Ann is interested in teaching students to see fiber as the vehicle for their communication. Knitting utilizes the vocabularies of surface design and weaving. It is a language of pattern, a language of color, or hand, of surface. That is what Ann focuses on, that the technical aspects support those conversations. The actual training is very specific and methodical but not the point – merely the vehicle.

The program at Syracuse University offers a BFA and MFA in Fibers. The program is studio arts based. They offer a full curriculum in Weaving, Fibers and Dyes and Off Loom construction.


TEACHING
2008-present
Dean
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Syracuse University

2007-2008
Associate Dean
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Syracuse University

1998-Present
Associate Professor
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Coordinator Fibers

1994-1998
Assistant Professor
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
Fibers, Department of Art and Design

Co-chair Women’s Studies Program 1996/1997
Foundations Committee, 1994-98

2004
Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ

2002, 1997, 1996
Summer Studies Faculty
Textile Design Institute
Rhode Island School of Design