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ANN OLSON
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“I have lived on 100 hilly acres in Eastern Kentucky since 1974; here is where I feel connected to the world and where I do most of my photography. I have done numerous solo and group exhibits, sold Ilfochrome prints and developed a series of handmade notecards. I speak in schools and at conferences, and am trying to get more contacts for children’s books since that is what I enjoy most. I never thought of myself as an artist; I can’t draw, for goodness sake, but finally realized I have been a visual learner all of my life. Now what I love is taking slides, working with the color that’s there and composing the image right where it is. I like seeing with my art what may otherwise not be seen, a looking outwards to see inward. A year ago, I took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Vietnam, where my photography provided the way for me to connect to where I was amazed to be.”
Before being a photographer, Ann worked at The Book Haven in Morehead, Kentucky, taught French at Morehead State University, and did fundraising and publicity for WMKY Public Radio. Ann has a BA from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a year of teacher training from Simon Fraser University in Canada. She is a member of the Appalachian Writers Association, the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Fellowship of Quaker Artists. Ann recently was awarded a residency at the Mary Anderson Center of the Arts, Mt. St. Francis, Indiana.
Books:
Counting on the Woods: A Poem
by George Ella Lyon – DK Ink, 1998A Wordful Child
by George Ella Lyon - Richard C. Owen, 1996
