Alice Maynard Griggs

Alice E. Maynard Woods Griggs (June 9, 1859 – April 9, 1939) was an American writer, artist, composer, clubwoman, and critic, based in Long Beach, California. Early life and education Alice E. Maynard was born in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Guy C. Maynard and Colena Emogene Moore Maynard. Her father was a carpenter from New Hampshire and a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, and her mother was from Vermont. She attended the Dana Musical Institute in Ohio, and the Chicago Art Institute. and arts critic for Musical America, the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and Pacific Coast Musician, among other publications. She was a founder and longtime press chair of the Long Beach Musical Arts Club. Her compositions were part of a program at the Woman’s Music Study Club in Long Beach in 1924. Griggs was treasurer of the Long Beach Art Association. Her painting “Zinnias and Gourds” was part of the Association’s 1933 show. Two of her paintings, “Gourds” and a still life featuring “anemones and a brass basket”, were part of the Association’s show at the Ebell Club in 1935. She won a state prize for her painting “California Dahlias” in 1937. She exhibited her paintings in Palos Verdes in