Lorraine Chambers McCarty

Background

McCarty, Lorraine Chambers was born on August 17, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Education

Student, Detroit Art Academy, 1938; student, Stephens College, 1940; student, Wayne State University, 1942; studied with, Glen Michaels, Emil Weddidge, Robert Wilbert.

Career

Member of faculty, Flint (Michigan) Institute Arts, since 1970; member of faculty, Grosse Point (Michigan) War Memorial, since 1972; private teacher art, Royal Oak, Michigan member of faculty, Muskegon (Michigan) Institute Arts, since 1978; member of faculty, Flint Institute Arts, since 1978; artist in residence, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1981. Advisor, designer International Women's Air & Space Museum, Ohio, 1986, Oklahoma, juror, critic in field, lectr.in field. Official artist United States Air Force, 1981.

Instructor Birmingham Bloomfield (Michigan) Art Association, Islanders of St. Loud-Workshop Retreats in Northern Michigan, Paint Creek Center for Arts, Rochester, Michigan, Mount Clemens Center for Arts, Michigan, Flint Institute Arts, Muskegon Museum of Art, Jessee Besser Museum, Alpena, Ella Sharpe Museum, Jackson, Mich, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, others. Consultant Greenfield Village Museum, 1991. Mentor University of Michigan, 1992.

Achievements

• Lorraine Chambers McCarty has been listed as a notable Painter, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Executive Committee Oakland County Cultural Council. Member Detroit Society Women Painters and Sculptors, All Women Transcontinental Air Race Association, Michigan Watercolor Society, Artists Equity Association, Michigan Academy Arts Science Letters.