Mac Benson (b. 1998, Cleveland, OH) is a Texas-based interdisciplinary artist and naturalist. She has participated in citizen-based environmental research since 2016, volunteering with UT’s invertebrate fossils and minerals collection, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Native Prairies Association of Texas. In 2023, she collaborated with Caroline Perkison on A Place in the Park, a scavenger hunt exhibition at Red Bud Isle that encouraged visitors to engage with nature the same way they engage with art. In 2024, she was a recipient of the Frick Arts Foundation award.She has exhibited at the Visual Arts Center, Mass Gallery, and Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking. 

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