ARTIST STATEMENT: I have always believed that paintings are a form of language. An image elicits immediate dialogue between itself and the viewer and it is not essential (sometimes it is even counterintuitive) to understand what the artist was thinking/feeling at the moment of creation. A painting has a life that draws upon others’ experiences and that is what makes it so powerful.

You can read about Ann's work at:

www.EmptyEasel.com

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Art
• The University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Concentration: Art, English, Art History
• MEd in Curriculum and Instruction
• The Pennsylvania State University
• Concentration: Language and Literacy
• Graduate work in Media Studies
• New York University/University of London, England

CERTIFICATION

• Secondary Education Certificate
• Pennsylvania grades 7-12
• English Literature

LECTURES, ARTICLES, BOOKS

• International Diabetes Conference, Alexandria, Eygpt
• The Inner Eye: Paintings and Their Perceptions, 2007
• A Journey With My Mother
• Design a Life Conference, 2008
• Cleveland State University
• Understanding art from a different perspective
• Hera and Hebe: Mother and Daughter
• Poems and paintings by Evalyn and Ann Vandervelde
• 46 Original Poems - 28 Full color Images
• InstantPublisher.com USA

EXHIBITIONS (solo and group)

• Lock Haven State University Art Museum, PA
• Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
• The Pennsylvania State University Undergraduate Center
• The Pennsylvania State University Library
• 3 Rivers Festival, sponsored by Carnegie-Mellon Museum of Ar
• Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA
• Pennsylvania Watercolor Society juried exhibition
• National Watercolor Society juried exhibition, Fullerton, CAv
• Art Alliance of Lemont, PA
• Artisan Connection, State College, PA
• Cleveland Clinic (2006)
• Women’s Center, Jacksonville, FL (2006)
• Grinning Byrd Gallery, Cleveland (2005)
• Artist Archives, Cleveland Permanent Collection
• I│M│A Gallery, Seattle, WA (2007-2008)
• Broderick Gallery, Portland, OR (spring 2009)

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

• Vanderbilt Gallery, Nantucket, MA
• I│M│A Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Petley-Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

CORPORATE CLIENTS

• The Cleveland Clinic
• Cleveland Art Association
• American Diabetes Association
• Cleveland Institute of Music
• NASA Glenn Research Center, OH
• NOVEL, Munich, Germany
• US Government Art in Embassies Program