buchanan Michigan
Crooked Tree Art Center Guild, Petoskey Michigan
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