Background
Lynch, Mary Britten was born on September 30, 1935 in Pruden, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Fred Clarence and Mary Virginia (Strange) Hill.
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Mary Britten Lynch
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Education
Bachelor, University Chattanooga, 1959. Postgraduate, University Tennessee. Postgraduate, Long Island University.
Career
Instructor art Hunter Museum Art, Chattanooga, 1954—1956, 1965—1995, Chattanooga Christian High School, 1979—1985. Member visual arts advisory panel Tennessee Arts Commission, 1972—1976. National juror, workshop instructor, North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee, 1975—1982, Idaho Watercolor Society, Boise and Coeur d'Alene, 2000.
Achievements
Membership
Founder Tennessee Watercolor Society, 1969, Lenoir City Spring Arts Festival, Tennessee, 1963. Vice president Hamilton County Republican Women's Club, 1969. Board directors Chattanooga Symphony Guild, 1968-1973, Little Miss Mag Day Nursery, 1977-1985, Chattanooga Nature Center, 1983-1984.
Advisor New Hampshire Art Institute for Book-American Watercolors. Volunteer Ground Zero, St. Paul's Chapel, New York City, 2001. Associate Visual Artists for Art At Work Program, 2006.
Member American Watercolor Society (travel show 2005-2006), National Watercolor Society (top award 1995, Holbein award 1997), Watercolor Honorary Society (board directors 2005-2006).
Connections
Married James Walton Lynch, October 6, 1956. 1 child, Holly Kristen.
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Political Party
epsicopalian.
Awards
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Recipient award for Outstanding Contribution to the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Arts Commission, 1978, numerous purchase and cash awards Tennessee State Museum, Hudson Valley Art Association, 2003, Southern Watercolor Society, 2003, Central S. Exhibition, Nashville, 2003, 2007, Anchorage Museum, 1975, Purchase award Aqueous, 1996, award Kentucky Watercolor Society, Grumbacher gold medal, award Southern Water Society, 1997, award Georgia Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 1998, award International Art Magazine, 2005, American Watercolor Society Travel, 2006, International award San Diego, 2007, National award GAWC Society 2007.Recipient award for Outstanding Contribution to the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Arts Commission, 1978, numerous purchase and cash awards Tennessee State Museum, Hudson Valley Art Association, 2003, Southern Watercolor Society, 2003, Central S. Exhibition, Nashville, 2003, 2007, Anchorage Museum, 1975, Purchase award Aqueous, 1996, award Kentucky Watercolor Society, Grumbacher gold medal, award Southern Water Society, 1997, award Georgia Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 1998, award International Art Magazine, 2005, American Watercolor Society Travel, 2006, International award San Diego, 2007, National award GAWC Society 2007.