Background
McNinch, Michel Cottingham was born on December 12, 1961 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of David Ellis and Sophie Ellen (Blanchard) Cottingham.
McNinch, Michel Cottingham was born on December 12, 1961 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of David Ellis and Sophie Ellen (Blanchard) Cottingham.
Associate of Arts, Midlands College, Columbia, South Carolina, 1980. Bachelor, University South Carolina, 1992.
Legal secretary Nexsen Pruet Jacobs and Pollard, 1988-1998. Private practice artist Chapin, South Carolina, since 1991. Art instructor Midlands Technology College, Columbia, since 1997.
Artist in residence Alternative Academy, Chapin, since 1997. Artist in residence with learning disabled Irmo Middle School, since 1999. Artist in residence South Carolina Art Commission Alzheimers Project, since 2001.
Grants reveiwer Pee Dee Educational Foundation, Florence, South Carolina, 1998. Fellow Hambridge Center Arts and Sciences. Member South Carolina Watercolor Society, About Face, (secretary 1997-1998), Crooked Creek Art League (president 1997-1998), South Carolina approved artists roster.
Married Robert Lide McNinch, May 28, 1983.