biography of Marion Lois PATTERSON (1909-?)

Birth place: Knox County, IN

Addresses: Vincennes, IN

Profession: Educator, painter, lecturer

Studied: Indiana State Teachers College (B.S.); Syracuse Univ. (M.F.A.)

Exhibited: Hoosier Salon, 1942-58 (prizes, 1942, 1948; traveling exh., 1946); AWCS, 1941; NAWA, 1943-45, 1949-51; Hoosier Art Gal. Mexican Exh., 1942; Indiana Artists, 1942, 1944-45, 1951; Syracuse Univ., 1942 (solo); Vincennes Fortnightly Club, 1946 (solo); Swope Art Gal., 1948-51; Indiana Art Club, 1948; Syracuse Univ., 1942 (solo); Wabash Valley Artists, 1947, 1948 (prize), 1950 (prize), 1951; Ogunquit AC, 1954.

Member: Indiana State Teachers Assn.; NEA; Hoosier Salon; NAWA; Indiana Art Club; Vincennes Teachers Assn.; Western AA; Nat. Art Educ. Assn.; Indiana Art Educ. Assn.; Indianapolis AA; AAUW; Vincennes Teachers Fed.

Comments: Position: hd. art dept., Vincennes (IN) City Sch., 1936-; faculty, art dept., Vincennes Univ.; adult educ., Indiana Univ., 1951-; Western AA and NAEA mem. chmn. for State of Indiana, 1952-53, 1953-54; mem. adv. bd., So. Indiana Reg. Scholastic Art Exh., 1955-56; art critic, teacher, Indiana State Teachers College, 1957-58.

Sources: WW59; WW47.