Mary Althea Parker

Background

Parker, Mary Althea was born on November 20, 1906 in Oxford, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Richard Joseph and Lottie Lee (Barnes) Parker.

Education

Bachelor, Rhodes College, 1928. Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, 1944. Postgraduate, Cleveland School Art, 1944.

Postgraduate, Hans Hofmann School Art, 1954.

Career

Psychiatric and occupational therapy nurse, Highland Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, 1931-1942; professor art history and studio, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, N.H., 1944-1972; teacher art, Kingswood-Cranbrook Summer Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, summers 1948-1949; teacher art, Transylvania Music Camp, Brevard, North Carolina, summers 1951-1955; professor art, art history, Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina., 1973-1977; professor senior graduate faculty workshop, Western Carolina U., Cullowhee, North Carolina, summer 1991; professor senior graduate faculty in painting, Western Carolina U., Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1991-1993; retired, 1993; represented by, Art Gallery Ltd., New Bern, North Carolina. Board directors Black Mountain (North Carolina) College Museum Arts Center.

Achievements

• Mary Althea Parker has been listed as a notable painter, art educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Sister City Pairing Project-Russia, Black Mountain, since 1989. Fellow Virginia Center for Creative Arts, The McDowell Colony. Member League of Women Voters, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Interests

• Avocations: music, reading.

Connections

Father:

Richard Joseph Parker

Mother:

Lottie Lee (Barnes) Parker