Fez Gathering: International Artists Gathering
Featured artist - exhibition: DESERT (work-in-progress)

May 14-17, 2026 - Fes Medina, Morocco

NORTH
Childs’ installation NORTH, based on her time in the Arctic, was adapted for exhibition at MSP International Airport (Minneapolis-St. Paul) in the B Tunnel, where it ran for several months 2025-2026.
November 5, 2025 - June 1, 2026

Premiere: There is a Humming
Written for OboeBass! with commissioning funds from Fromm Foundation

March 5, 2024 - Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Crosstown Arts artist residency
January 2024, Memphis, TN

Artist residency supported by the McKnight
Foundation and Artist Communities Alliance

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innova announces new recording projects

15 new projects from innova Recordings, including Mary Ellen Childs’ NORTH

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MNPost article
Exploring ‘North’ in Sights, Sounds and More in New Installation at Red Wing’s Anderson Center

Read HERE

2022 McKnight Composer Fellows announced
Mary Ellen Childs

Read the interview with Mary Ellen Childs
on Rhonda Rizzo’s blog No Dead Guys

New Music USA
2022 Creator Development Fund
Grant Recipients announced
Mary Ellen Childs, Minneapolis, MN

Childs selected as Artist Resident
Nawat Fes, Fes, Morocco
March - May 2023

The MAP Fund announces 2021 Grantees
Mary Ellen Childs, for NORTH

Childs selected as a Creative Resident,
Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA, for February 2021
Read about Childs’ experience at Bloedel here.
More info about Bloedel artist residencies here.

Childs receives 2020 Fromm Commission
For new work for OboeBass!

Sight of Hand, video short,
Selected for Indie Short Fest 2020
Los Angeles International Film Festival
Artistic Director/Composer: Mary Ellen Childs
Director: Caitlin Hammel

Read the feature interview with
Mary Ellen Childs on New Music Box here.