Ann Morton had a 35+ year professional career as a graphic/environmental graphic designer before shifting her focus to artmaking. She is a practicing artist and an instructor at Mesa Community College, and previously at Arizona State University and Paradise Valley Community College in metropolitan Phoenix. Her work has been recognized, published, and shown nationally and internationally.
![Meet Ann Morton A headshot photograph of artist Ann Morton.](https://www.mesacc.edu/arts/sites/arts/files/styles/artwork-medium-tall/public/gallery/art-virtual/artist/images/MORTON_with%20ReThanks.jpg?itok=mx4sjRz_)
ART277 - Textiles I
ART290 - Studio Art, TextilesÂ
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Arizona State University
Master of Fine Arts - Arizona State University
"My work exploits traditional textile techniques as conceptual tools for aesthetic, social communication to examine a society we are all a part of - as bystanders, participants, victims, and perpetrators.
Driven by a desire to make right, the work I do reflects my hand work and orchestrates the hand work from a wide variety of community participants through public interventions. These interventions seek to harness the power in the making and socially engage the hands of many to create a larger whole."