About

"I have my mother's hands and on very good days a few of her gifts"

Short bio

Anne attended the Ecole Superieure d'Arts Graphiques Penninghen in Paris. She received her Master’s Degree in Art History from the Sorbonne and her PhD from Northwestern University. She works at her home and in local studios. Anne draws inspiration from her encounters with people, books, objects, landscapes, events and passing thoughts.

Bio

Work experience

Post 1981

Studio potter (2002-Present) Sculptural installations and functional pottery

LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
Lake Forest, IL
Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages. (1997 - 1999)

INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION RESOURCES                                                                     Northbrook, IL
Trainer. (1994 - 1996)

NATIONAL TEXTBOOK COMPANY                                                                                         Lincolnwood, IL
Designer and Graphic Artist. (1986 - 1997)
Consultant for foreign languages. (1986 – 1997)

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY                                                                                                      Evanston, IL
Lecturer, Department of French and Italian S

Pre 1981

ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L’ACTIVITE CULTURELLE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS Paris, France
Studio Director and Instructor. (1978 – 1981) Oversaw all aspects of a stained glass studio.

ATELIER DE VITRAIL MICHEL DURAND
Orly, France
Apprentice to the Director. (1976-1978) Responsible for iconographic research and restoration study of medieval stained glass windows.

MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES DE FRANCE/DEPARTMENT DE VITRAIL
Paris, France
Researcher. (1978) Inventoried 13th century stained glass corpus for dates and iconography. Prepared designs and studies for the archives of this governmental organization.

Education

Going from one beautiful old building to another beautiful old building.

Post 1981

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Evanston, IL
PhD awarded. (1985) French literature. Topic: Nostalgia

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY
Grayslake, IL
Ceramic studies.

Pre 1981

ECOLE SUPERIEURE D'ART GRAPHIQUES, MET DE PENNINGEN
Paris, France 1971-1972 .

UNIVERSITE DE LA SORBONNE
Paris, France 1972-19781975 Graduation. History and Art History major.

1975-1978 Restauration of 13th century stained glass corpus. Research and cataloguing for the "Monuments Historiques de France"

1978 Masters degree. (With honor.) Universite de la Sorbonne Paris IV. Art History.
Medieval stained glass window studies. Thesis director: Professor Louis Grodecki.