Marie Letty Snell

Background

Snell, Marie Letty was born on May 15, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Samuel Harris and Sylvia Doris (Cohen) Glucksman.

Education

Student, Wayne State University, 1941-1943, 56, 75; Bachelor of Design, University of Michigan, 1947; postgraduate, Society Arts and Crafts, 1947-1953.

Career

Art therapist Pontiac General Hospital, 1986. Lecturer in field; juror various exhibits, 1985-1986.

Achievements

• Marie Letty Snell has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Oak Park Arts and Cultural Commission, since 1982. Board directors Committee for Michigan Glass Month, 1981-1985, Michigan Glass Guild, since 1990, 2d international Conference Environmental Glass, Oklahoma City, 1990. Panelist 1st International Conference Environmental Glass, Oklahoma City, 1989, 90.

Painted portraits of President Bush and others for stained glass panel in Senior Golfers Museum, Texas, 1991. Treasurer The Artists' Gallery' panelist 1st and 2d International Conference Environmental Glass, Oklahoma City, 1989-1990. Member Stained Glass Association American (associate, secretary 1980-1984, exhibitor various group shows, Best of Show award 1981-1983, 1st prize 1983, best use of opalescent glass award 1986), Michigan Glass Guild, Stained Glass Association American, Huntington Woods Studio Artists, The Artists' Gallery-artists' Cooperative, Centre International Vittrail, Women's Caucus for Art, Huntington Woods Studio, Royal Oak Rubber Stamp Club.

Interests

• Avocations: piano, reading, photography, correspondence art.

Connections

Married John Richard Snell, April 1, 1948 (deceased October 1989). Children: Jane Hannah Snell Fonfara, Florence Ann Snell Davis.

Father:

Samuel Harris Glucksman

Mother:

Sylvia Doris (Cohen) Glucksman

Spouse:

John Richard Snell

child:

Florence Ann Snell Davis Snell

child:

Jane Hannah Snell Fonfara Snell