Mary Mattingly: The Kristen Peterson Distinguished Lecture

Artist Mary Mattingly will discuss art-making as vocation, with a focus on co-creating regenerative public art. She will also talk in depth about specific projects, including building the floating food forest Swale and the absurdity of bundling her possessions for performances. Mattingly's work is on display in the MOCRA exhibition, To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home.

Attend in Person
The talk takes place in Anheuser-Busch Auditorium, in Cook Hall (3674 Lindell Blvd). Free parking is available in designated SLU parking lots. Metered street parking is also available. Click here for a campus map and detailed parking instructions.

Attend on Zoom
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Mary Mattingly (b. 1978) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores ecological relationships through sculptural ecosystems, performative installations, and research-based collaborations. Rooted in a deep inquiry into urban ecology and interdependence, her work addresses urgent issues around water, food systems, and climate adaptation. At the core of Mattingly’s practice is a belief in art as a form of investigation and a tool for imagining adaptive futures. Her installations often function both symbolically and practically: creating space for gathering, co-learning, and reflecting on systems of resource extraction and ecological resilience.

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The Kristen Peterson Distinguished Lecture in Art and Art History is presented by the Art History Program of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Saint Louis University with support from the Peterson Lecture Fund.

Additional financial support comes from the Regional Arts Commission.