Selected Group Shows and Competitions
| 2011 | Maturity and It’s Muse. Lynne Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis |
| 2005 | Jim Smith and Mary Sprague. Regional Arts Commission Gallery, St. Louis |
| 2000 | Of World and Self. Curated by Olivia Lahs-Gonzalez, at Innsbrook, MO |
| 1999 | Painted Plates. Fundraiser, Forest Park Community College, St. Louis |
| 1998 | Drawing To Our Senses. Beach Museum, Manhattan, Oklahoma |
| 1997 | St. Louis, The City Series. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 1994 | Horse. 171 Cedarart Center, Corning, New York |
| 1993 | The Artists of 510 N. Compton: Dubinsky, Forgelman, Guernsey, Marcus, Sauer, & Sprague. Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis |
| 1993 | Art St. Louis. Design Center, invited artist. |
| 1993 | Cadavre Exquis. The Drawing Center, New York City |
| 1992 | Art St. Louis. St. Louis Center, invited artist. |
| 1992 | Three Generations Generating Work: featuring Catherine Gibson, Mary Gibson Sprague and Nell Sprague Ruby. Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL |
| 1991 | Art St. Louis V. St. Louis Artists’ Coalition Annual. St. Louis Center |
| 1991 | Contemporary American Women Artists. St. Louis Art Museum, Betsy Millard, curator. |
| 1988 | St. Louis, Works on Paper. Exchange: St. Louis, Suwa City, Japan and Nanjing, China |
| 1987 | Art St. Louis III. St. Louis Artists’ Coalition Annual. St. Louis |
| 1987 | Missouri Visual Arts Biennial. First Street Forum, St. Louis |
| 1987 | American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award Exhibition. NYC |
| 1987 | St. Louis Artists Today. St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Art St. Louis. Lammerts Building |
| 1987 | Contemporary St. Louis Artists. St. Louis Design Center |
| 1987 | Celebrating Women. Jewish Hospital, St. Louis. |
| 1986 | The Animal Show. Seghi Gallery, St. Louis |
| 1986 | Faculty Show. Meramec Community College, St. Louis |
| 1985 | Drawing in St. Louis, Currents 29. St. Louis Art Museum |
| 1985 | Mid-Four Annual. Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO (Sponsor Award) |
| 1985-1986 | Mid-America Art Alliance Fellowship Winners: Exhibition & Tour |
| 1985 | Group Show: Bill Hawk, Jim McGarrell, Phyllis Plattner, Mary Sprague. Paducah Art Gallery, Paducah, KY |
| 1984 | Three Painters. Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL |
| 1983 | Habitat. Klein Gallery, Chicago |
| 1982 | 18 Times 2. Art Annex Gallery, St. Louis |
| 1982 | Great New Quilts. First Street Forum, St. Louis |
| 1982 | Found Objects. Fontbonne College Art Gallery, St. Louis |
| 1982 | ACCA Draws the Figure. Bixby Hall, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1981 | A Collector’s Choice. St. Louis Art Museum, curated by Jack Cowart |
| 1981 | Rutgers National 81 Works on Paper. Rutgers University, New Jersey |
| 1981 | Meramec Faculty Group Show. Meramec Community College, St. Louis |
| 1981 | Invitational Quilt Show. California State University, Fresno, California |
| 1980 | ACCA Draws the Figure. Cemrel, St. Louis |
| 1980 | Paper as Art, Art as Paper. Invitational, Bixby Hall, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1980 | Five St. Louis Artists in Fibre. Mary Institute, St. Louis |
| 1979 | Fresh Faces. New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Iowa |
| 1979 | Design in Craft Show. St. Louis Convention Center |
| 1978 | ACCA Draws the Figure. Bixby Hall, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 1977 | Eight Midwest Artists. Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Illinois |
| 1977 | Contemporary Issues: Works by Women on Paper. Women’s Caucus for Art. Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Houston |
| 1975 | Drawing Show. Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago |
| 1975 | Las Vegas Art Museum Annual (Purchase Prize) |
| 1972 | Fantasticher Realismus, with Paul Wunderlich and David Itchkawics. Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago |
| 1971 | St. Louis Artists’ Guild, Drawing Show. (Prize) |
| 1970 | Design in Crafts. Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA |
| 1966 | Lofstrom Collection Exhibition. J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY. |
| 1966 | The Painted Flower. Oakland Art Museum Invitational, Oakland, CA |
| 1966 | California Crafts III. San Francisco Art Museum (Prize) |
| 1963 | 12th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Ball State, Muncie, IN |
| 1962 | San Francisco Art Institute 81st Annual Exhibition. S.F. Museum of Art |
| 1962 | San Francisco Women Artists 37th Annual Exhibition. S.F. Museum of Art |
| 1961 | San Francisco Women Artists 36th Annual Exhibition. S.F. Museum of Art (prize) |
| 1960 | San Francisco Women Artists 35th Annual Exhibition. S.F. Museum of Art |
