Background
Earnest, Carmella Lynn was born on October 4, 1946 in Welch, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Melville McKinney and Irene Delores (Cardea) Earnest.
Earnest, Carmella Lynn was born on October 4, 1946 in Welch, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Melville McKinney and Irene Delores (Cardea) Earnest.
Bachelor, Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1968; Master of Fine Arts, George Washington University, 1970.
Social worker, West Virginia Department Welfare, Welch, 1964-1965;
microscopic illustrator, National Science Foundation Grants Queens College, Charlotte, 1966-1968;
art department assistant, Queens College, Charlotte, 1967-1968;
biomedical abstractor, Tracor, Washington, 1969-1970;
private practice artist, Fine Arts Studio, Chicago, 1970-1974;
farm owner, operator special breeding Arabian horse, Old Schoolhouse Hollow Farm, Griffithsville, West Virginia, since 1974;
professor fine arts, Southern West Virginia Community College, Logan, since 1974;
lead teacher humanities department, Southern West Virginia Community College, Logan, 1991-1992. Artist-in-residence Huntington (West Virginia) Galleries, 1970-1974. Guest faculty, lecturer West Virginia State College, 1970-1974.
Workshop presenter Cabell County Board Education, Huntington, West Virginia, 1970-1974. Public awareness consultant West Virginia Department Culture and History, 1976. Member editorial advisory board Collegiate Press, Alta Loma, California.
Instructor and consultant Talented in Hamlin, West Virginia Sch.Sys. Lecturer Speakers bureau of West Virginia Department of Humanities Institute. Resource consultant West Virginia University Ext.
Svc.; environmental design consultant Lincoln School Design, Hamlin, West Virginia. Resource consultant State of West Virginia Ednl. television Networks. Speaker/lecturer in field.
Member American Association of University Women, American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization for Women.