Guest Speaker Ann Morton

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 13, 6:30 PM, MST. Note: starting in September 2025, TAG’s Speaker Series will occur on the SECOND WEDNESDAY of each month, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. This will be an in-person meeting in the Elm Room at the Clark Park Community Center in Tempe, located on Roosevelt Street (NW of Broadway and Mill in Tempe). Our new meeting room is bright and comfortable place to learn, laugh, eat, and catch up. Not a member yet? Sign up for this event using the form at the bottom. Speaker’s name: Ann Morton Speaker’s webpage: https://www.annmortonaz.com Bio: My work exploits traditional fiber techniques as conceptual tools for aesthetic, social communication to examine a society of which we are all a part – as bystanders, participants, victims and perpetrators. Thru the filter of my own experience as a white female born in 1950’s America, I explore themes of assumed entitlements, homogenization, marginalization, and human obsolescence – social divides we’ve come to accept as normal cultural paradigms. In questioning this acceptance, I recognize the insignificant – marginalized found objects and disenfranchised people. I am driven by a desire to employ my art as a voice for advocacy. The work I do reflects my own handwork, but also orchestrates the handwork from a variety of community participants through public interventions that seek to harness the power in the act of making and socially engage the hands of many to create a larger whole. Professional Experience: After a 35+ year professional career as a graphic/environmental graphic designer, Ann earned her MFA in 2012 from Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute – School of Art. Currently, she is a practicing artist and has been an instructor at Arizona State University, Paradise Valley Community College and Mesa Community College in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Her work has been shown and recognized nationally and internationally – Phoenix Metro area; Tucson; Los Angeles, CA; Golden, CO; Grand Rapids, MI; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Cairns, Australia; Jerusalem, Israel; and Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Title of presentation: Portfolio Development Description of presentation: TBD Attend A Speaker Series Be our guest and attend 2 Guest Speaker sessions for free prior to joining. Today's Date MM slash DD slash YYYY Your Email First Name Last Name A Panda Is Black and ...? * Required