{{Short description|American multimedia artist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ann Beam | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1944}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|4|25|80}} | death_place = | resting_place = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = | employer = | occupation = Artist | spouse = Carl Beam | partner = | children = Anong Beam | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Ann Beam''' (1944 – April 25, 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manitoulin.com/ann-beam/|title=ANN BEAM Death Notice|work=The Manitoulin Expositor|date=2024-05-02}}</ref> was a multimedia artist based in M'Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island. Born Ann Elena Weatherby in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, she was the spouse of artist Carl Beam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/artists/artist_info.html?link_id=171|title=CCCA Artist Profile for Ann Beam|website=ccca.concordia.ca|access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/sfu-community/events.html#!view/event/event_id/4081|title=Ann Beam and Carl Beam: Spaces for Reading – Jan 15 – Apr 18, 2019 – SFU Gallery|website=sfu.ca|access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref> She has a BFA from State University of New York at Buffalo.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gallerystratford.on.ca/exhibits/ann-beam-continuously-arriving-present-moment|title=ANN BEAM: Continuously Arriving Present Moment {{!}} Gallery Stratford|website=www.gallerystratford.on.ca|access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref> She taught at the Art Gallery of Ontario in the late 1960s and 1970s and later managed the Neon Raven Art Gallery on Manitoulin Island.<ref name=":1" /> Themes covered in her art have been described as "cultural histories of women's labour in building homes, in motherhood, cooking and teaching."<ref name=":0" /> She has worked with various mediums, including oil and acrylic, found art, recycled materials, pottery, paper and cloth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manitoulin.ca/ann-beam-exhibit-explores-themes-through-contemporary-art-styles/|title=Ann Beam exhibit explores themes through contemporary art styles|last=Erskine|first=Michael|date=August 19, 2015|website=Manitoulin Expositor|access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref>
==Public collections== *Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario *Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario *Justina M Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto *Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario *Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario *Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario *Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario *Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario *MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario *Simon Fraser University, British Columbia *Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario *College Boreal, Sudbury Ontario *University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library *Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
==Exhibitions==
*2014 Continuously Arriving Moment, Gallery Stratford, Stratford Ontario. July 5-October *2014 Express Wagon, La Galerie Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario. Jan. 24-March 1, 2014. Solo Exhibition *2013 The Engine Room, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario. Solo Exhibition *2012 New Vision=New World, Neon Raven Art Gallery, Solo Show M'chigeeng, Ontario. July 1- August 30, 2012 *2011 Waterfall, Solo Exhibition, Neon Raven Art Gallery, M'chigeeng, Ontario. July 9 - Sept. 15, 2011 *2010 Cross Pollination 2, Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay, Ontario. Group Show, October 14, 2010 *2009 No Drips Allowed, Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery, London, Ontario. January - March 2009 *2008 Earth and Shell, Solo Exhibition, Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay, Ontario. Aug.16-Oct.14, 2008 *2008 Beyond Space and Time, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario. Two Person Show *2007 On The Table; 100 Years of Functional Ceramics in Canada, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario. Jan.15 - April 30, 2007, Winnipeg Art Gallery, and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Group Show *2006 Picturing Her: Images of Girlhood, McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Dec. 1, 2005-April 6, 2006, Group Show *2005 Corona-Dialogues with Earth Mother, Solo Show Sheguiandah, Centennial Museum, Sheguiandah, Ontario *2004 It's All Relative, Touring Exhibition, Three Person Show with Carl Beam and Anong Beam. Canadian Clay Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ontario.; Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.; April 15-May 22, 2005, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario *2003 Motherlines, Solo Exhibition, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. January 13 - February 23, 2003 *2003 All Things Are Connected, Residency at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario *2002 Shamans and Ravens, Ann Beam, Two Person Show, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Mar 31 - July 13 *2001 Steel City Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario. with Novak Graphics. Dec 1,- June 15, 2002, Group Show *2000 Novak Graphics Print Show, Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai, China, October, Group Show *2001 Novak Graphics, Xien- Shen, China, January 2001 *2000 Studies in the Motherline, Solo Exhibition, V. Mcdonnell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. January 8- February 15 *2000 Subdivision Suite/Earth Builder's Narrative, Solo Exhibition, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB October 12- Nov. 4, 2000 *1996 Nellie and Mary and Related Works, Solo Exhibition, La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. Sept.22 - Oct.8 *1992 East of the Diamond Lightning, Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario *1992 Works by Ann and Carl Beam, Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario *1992 A Response, Group Show, Art Space, Peterborough, Ontario *1986 Constellation of Solitaire, Solo Exhibition, Brignall Gallery, 80 Spadina Ave. Toronto, Ontario *1983 Indians and Angels, Ann Beam, Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, Ontario *1982 The Painted Pottery of Ann and Carl Beam, Maxwell Museum, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque *1977 Prints From Open Studio, Group Show, McDonald Block, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario *1977 O.S. Prints, Group Show, Glenbow Museum, Calgary Alberta *1976 The Chair Show, Group Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://gn-o.org/en/artist/ann-beam/ Ann Beam Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (GNO)] *[https://canadianart.ca/reviews/ann-beam-and-carl-beam/ Ann Beam and Carl Beam : SFU Gallery, Burnaby, January 15 to June 20, 2019] *[https://beamartprojects.com/pages/watercolours]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beam, Ann}} Category:Women multimedia artists Category:20th-century American ceramists Category:1944 births Category:2024 deaths