Ann Hord-Heatherley is a mixed-media figurative artist based in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Her fabric sculptures explore the inner lives of women and the universal emotions we all carry. Combining sculpted clay, cloth, and fiber, she creates figures that invite refection and recognition.
Her work is held in private collections across the United States, and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is a juried member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, the Blue Ridge Craft Trails and the National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA). She and her wife, Trish, are serving as co-coordinators for the upcoming NIADA international conference in Asheville, NC. She regularly participates in the Weaverville Art Safari, welcoming visitors to her farm studio during this home studio tour. Ann enjoys sharing her love of figurative art and teaches regularly at John C. Campbell Folk School.
Recent highlights include selection by Blue Ridge Craft Trails to exhibit at American Craft Made Baltimore, a residency at the historic Edgewood Cottage with the Blowing Rock Historical Society, and an upcoming exhibition at Doll Prague in the Czech Republic.
She lives with her wife on a small farm in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where the daily work of farm life, caring for animals, and working with natural materials continue to influence her art.
