Meet the Artist – Ann Saunderson

Where: Sant Bani School Library and Gallery
When: May 3, 2010 5-7pm
Who: All are welcome!
Refreshments: Light Refreshments provided by Sant Bani School Art Students

SANBORNTON: Sant Bani School is hosting a “Meet the Artist” reception for art department chair Ann Saunderson on May 3 from 5 – 7 p.m. The public is invited to view an exhibit of her recent work, some of which is available for purchase. Saunderson holds a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. In her exhibit statement she writes about being excited about making art in most every media. “Because my art-making time is so limited the work often ends up being about the media rather than the subject.” She continues, “For me, developing a ‘body’ of work takes time. The process is slow, so slow. When it happens it comes out of nowhere, and hard work. It often isn’t till I’m well into a series of pieces that I begin to see that they connect—that they’re about something; that one idea leads to the next. I do a bit of this and some of that. I love painting outside in the summer. I love the smell of oil paint. I love drawing the figure. I love marks on the page. I love the slow layering of printmaking.”

Saunderson has taught at Sant Bani for over twenty years. More than half of the current high school students have chosen to enroll in an art course with Ann this year. This is an opportunity for past students, as well as the wider community, to see her work. Founded in 1973, Sant Bani is a private kindergarten through twelfth grade day school of 165 students. It has a long and continuing history of supporting the arts, both for its students and for the local community.