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PUBLICATIONS, TALKS, AWARDS
WRITING
- 2018 Making Art as if Life Matters: The Work of Andrew Havenhand, catalog essay for Soft White, Point of Contact Gallery/Punto de Contacto, Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences and the Coalition for Museums and Art Centers
IN PRINT
- Exhibition Catalogue, Art in Craft Media 2021, Burchfield Penney Art Center, SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY; July 10, 2021- November 28, 2021, pgs 28-29
- Pollack, Sydney, SU Professor creates rugs to document mother’s illness, womanhood, The Daily Orange, From the Studio, October 25, 2020
- Tashkovski, Karen, Ann Clarke @SMAC
- Syracuse Artist’s Monumental Rugs Reflect Experience With Mother’s Dementia, Life inn the Finger Lakes, Arts and Culture, October 1, 2020
- The Citizen Staff, auburnpub.com, Now Fabric Art Exhibit at Auburn Gallery Inspired by Caregiving, Page C4, Thursday, October 1, 2020
- syracuse.com, Syracuse Art to Display Monumental Rugs at Schweinfurth Art Center, Living, Sept. 28,2020
- Threads Laid Bare, September 3–October 16,2020 Exhibition Catalogue, ; pages 4,10, 14; Curator Emily Newman, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, supported by the Iowa Arts Council, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts
- 33rd Annual International Contemporary Craft Competition & Exhibition Materials Hard + Soft Exhibition Catalogue, February 7- May 9, 2020, Greater Denton Arts Council; page 13
- Fiber Art Now, Annual Excellence in Fiber V Catalog, Fiber Art Network, jurors Amy DiPlacido, Karen Hampton and Monica Moses, Vol9, Issue 2, Winter 2019/20; page 39
- History Lessons, Catskill Mountain Region Guide (PDF download), May 2019, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY; pages 38-43
- Nuance: Craftsmanship, Imagination and Innovation, Sally D. Francisco Gallery at Peters Valley School of Craft, April 12 – May 19, 2019, Layton, NJ, exhibition catalogue
- Fiber Focus, Kent State University Art Museum, Kent, Ohio, in conjunction with the Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1, 2019 – July 25, 2019, exhibition catalogue; pages 20 & 21
- Jones, Denna, “Ann Clarke,” Cover Magazine, The Art of the Rug: Issue 52/Autumn 2018, Hali Publications, London, UK, page 68
- Art in Craft Media 2017, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, October 14, 2017 – January 28, 2018, exhibition catalogue; pages 12, 32, 33
- Leahy, Ellen, “Everson’s ‘Under One Roof Reprise’ is worth a special visit this week,” Syracuse City Eagle, January 10 to 16, 2008, Vol. 5, Issue 2
- Rushworth, Katherine, “Under One Roof Reprise,” e Post Standard-STARS, Sunday, October 7, 2007, page 15
- Cox, Jay, “Celebrating the Creative Spirit,” Syracuse University Magazine, Winter 2005–06, Volume 22, Number 4, pg. 64
- Kan, Moon-ja ed, Gwangju Biennale 2004 International Art to Wear Exhibition Catalogue, September, 2004, Gwangju, Korea, pgs. 16 &17
- Blust, Erika, “Girl Power,” Chimes, the Magazine of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Spring 2004, pp. 22–25
- Fletcher, Tanya, “ The Art of the Field Trip,” Syracuse University Magazine, Fall 2004, Volume 21, Number 3, pgs. 8 & 9
- Rushworth, Katherine, “When Fine Art Meets Craft Work,” e Post-Standard, Sunday, October 10, 2004 Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, Spring 2004
- Murray, Mary ed., Fine Crafts Ancient Practice, New Vision, 60th Exhibition of Central New York Artists, 2003, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; Exhibition Catalog, pp. 5, 10
- Kover, Jonas, “New Vision Exhibit blurs line between Fine arts, crafts,” Observer Dispatch, Utica, NY, 16 March 2003
- Rushworth, Katherine, “Everson’s Biennial Showcases CNY Artists,” The Post-Standard, Sunday, June 23, 2002
- Keith, Holly, “The Sound of Two Sticks Knitting,” Surface Design, Spring 2002
- Patterson, Sunita, “Focus on Process: 5 Jackets,” FIBERARTS, MAR/APR 02, Vol.28, No.5
- “Sailing on the Wind,” Notable Events, FIBERARTS, Nov/Dec 2001, Vol.28, No.3
- Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art, ed. Katherine Aimone, Sterling Publishing, Lark Books,2001/2002
- EXPOSURE, Surface Design, the Journal of the Surface Design Association, Spring 2000
- Chayat, Sherry, “Reunited and Rewarding,” Syracuse Herald American, Sunday, November 15, 1998
- Rowley, Kirstin Carlsen, “Paper/Fiber XX,” FIBERARTS, Sept/Oct 1997, Vol. 24.No.2
- Clarke, Ann, “Writing and Visual Perception in Studio Art Courses,” Page 11, Writing Across the Curriculum 3rd National Conference Proceedings, compiled by Sylvia H. Gambol ed. Al., College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, January 1997, by the Hightsy Conference Center and Administrative Services and the Citadel Print Shop
- “New Lines; A Collection of Clothing,“ FIBERARTS, Mar/Apr 1996
- Clarke, Ann, “When Many Yarns Make a Coat,” THREADS, January 1995, Number 56; Reprinted in Great Knits, The Taunton Press, Newton, CT, 1995
- Van Siclen, “RISD Students Show Off,” The Providence Bulletin, May 27, 1994
- Review of “Colored Threads/Wearable Art III,” FIBERARTS, March 1994
- Lohr, Ginny, “Review of Chautauqua International Fiberart Exhibition,” SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL, winter, 1994
- Ross, Anne L., “New Art Forms Exposition, “ ORNAMENT, 1992, Winter. 16
- Hamilton, Meagan, “Women Create Women,” Baltimore, MD
- Ober, Robin, “Woman as Protagonist,” e Quidecim, March 27, 1992, Baltimore, MD
- Glazer, Helen, “Woman as Protagonist Essay,” catalog essay for “Woman as Protagonist an Exhibition,” March 9 – April 29, 1992, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD; Traveling University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Searle, Karen, “Colored Threads: Wearable Art,” Review, ORNAMENT 15th Anniversary, 1991, Winter
- Gehman, Geoff, “Fathoming Waters Mythology,” The Morning Call, May 18, 1991, Bethlehem, PA
- FIBERARTS, Cover and “Swatches,” September/October, 1990
- Olderman, Maxine, “Women Artists Take a Complex Look at their World,” New Haven Register, March 4, 1990, New Haven, CT
- Langdon, Ann R., “New Works, Old Wisdom,” The New Haven Advocate, March 26, 1990, New Haven CT
- “Brockport Tower Gallery Features Works Beyond Function,” e Post, November 15, 1989, Rochester, NY
- Netsky, Ron, “Masters of their Craft,” Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, December 3, 1991, Rochester, NY
- “Explore the Many Art Forms at the Village Gate,” The Post, April 27, 1988, Rochester, NY
- Jacobsen, Sebby Wilson, “A Last Look as the Gate Closes,” Times-Union, May 5, 1988, Rochester, NY
- Reynolds, Judith, “Public and Private Icons,” City Newspaper, December 10, 1987, Rochester, NY
- Morgan, Robert, “Merritt Showing Sketches, logic and lyric,” Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, January 20, 1985, Rochester, NY
TALKING
2021
- Online Panel discussion for Signal, group exhibition at Manifest Gallery, OH
- “As Her Mind Collapsed, I Was Awakened,” online discussion with Curator Jason Vartikar in conjunction with the exhibition by the same name at the Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ; June 5, 2021
2020
- “Art, Meaning and Empathy: a Public Conversation,” Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX; February 8, 2020
- Artist Talk, Ann Clarke and Anna Carlson, October 1, 2020, Online, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
2019
- @Local Fibers from Farm to Maker – Local Fibers works with small flock fiber producers in the Finger Lakes/Central region of New York. How small flock producers throughout the northeastern US can navigate the numerous challenges in getting their goods to market, from shearing to accessing the market, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY
- A Fraught Inheritance, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, School of Art, Syracuse University
2017
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, opening presentation, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Artist talk for Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penny Art Center, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2014
- Friends of Textiles Lecture Series, Gallery Talk, Ruth Funk Textile Center, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
2010
- Shoot the Moon, The Administration of Art; The Art of Administration, w/ Carmon Colangelo, Virginia Derryberry, Carlyle Johnson and Joe Seipel, SECAC/MACAA Conference 2010, Richmond, VA
2008
- New York Textile Study Group, New York, NY
2007
- Panelist, Low Residency MFA Programs, NASAD Sixty third Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO
2006
- Visiting Artist, Oswego’s Summer Art Institute, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, Workshop
- Experimental Knitting, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
2005
- Lecture, Hazard Public Library, Onondaga County, NYFA Artist and Audience Exchange Program
- Knit Night, talk in conjunction with Fashion in Film Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
- Most People Don’t Go to College to Learn to Knit, Weavers Guild of Rochester, NY
2004
- Workshop, Experimental Knitting, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
- Two public lectures, Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- Work in Progress, Syracuse Weavers Guild, Syracuse, NY
2003
- Transcending Function, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Gallery talk with James Sankowski and Sandra Dovberg
2002
- Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Workshop/Lecture, Montreal, Canada
- Time and Attention, Lecture concurrent with one-person exhibition, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
- Open Artist Forum, Invited presenter, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
TALKING, CONTINUED
2001
- Environmental Commentary, Public Panel, High School Art Workshop, Teacher Training presentation on incorporating environmental issues. All programs were in conjunction with the exhibition of Francisco Alvarado-Juarez at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2000
- Textiles Today, Visiting Lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence, RI
- Millennium Messages,”Workshop for the community to produce Time Capsule art pieces in conjunction with Millennium Messages, a traveling exhibition organized by the Hecksher Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
1998/99
- First, Second, and Third Solutions,”Panel Chair for F.A.T.E. (Foundations in Art Theory and Education) National Conference, Mapping the Creative Landscape, Fort Collins, CO, 1999
- Panel Chair: First, Second, and Third Solutions, on a review of the uses of writing, hearing, smell, touch, taste, and time in teaching Freshman Foundation Courses. Co-organizer; Anita DeAngelis, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, East Tennessee State University
1998
- Voices of Expression, Art, Artists, & Artistic Freedom, Public Panel sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Culp Student Center, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; February 12, 1998
- Institute for Continued Learning, East Tennessee State University Seminars: “Georgia O’Keefe, Hildegard of Bingen, Contemporary Fiber Artists and some poetry”
1997
- Finding Voices: Using Writing to Unlock Creative Expression, with Anita DeAngelis, Presentation for F.A.T.E. National Conference as part of panel “Beginners Mind, Open Mind,” Richmond, VA
- Writing and Visual Perception in Studio Art Courses, Paper as part of “ Threads in Fabric: Writing Across the Curriculum at East Tennessee State University,” Panel for the Third National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Charleston, SC; February 7-9
- Movement as Metaphor/Improvisational Dance Structures, workshops in conjunction with Mountain Movers Modern Dance Company for students from Junior and Senior High Schools. Johnson City Arts Council Gallery and the East Tennessee State University Culp Student Center
1995
- Integrating Art, State of Tennessee Arts and Education Conference sponsored by the Johnson City Area Arts Council, Supported by Grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, Johnson City, TN
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
- 2004/2005/2006 See What Is Possible Poster Project with the Learning Disability Association of Central NY and The Everson Museum of Art. The children produced artwork inspired by the museum collection, and a collaborative poster, which was printed by the Everson Museum of Art for use by the Museum and the Learning Disability Association of CNY. The work produced exhibited at the Everson Museum of Art, The Syracuse Common Council Chambers in City Hall, and Syracuse University
- 2003 Dreamscape Producing a poster for Munson Williams Proctor Institute in collaboration with the Learning Disability Association of Mohawk Valley utilizing digital technology
- 2001/2002 Mapping a Community Artist in Residence at Fowler High School, Syracuse City School District, Sponsored by The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, and the New York Foundation for the Arts to produce a site-specific piece of artwork, working with a group of twenty high school students
- 2000/2001 Connected Voices Sculptural piece produced in collaboration with the families of Down syndrome children. Project sponsored by the Down Syndrome Association of Central New York and the Senator A. DeFrancisco Arts and Cultural Grant Program. October 2000 Annual Down syndrome Buddy Walk, Long Branch Park, Liverpool, NY, May 2001 Syracuse University in front of Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse, NY
- 2000 Marcellus High School Art Garden Courtyard Project, Consultant, Marcellus, NY<,/li>
- 1998/1999 Pattern as Language Produced a chalk mural on the front of Edward Smith Elementary School with 141 third grade Students. Syracuse, NY
- 1998 The Art Garden Created and cared for a garden on the Edward Smith Elementary School grounds in which the students grew plants that were used the following year in basket making projects, Syracuse, NY
PERFORMANCES, SET DESIGN AND CHOREOGRAPHY
2000/2001
- Art Direction, Prisoners of Freedom: An American Holocaust Story, Documentary Film telling the story of the 900 refugees relocated to Oswego, NY. Point of Contact Production; Toni Metzler, Executive producer; Owen Shapiro, Director
1998
- Celebration of Life, performance with Circle Modern Dance Company of Knoxville, TN Jonesborough Repertory eater, Jonesborough, TN; June 5–6, 1998
- Proscenium Design & Production, Road Company eater, Beeson Hall, Johnson City, TN
- Performance, April 25, 1998 Tennessee Association of Dance Regional Conference and performance, Improvisational dance piece collaboratively developed with Ann Law and Mountain Movers Modern Dance Company, supported in part by the Tennessee Arts Builds Communities Program Grant. Road Company eater, Beeson Hall, Johnson City, TN
1997
1996
- Summer Lights Arts Festival, Performance with Mountain Movers Dance Company, Nashville, TN, A Journey Through Time: In the Name of the Work, Art History Lecture Series, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City
1993
- World of Glass, Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN; An interpretation of Spencer’s Fairy Queen, designed costume for Britomart, supported in part by the Jerome Foundation and the Intermedia Arts Council of Minnesota
1991
- MAID Venture, Coats included in performance by the Milwaukee Ballet Company and the Milwaukee Symphony to benefit the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
JUROR
2021
- Hooked on the Salmon River, Salmon River Art Center, Pulaski, NY
2016
- Made in NY 2016, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2010
- Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia
2006
- Quilt=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery, w/ Joan Lyntault and Robert Shaw
2004
- Visual Arts Showcase, Cultural Resource Council, Syracuse, NY
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021
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2nd Place Award, Fantastic Fibers 2021, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY; Juror Sandra Johnson
2019
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Margaret Mead Merit Award, Art in Craft Media 2019, Burchfield Penney Art Center, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY
2006
- Partners for Art Education, art$TART grant, Intimate Apparel Project with Nottingham High School and Drama Department, Syracuse University
- Notable Women of ETSU, Honor as one of the Foremothers of the ETSU Women’s Studies Program, fully established as a major at the University in 2001, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2005
- New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Crafts
2004
- Vision Fund Award Recipient for Poster Project: Service Learning, Learning Disability Studies and the Arts
2002
- Special Opportunity Stipend, Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, NYFA
2001/2002
- Cultural Resources Council Community Arts Grant Program, Onondaga Grant for Individual Artist; Grant to develop costuming for collaborative dance performance
1999/2000
- Connected Voices, Senator A. DeFrancisco Arts and Cultural Grant Program In collaboration with Beth Abbott and The Down Syndrome Association of Central New York
1997
- Textile Technology, Instructional Development Grant, East Tennessee State University Textiles for Dance, Research and Development Grant, East Tennessee State University; and Art Builds Communities Tennessee Council of the Arts Grants
1996
- Center for Appalachian Studies Travel Grant, East Tennessee State University
1994
- Award for Excellence II, Competitive Merit Scholarship for Graduate Study at RISD Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Study in Textile Design
1993
- Award for Excellence I, Competitive Merit Scholarship for Graduate Study at RISD Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Study in Textile Design
1992
- Empire State Crafts Alliance Grant, New York State Craft Artist Program, funded by the New York Council on the Arts
1989
- New York Foundation for the Arts, Support Grant in Fiber