Bransby, Mary Ann 

Mary Ann Bransby
Born Oklahoma, 1920

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mary Ann Bransby was a silversmith and a teacher. She studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, University of Illinois, Western Illinois University, University of Kansas, Oxford University in England, Cooper Union School of Art, and the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. At the Fine Art Center she studied under Boardman Robinson from 1945-1947.

Bransby taught at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Donnelly College in Kansas City, and the University of Missouri in Kansas City. In 1968, she was awarded the Tiffany Foundation Fellowship in Silversmithing.

Exhibited: New York; Kansas City, MO; Springfield, MO; St Joseph, MO; Colorado Springs, CO; Ft Collins, CO; Pueblo, CO.

Further Reading:

Pikes Peak Vision: The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945. The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: Colorado Springs, 1989.