Edith Kuhnle received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 1966, and her Master of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1968. She also studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and received her second Master of Fine Arts degree from the American University, Washington, D.C. in 1979. Kuhnle has been granted such awards as a Kreeger Purchase Award, American University; The District of Columbia Commission of the Arts, Purchase Award; and a Commission for Washington Reagan National Airport. She has work in numerous collections, including the American Chancery in London, England; the American Broadcasting Company, Washington, D.C.; and the Philip Morris Collection, New York, New York.
