Mary Ellen O'Brien

Mary Ellen is a graduate of the Cambridge School of Design in Cambridge, MA as well as The Arts Students League in New York. She has also attended the Penland School of Crafts in South Carolina in order to become proficient in the use of design and color on silk. She was employed as the arts director for Special Services with the U.S. Army, a civilian post in the New York area and Europe. She has taught at numerous schools, the most recent having been designated a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the Department of Education in Washington D.C. Her work has been and is being shown throughout the area.