Mary Sheldon Scott  (Visual Artist & Choreographer) has been exploring visual media and creating innovative performance works for over 50 years. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder (1990), and studied additionally at Reed College, University of Oregon, University of Denver, and Cornish College of the Arts. 

Scott’s visual research focuses on the development of organic maps and anthropomorphic landscapes using painting and drawing techniques on canvas, paper and wood. Scott’s visual work has been exhibited in Seattle at Behnke Family Gallery at Cornish, Center of Contemporary Art (CoCA), BASE Experimental Arts + Space, Velocity’s V2 Gallery, and through Open Studio events at Scott’s Beebe & Runyon studio, and in Rhode Island at Studio Miriam-an in Little Compton.

Since 1993 Scott worked as a choreographer in a dedicated collaboration with nationally renowned composer Jarrad Powell. In 1994 they formed Scott/Powell Performance to explore their interest in the intersection of movement, sound, and visual territories.  Their work has been presented across the United States, and has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network/Creation Fund, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Artist Trust, 4Culture/King County, and Seattle's Office of Arts & Culture. Scott has received individual grants and awards from Artist Trust, 4Culture, and Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Choreographic commissions include Cornish Dance Theater, Bellingham Repertory Dance, and the University of Washington. Scott teaches creative process and performance practice, and has been a guest faculty at the University of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts, and Velocity Dance Center.