Ann Baldwin May
Email: baldwinmay49@yahoo.com
Phone: (831) 345-1466
Website: http://annbaldwinmayartquilts.com
Artist Bio:
Like many people when you hear of a quilt, you probably think of something your grandmother made for a bed. Technically a quilt has three layers, the top, the middle called a batt or batting, and the backing. Over the past several decades wall quilts made using the elements of art; color, line and texture have gained acceptance into museums.
Ann Baldwin May is a longtime quilter and a newer award winning art quilter. She is a folk artist as she has no formal art training. She took sewing for two years in high school and has sewn many of her own clothes. Her motivation comes from her lifelong love of colors, fabrics and textiles.
Ann made her first art quilt in 2009. The first time she entered a juried art show, her piece was accepted in the Pájaro Valley Arts Council Art Show, Los Pájaros in 2010. That work, Great Blue Heron at Dusk appeared on the publicity brochure. The following year this same quilt won a merit award at Olive Hyde Art Guild in Fremont, California. This encouraged her to continue in this new direction. Since then her work has been shown in many juried shows across the country from San Francisco to New York.
Her favorite techniques include fabric layering to create realistic and whimsical scenes of nature and fabric piecing to create abstract art. She often draws inspiration from Mexican and Native American cultures. Many materials are from FABMO, a nonprofit organization that redirects samples from the San Francisco Design Center away from the landfill. Impressionistic natural scenes are also common in her work. Abstract quilts allow her to play with textures and colors. Minimalist assemblage is her new adventure using redirected materials and found objects.
As a former elementary bilingual teacher (UCI, BA History, Elementary Teaching Credential, MAT, Spanish) and a former member of UCSC’s Ballet Folklórico Dance Group, Los Méxicas, Ann’s respect for the Mexican culture is represented by a number of quilts. Born and raised in Palo Alto, she now lives in Santa Cruz with her husband.
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