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Mary Chenoweth (1918-1999)
Mary Chenoweth was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1918 but her family ultimately moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where she spent most of her childhood.
Chenoweth studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Pratt Institute in NY just prior to her serving in the Coast Guard Reserve during WWII. In 1950 she received her BFA from the University of Denver and in 1953 she earned an MFA from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. At that time, she was one of the first women to earn a Master of Fine Art! Upon graduation, she was immediately invited to teach at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and when the CSFA school closed, but ultimately became the Colorado College, Chenoweth continued to teach in the art department retirement in 1983. There is an award given out each year in her honor at Colorado College. The school states: Mary Chenoweth taught art at Colorado College from 1957 through 1983. She is remembered as a dedicated artist and free spirit whose generosity, enthusiasm, and wit enriched the lives of her students and colleagues. When she retired, members of the Class of 1983 and others established a fund in her honor. Each year, a book is given to the graduating senior art major who best exemplifies Professor Mary Chenoweth’s talent, spirit, and dedication to art.
She was a world traveler and enjoyed going to exotic places. One of her favorite modes of travel was by cargo ship which was an inexpensive and less crowed way to travel. The ships would go to ports-of-call only taking a dozen or so passengers aboard. Chenoweth would spend months on these freighters with plenty of time for her art.
