Teaching

"My goal is to teach the art of weaving to as many people as possible in the Sacramento area. And if I lived somewhere else, my goal would be to teach as many people as possible there as well.

Weaving teaches us much more than how to make cloth. Learning to weave provides focus and discipline and allows us to practice patience and endurance. These skills, I believe, are necessary to maintain one's sanity in this chaotic world – a world of constant noise, information overload, and a lot of bad news." -Ann Robinson

Background Information

Ann Robinson is originally from Berkeley, CA. She began weaving in 1999 while living in San Antonio, TX. There she studied with Robert Hils, a master weaver at the Southwest School of Art and Craft (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLEw1yYrRwk). Ann returned to Northern California in 2006 and has continued to study weaving and dyeing on her own.

Ann's most recent shows and exhibits include Valley Vision, the Coloma Community Center, and the Center for Contemporary Art, all in Sacramento, and at Illahe Gallery in Ashland, OR (http://www.illahegallery.com/exhibits/2010/october/).

Ann's other career, Education, encompassed teaching and student counseling/advising, primarily at post-secondary schools. From 2004-06, she had a private tutoring practice designed to help middle and high school students succeed in their studies. Presently, Ann is teaching weaving at Women's Wisdom Art, a program offered through Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=186305041360). She also meets with private students in their homes.

Contact Ann through this website:

• if you have a loom that your great aunt left you but you have never woven,
• if you find a loom in an attic and don't know what to do with it,
• if you find a loom at a garage sale and would like to give it a whirl,
• if you don't have a loom but would still like to try weaving,
• if you are interested in any aspect of weaving.