About the artist
Ann earned her BFA at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She then studied textile design at Boston University's Program in Artisanry, printmaking at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and, most recently, bookbinding at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine.
Her professional experience includes textile design for Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, collaborations with Worldwise Education and two community theatre companies. Currently, she is on the faculty of the deCordova Museum School
in Lincoln, MA. where she teaches printmaking courses and professional development workshops for K-12 art teachers. Ann is affiliated with the Cambridge Art Association and Concord Art Association. She sits on the board of The Monotype Guild of New England, and serves on the Executive Committee of Watertown Children's Theatre.
Artist's Statement
I find the monoprint process more intuitive than traditional forms of printmaking. It allows me to incorporate a range of materials and embrace "happy accidents" that enrich the image. My one-of-a-kind prints often go through the etching press many times, building up layers of transparent ink. For the past several years, my subject matter has dealt with the "marks" that living things leave behind in the form of fossils, vessels, shadows and handwriting; these elements recur in my prints. Recently, I have begun to incorporate the idea of "marks left on memory" by spoken words like remembered conversations, known quotes or admonitions.
Selected Exhibits and Awards
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Collaborative Prints Par Avion, an interactive art project conceived by Ann Forbush and underwritten by
the Boston Strasbourg Sister City Association.
The project will culminate with simultaneous art exhibitions in the US and France, spring 2012.
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| 2010 | |
European International Book Arts Biennale, Bucharest, Romania
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Monotype Guild of New England National Show
Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator, Smithsonian Museum
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| 2009 | |
Publication: FACES Magazine,
Art Connection Section feature on printmaking
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| 2008 | |
Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association,
Juror: Nicholas Baume, Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
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Back to Basics: Artist Books
Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
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Monotype Guild of New England National Show
Juror: April Gallant, Smith College Art Museum
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| 2007 | |
Solo exhibition: Espalier Prints & Collages
Harvard University Lutheran Church, Cambridge, MA
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RED, Cambridge Art Association
Juror: Jane Farver, Director M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center
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| 2006 | |
Artists BooKs @ 10+Beyond
Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
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| 2005 | |
Grant recipient: Watertown Community Foundation funded a site-specific installation titled Windows on Watertown: a stroll through picture book. The piece was later reconfigured for display at 10 additional venues throughout 2006.
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Stretching the Boundaries, Cambridge Artists Cooperative
Juror: Sharon McCartney, Boston Book Arts
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Text as Image & Image as Text
Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
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| 2004 | |
Solo photography exhibition: Tableau Photographs by Ann Forbush
dEmios Gallery, Belmont, MA
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Travelogue Show
ART.3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
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| 2003 | |
Grant recipient: Massachusetts Cultural Council funded an edition of artist's book titled "Handbooks: a series of visual journals"
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Solo exhibition: Ladder Boxes & Monotypes
MacPhail Architectural Collaborative, Belmont, MA
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| 2002 | |
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association,
Juror: Marc Pachter, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Museum
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Jury Award: For mixed media work on paper
Forbes Museum, Milton MA
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| 2001 | |
Solo exhibition: Monotypes by Ann Forbush
Walter and Helen Shaw Gallery, Concord, MA
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Selected Collections:
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National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
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Museum of Art Satu-Mare, Bucharest, Romania
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Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (commission)
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