Mary Nolan (see work)
		Mary Nolan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in the New England area. She began exhibiting her work during her high school years and has continued to do so since that time. In 1974 she received a degree in Graphic Design from Vesper George School of Art in Boston. For the next few years she exhibited her drawings in and around New England and the southem states. Her first solo drawing exhibit was held at Dawson's Grist Mill Gallery in Chester, Vermont in 1981. In 1983 she was invited to participate in the Salon de National Exhibition in Paris, France, the same year she won first prize in the Wilmington Council for the Arts Competition in Wilmington, MA. and participated in New England Exhibition '83, sponsored by the Cape Cod Art Association. From 1984 through 1987 Nolan lived in Alburquerque, New Mexico,where she studied Native American basketweaving techniques and designs. She has been designing, weaving, and exhibiting baskets ever since. Her first solo basketry exhibit took place in 1988 at Art Connections in Bethesda, Maryland. Returning to the East coast in 1987, Nolan bought a farm and began to raise sheep to complement her long held affinity for spinning and dyeing wool. Although she continued to create primarily in fiber, she also participated in workshops in painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture, believing that each new discipline leamed would add further dimension to any artistic endeavor. As an extension of this philosophy, she decided to continue her formal education and began to pursue the study of Art Therapy. In 1992 Nolan received a BA in Art Therapy from Emmanuel College in Boston, with a double major in Fine Art and Psychology. In 1995 she received a Masters Degree in Art Therapy from Vermont College of Norwich University. Today, Mary Nolan creates and exhibits her work in a wide variety of settings throughout the Northeast. For the past four years she has focused her attenton almost exclusively on painting and drawing. She maintains studios in Gilbertville, MA., and Cooperstown, NY.