Artist Statement

Often including hints of popular culture, idioms, and personal narrative, Anna’s uncanny artworks provide a collaged glimpse into her connection and critique to the world. Her work explores classism,  tradition as related to being an Italian American, family dynamics and discontent of contemporary expectations through self image. 

Professional Development Statement

My Professional Development series is exploring the duality I experience while being a “K-12 Art Teacher” and an “Artist”. As I lay awake most nights I find myself in a twilight- obsessing over the concept of being the Goddess, a term another teacher once described me as; the special area teacher that all the students know. 

I find that my work-life often boils over into my personal life, consuming intimate moments I share with the people and spaces I love most. No longer being able to distinguish the two, Professional Development I captures my daily anxieties and constant thoughts of perfection. Somewhere between reality and a dream space, I exist in an endless loop of contemplation of what tomorrow will bring when I get back into my classroom