Ann Marie McDonnell
My collagraph print, For the Women of Afghanistan, was completed in 1999 after having read about the plight of the women of Afghanistan in an article in the New York Times. The extent of sexism and violence against women that impacted their lives there shocked me.
The recent print, First Woman Mayor Speaks Out, underscores the long struggle of Afghani women to take their place at the table with respect to political power in the male dominated world of current Afghanistan.
Ann Marie McDonnell is a NYC artist and educator who has maintained a studio at Snug Harbor Cultural Center on the north shore of Staten Island for over 25 years. McDonnell’s artwork is often project based as a response to a particular exhibition, theme, competition, or personal project. She works in a variety of mediums including sculpture, printmaking, photography and jewelry.
McDonnell’s current project, A Contemporary Artist Responds to a Historic Collection, creates original artworks inspired by the Historic Richmondtown Museum’s historic object of art and utility. She has exhibited her work in many galleries and museums in NYC and received numerous awards and grants. McDonnell is known in the community for her public art bronze sculpture in Clove Lakes Park, The Bird Named Goldilocks, which won the 1994 Public Art Fund as well as other public art sculptures.
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