Carol Ann's Biography

 

Carol Ann Rice Rafferty, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1956, combines her love of art, history and sewing. As a young girl she enjoyed spending hours listening intently to her mother and grandmothers as they shared childhood memories, sang songs they learned as children, cooked favorite family recipes together, and learned to embroider and construct garments. She sewed and knitted her entire wardrobe during her high school years. Carol's passion is creating trauqil environments, sewing, cooking, and gardening as an outlet for her artistic energy. She earned her degree in Design from Buffalo State College. It was during these years she enjoyed working with the students. She remained at Buffalo State College teaching in the Fiber Program as an Adjunct Instructor continuing to build the program with students, assisting with workshops and introducing new techniques into the fiber program.    

Carol's work has been accepted into Fiberarts International 2007, Craftforms 2006 as well as numerous juried shows in Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Carol left her teaching position after two years to study in the graduate Fibers Program at Savannah College of Art and Design. She offers college level courses in fiber reactive dyes, painting, papermaking, shibori, weaving and other fiber techniques.