Solo Exhibitions
2009
Bone Stories, La Motta Fine Art, Hartford, CT - installation with 30 figurative sculptures and 2 mechanical sculptures
2007
Anne Cubberly, Pond House Gallery, Hartford, CT- black and white oil paintings on recycled canvas
Anne Cubberly, Gallery Eleven, Hartford, CT- Masks and figurative sculptures made from paper clay
Black & White, Paesaggio at 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT- installation of life size chess set which people could play and 32 drawings of the chess pieces on the walls.
2005
Recycled Remains, Paesaggio at 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT- installation of an 8' high skeletal figure surrounded by 21 figurative sculptures
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010/ 09
Trash Menagerie, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA - exhibiting a giraffe mask made from papier mache
2009
48 Hours of Art, Hartford, CT (First Night site-specific installations)- large scale hanging works comprised of water bottles,chip bags and used Christmas paper, in the Hartford Public Library
2008
48 Hours of Art, Hartford, CT (First Night site-specific installations)- cardboard creatures and furniture installed in an empty retail space at Hartford 21
2007
48 Hours of Art, Hartford, CT (First Night site-specific installations)- large bone-like sculptures installed on 10' x 10' floor drawing,located in an empty retail space at Hartford 21
2006
48 Hours of Art, Hartford, CT (First Night site-specific installations)- eight 8' - 12' hanging lanterns installed in an empty retail space at Hartford 21
2005
48 Hours of Art, Hartford, CT (First Night site-specific installations)- large interactive sculpture placed in front of a wall mirror with a painting on the back side installed in an empty retail space on Main St.
Projects, Parades, Performances
2010
Giant Puppets, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT- Wings and Things, A community arts project inviting Asylum Hill residents and members of Asylum Hill Church to design masks, wings and giant puppets, using recycled materials, to be paraded in the neighborhood and showcased at the Sigourney Square Family Festival.
2009
DIRT, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT - Commissioned theatrical performance - I coauthored and created the giant puppets, animations, costumes, masks, props and sets for this "earthy" themed performance.
2009
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade the Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people - I was commissioned by CMA and using recycled materials made 2 giant dung beetles and a 8' diameter dung ball which housed the goddess of the dump.
2009
Giant Puppets, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT- I received $10,000 from The Greater Hartford Arts Council's Neighborhood Arts & Heritage Grant for this community arts project inviting Asylum Hill residents and members of Asylum Hill Church to design masks and giant puppets, using recycled materials, to be paraded in the neighborhood and showcased at the Sigourney Square Family Festival.
2008
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade The Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people- I was commissioned by CMA and made the Rusty Red Hot Rolling Circus a 10' long float, of spinning devils and angels with cam driven figures dancing over the flames of hell, using recycled materials.
2008
FIRE, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT - Commissioned theatrical performance - I coauthored and created the giant puppets, costumes, masks, shadow puppets, props and sets for this "passions of fire" themed performance.
2007
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade the Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people - I was commissioned by CMA and made the Hippogriph, a giant legendary creature, using recycled materials, with a horse body, bird head and wings who's limbs, head and wings were articulated.
2006
WHOOSH, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT- Commissioned theatrical performance - I coauthored and created the giant puppets, burrokeets, floats, costumes, props and sets for this 'airy" themed performance.
2005
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade the Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people - I was commissioned by CMA and made 3 large bird burrokeets which transformed into angels en route along with a 15 foot long worm-eating bird float.
2005
DROP, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT- Commissioned theatrical performances - coauthored and created giant puppets, costumes, masks, bicycle puppet, burrokeet,props and sets for this "water" themed performance.
2004
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade the Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people - I was commissioned by CMA and made 20 foot float, carrying an 8' high skeletal figure representing the earth, using recycled bicycles, wood, drift wood and paper clay.
2002
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade the Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people - I was commissioned by CMA and made The Goddess la Pubelle, a 15' tall rolling skeletal figure bearing the refuse of our society in her giant skirts.
2000
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH - Parade the Circle: an annual art parade attended by 70,000 people - I was commissioned by CMA and made Scottie an 8' H x16' L automated skeletal dog with a churning belly, snapping jaw and wagging tail using recycled materials including 2 bicycles.
Teaching/Workshops/Residencies
2009
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA , Trash Menagerie exhibition - led opening day art activities for the donor breakfast and public sculpture classes using discarded materials (adults & children).
2008-2010
University of Connecticut, The Community School of The Arts, Storrs, CT- Led 2 (1) week long Summer arts programs where students design and stage a performance along with props, costumes, music and dialogue. (ages 6 - 14)
2007-2009
Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT- I have led multiple classes for children and adults in the AHCC community including sculpture, masks, giant puppets, shadow puppets and performance.
2003-2010
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT- I have taught 14 one-week art classes for children including kinetic sculpture, tape art, performance, giant puppets, story telling and mask making (ages 4 - 14)
2007
Artist in Residence, Kingswood-Oxford School, West Hartford, CT- A one month residency, I worked with 2 high school classes who designed and staged a performance inspired by a piece of music written by a fellow student including props, costumes, lighting and choreography. I also worked with 2 middle school classes who created a parade performance including a giant puppet, costumes, banners, music and dance.
2006-2007
Artist in Residence, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT- A one year residency during which I taught adults a series of drawing classes in the galleries and sculpture classes for children
2005-2007
Gan Israel Summer Camp, West Hartford, CT- For 3 Summers I led a students in creating a performance based on a religious story. Students created the script, costumes, props and lighting. (ages 4 - 14)
2005-2006
Cranbury School, Norwalk, CT- a 3 week residency, I worked with the entire school (grades K - 5) in which each class made a component of 8 flying giant puppets, using recycled materials, which culminated in a school-wide gathering and parade. The puppets represented characters from a book (that all the students read) which dealt with the issues of diversity.
2005
Pomerene Art Center, Coshocton, OH- A one week residency where I worked with 8 different elementary school classes. The students created undersea creatures from recycled materials. I created a float carrying all the creatures and the students marched with it in a local parade. (ages 8 - 12)
2004-2005
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT - Equinox Madness - For 2 years I taught a community art class. The student had 6 weeks to create a performance for Parent's Weekend. The students created the script, costumes, props, masks, music, lighting, choreography and giant puppets using 90 % discarded materials. Students engaged the university community for advertising, finding performers and tech support as well as engage the employees and students in free weekend giant puppet workshop. The event culminated in a community parade and performance.
2003-2005
Castle Hill Art Center, Truro, MA - For 3 summers I taught a one week giant puppet class. The students created giant puppets using recycled material and marched in the Carnival parade in Provincetown. (ages 7 - 60)
2001
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT- For one month I worked with 5 different groups (families and after-school programs) who created sculpture from recycled materials. Each group had a goal (land, sea, air and totem) and the project culminated in an installation I designed in the museum and totem pole in front of the museum using the works created by the groups.