Margaret McCann studied at Washington University in St. Louis (BFA), The New York Studio School, and Yale (MFA). She was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Rome, Italy,
where she taught for eight years, and an Ingram-Merrill Grant. She was an Assistant Professor of Art at UNH for one year, and at Boston University for 10 years.
She exhibits with the Still-Life group Zeuxis, at Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architecttura in Milan, Italy, and locally on the Seacoast at Three Graces and Nahcotta galleries.