Fiber artist Ann Clarke’s solo exhibition, Falling in Love, runs September 19 through October 06 at Farm Projects, in Wellfleet. This body of work is about a love of nature at a time when an aspect of nature itself, in the form of the Coronavirus, rages across the world. It is also about slowing down, and thoughtful focusing. Ann Clarke has worked in relative isolation since 

February rediscovering nature in her small, and now well tended, backyard and gardens. Clarke makes pieces that are simple and direct joyful expressions — in celebration of watching pea tendrils bind into supports and birds create masterful nests into which they bring their next generations forth, as well as pieces that are about seeing and not seeing what we need to see.

Clarke’s work explores reconstructed narratives—memory and meaning. She works at both intimate and exaggerated scales  to create isolated moments for the viewer to engage. In this show, Clarke bring us pencil drawings done at Thalassa on Peaked Hill Trust Arts and Science Residency from 2019,  recent works of embroidery, a process installation piece and large fulled knit wool constructions.

Simultaneously Clarke will have her wearable fiber arts upstairs at Frances Francis clothing. Francis, also a textiles and fashion designer, created this collaborative project between Clarke, Farm and Frances Francis. 

Ann Clarke, originally from Rochester, NY, is a fiber artist who received an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting and printmaking from the University of Michigan. Clarke has spent the majority of her professional career in academia as a higher education administrator and faculty member at Syracuse University. In 2008, she was named the Dean of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, and returned to faculty in 2016.

Showing extensively across the US, with work in over 20 exhibitions in the last two years, as well as a residency with the Peaked Hill Trust Arts and Sciences Program with Cape Cod’s National Seashore, represents a joyful re-boot of her studio practice after years in university administration.