Ann McCrea - Artist and Teacher

Welcome

Ann McCrea is an artist and teacher who has found creativity is a common part of our humanity. For nearly 30 years, she has taught more than 15,000 children in schools, libraries and her studio classes.

Kids•Art

Nearly 30 years ago, Ann founded Kids•Art, based in her Newburyport studio. She has found that kids’ creativity flourishes in the co-operative spirit that comes from making art together.

Ann is contagiously enthusiastic, sharing her love of animals, diverse cultures and beautiful design in everyday objects with the children she teaches. — Sally and Bob McCraven

CLAY•WORKS

CLAY•WORKS are programs for schools and libraries based on the power of storytelling to inspire children to sculpt animal characters from terra cotta clay. For more than 20 years, Ann has engaged children in programs designed to enliven reading themes and complement school curriculum.

CLAY●WORKS is one of the few programs we like to repeat over and over at our library. The merger of telling a good story, learning how to manipulate the clay and then creating animals from that story is a winning combination for the participants. And the children are always absolutely thrilled as they head home, proudly holding their clay animals aloft. A great program for the school age set! – Noelle Boc, Children's Librarian, Tewksbury Public Library

COLLAGE!

Ann’s assemblages and collages combine vibrant color and varied textures to explore ancient cultures, the arts, family and nature. Ann teaches adult collage classes. Her students enjoy exploring color, texture, and composition as they experience their own responses to these and create their own collages.

The Artist

Ann McCrea’s work has been displayed at galleries in New England, including the McCoy Gallery, the Robert Lehman Art Center, The Center for the Arts at the Newburyport Firehouse, the Newburyport Art Association, Maudslay State Park, the Carl Youngman Gallery, and the Gallery Della-Piana. She hosts open studios and sales in her Newburyport Massachusetts studio.

Directions

Ann teaches Kids•Art classes, COLLAGE! Classes, hosts open studios and sells her artwork in her studio at 31A Pleasant Street on the Second Floor Newburyport MA 01950.