Ann Kalmbach | |
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Born | 1950 Rochester, New York |
Nationality | American |
Known for | printmaker, book artist |
Partner | Tatana Kellner |
Ann Kalmbach (b. 1950) is an American artist and co-founder of the Women's Studio Workshop.
Kalmbach was born in 1950 in Rochester, New York. [1] [2] She studied at the State University of New York at New Paltz and the Rochester Institute of Technology. [3] In 1974 she co-founded the Women's Studio Workshop (WSW) in Rosendale, New York along with fellow artists Barbara Leoff Burge, Tatana Kellner, and Anita Wetzel. [4]
She frequently collaborates with her life partner Tatana Kellner [5] as Kakeart. In 2017 their collaborative book The Golden Rule, was a Special Merit Honoree at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts MCBA Prize. [6]
Her work is in the collection of the Bridwell Art Library at the University of Louisville, [7] the MassArt Library, [8] the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, [1] the University of Michigan Library, [9] the Walker Art Center, [10] and the library of National Museum of Women in the Arts. [11]