Marylou Gray-Best received her education at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts in Baltimore. Subsequently she studied pottery making and mosaics in Denver. She also taught pottery making at her studio in North Turkey Creek and at Lookout Mountain in Colorado. She learned about Sumi-e and Chinese brush painting in California, where she studied with Asaka Osano and Shan Tien Chou. She has participated in many group and one-woman exhibits and in exhibits at the Denver Art Museum, the Shatan Gallery in Torrance, California, The Gallery in Palos Verdes Estates, California, and at Shibui in Santa Fe.
Admission is free and open to the public.
St. John's College receives a commission on artist's sales, which is used to further the mission of the art gallery, a nonprofit entity of the college. Friday, June 1, 5-7 p.m. I do not want people to do the kind of work I do, but to inspire them to see for themselves.