Ann Smith

I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 56 YEARS TO ROGER SMITH. I AM THE MOTHER OF 3 DAUGHTERS JAIME, SALLY AND MOLLY. I WAS BORN IN ASTORIA OREGON. I GRADUATED FROM CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IN 1970. I RECEIVED MY BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN HISTORY AND DESIGN. I RECEIVED A TEACHING CERTIFICATE FROM YANKTON COLLEGE IN 1971. I TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ART EDUCATION UNDER JOHN DAY. I WORKED IN THE YANKTON SCHOOL SYTEM FOR 2 YEARS TEACHING ART. I WAS INVOLVED WITH SUMMER ART PROGRAMS AND TAUGHT ART FOR THE HANDICAP. I WAS A DESIGNER AT HATCH FURNITURE AND THEN WENT ON TO RECEIVE MY NATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN CERTIFICATION AND ASID. I BEGAN ANN SMITH INTERIORS IN 1987 IN THE HISTORIC TRAIN STATION IN YANKTON AND WORKED FOR 38 YEARS IN INTERIOR DESIGN. MY PROJECTS INCLUDE 5 MEDICAL CLINICS IN CHICAGO, 3 HOUSES IN CHICAGO, HOUSES IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, SIOUX CITY IOWA, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, OKABOJI , IOWA, PHOENIX ARIZONA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTAS PRESIDENTS HOME. MY WORK TOOK ME TO THE GOVERNORS HOME IN PIERRE AND SANFORD SURGERY CENTER IN SIOUX FALLS. THE SURGERY CENTER FOCUS WAS ART OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND REMAINS THERE TODAY. I WAS INVOLVED IN ART LITERACY IN THE YANKTON SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. I HAVE CONTINUED MY INTEREST IN THE ARTS BY TRAVELING TO WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA. I HAVE ATTENDED ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS TAUGHT BY GINNY BYE OF SIOUX FALLS . I SPENT TIME IN SEATTLE ,WASHINGTON PARTICIPATING IN ENCAUSTIC, WIRE AND FELTING WORKSHOPS. I DID HAND MADE PAPER IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO AND WATERCOLOR SEMINARS IN PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.