Mary Ahern graduated from the Educational Center for the Arts, an arts magnet high school and then went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art from Southern CT State University. Her artwork has been exhibited in juried art exhibitions in Connecticut, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Locally she has exhibited at the Association for Visual Arts, the Chattanooga Airport, the Creative Arts Guild, North River Civic Center, Townsend Atelier, Northside Gallery and the Arts Center in Athens. Mary was a grant recipient of the TN Association of Craft Artists in 2020 and is a 2021 graduate of the Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute. In 2023 she participated in Periscope, a business training for artists program run by Artsbuild. She has also had training in Creative Aging through the TN Arts Commission. She has won awards for her paintings, art dolls and puppetry. Her giant puppet designs have been used in performances by the Playful Evolving Monsters theatrical company. Currently she is working on a graduate certificate in puppetry. Her work has been featured on websites, in brochures, flyers and on the cover of a craft catalog. Mary is a member of the Association of Visual Arts and the TN Watercolor Society.