My name is Annemarie Zwack. I am an artist. I specialize in working with communities to realize their artistic dreams. I facilitate collaborative creative expression. I believe, together, we can create “the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible” —C. Eisenstein.
Community Help Grouting Public Art Mosaic
Thank you "Ithaca is Community" volunteers! A city wide day of volunteering was inaugurated this year by Ithaca's new mayor, Svante Myrick, on a rainy Earth Day. On the Commons, in Ithaca, a fantastic team of volunteers gathered and...
Faces of Zebratown
This is the second year in a row that I have had the privilege of working with students at the Elmira Alternative High School on an arts in education project where they read a book and use it as a point of departure for their own poetry and...
Native Plant Life
Native New York Plant Life depicted in hand made mosaic tiles by Annemarie Zwack
Drawing Plants
sketching plants to make tiles with 3rd graders at Van Etten Elementary School
Darjit in New Zealand
I am so grateful to have gotten to visit New Zealand and stay with Kiwis! One distinct advantage is that not only did our host in the far north, Peter Visser, know the region and what would be interesting to see and do, he knew the...
Drawing – Middle School in Spencer, NY
As you may have noticed on the calendar, I've been teaching a drawing class at the local Middle School after school. I was inspired by the snowy landscape here in rural central New York state. Sometimes the skies are much darker than the earth...
Chemung River School Project
This is the third year in a row that I have had the privilege of being the artist in residence for the Chemung River School Project. Each year, naturalists and a poet visit with fourth graders. They get to go to the Arnot Art Museum, the History...
Tree of Life
I have a friend who makes maple syrup from the trees on her land. Recently, she had a baby girl. She asked me if I would make a wall hanging in black and white of a tree to hang over her daughter's bed. I have heard that the high contrast between black and...
Goofin with the Sweaterbabies
I've been tidying up around my studio. Feels like a great way to start the new year! Happy Chinese New Year, by the way. I rearranged my furniture and as soon as I got it all set-up, the sweater babies jumped on the couch and started mugging to get their...
Fairy Huts in Whangerei
Fairy Hut Building at the Natural Phenomena Conference in Whangerei, NZ was fantastic! The whole conference took place outdoors and was dedicated to nature education for early childhood in New Zealand. I led a workshop with about 20 participants, most of...
Mosaic Stories
Ben Franklin Elementary School, in Binghamton, NY, decided to make up a fable about how the skunk got it's stripe. They called on renown storyteller Regi Carpenter to help Ms. Culligan's class of second graders develop their tale. They called me in to help...