Missionary Mary Proctor

“What the World Needs Now” Workshop

June 14, 2025
Creative Clay
1846 1st Ave. s
St. petersburg, Fl
2-4 p.m.

Florida folk artist Missionary Mary Proctor returns to St. Petersburg June 14 to present

“What the World Needs Now,” a mixed media workshop.

Join world-renowned artist Missionary Mary Proctor at Creative Clay and create a mixed media one-of-a-kind piece of artwork.

Basic supplies, such as boards, glue and paints will be provided.

You bring the fun stuff-- like mementos, photos or copies of photos, grandma’s buttons, costume jewelry, keys, old letters, dried flowers, ribbon, wire, and anything else you love.

Pre-registration is required. • $50 per person • Space is limited.

Register for workshop here:

Mary Proctor is a self-taught Florida artist known for her vibrant, storytelling assemblages. Using found objects like beads, buttons, and written messages, her work expresses a deeply personal and spiritual vision. After losing loved ones in a tragic fire in the 1990s, she received a spiritual call to “paint a door,” launching her artistic journey. Raised by religious grandparents, Mary views herself as a missionary, using art to share messages of faith, family, and life lessons. Many of her materials come from her former junkyard, now transformed into her Folk Art Museum.

Her art has been exhibited at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and is held in numerous museum and private collections across the United States.In 2005, Proctor’s work was featured in On Their Own: Selected Self-Taught Artists at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum. She has also been recognized internationally, appearing on the cover of Raw Vision, the leading magazine for contemporary folk and outsider art.