Mary Jo McGonagle earned her M.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her B.F.A. from School of Visual Arts. She is an award-winning artist who has shown throughout the United States, in many prestigious exhibitions. Last year, she was awarded ‘Best in Show’ for Art of the Northeast at Silvermine Art Show, a nationally recognized exhibition. She was also endorsed in the April/May 2011 issue of New American Painter and nominated for the 2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, which only a 100 artist throughout the U.S. are awarded. She presently teaches at University of Bridgeport, Gateway Community College and Silvermine Art Center in Norwalk, CT where she is also a guild member. She also runs a small graphic design business, Splash Creative Services.