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A sample of the complete record, here you can find multiple mediums and interviews covering the last 20 years of Savageau’s work.

HIGHLIGHTED APPEARANCES

A curved row of tall driftwood Guardian figures standing on the wood floor of the Morris Graves Museum

GUARDIANS •  UC DAVIS DESIGN MUSEUM • 2022  •  INTERVIEW

Ann Savageau and the Guardians

In the gallery with the figures, Ann talks through how the Guardians began, what they were made from, and what they were made for.

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Six carved bark-beetle totems on plinths against a bright red gallery wall

IT’S BUGGED  •  REVIEW

THE CALIFORNIA AGGIE  ·  16 MARCH 2018

Review: It’s Bugged

Actual criticism rather than announcement. Names Wasp Trilogy the stand-out piece of the show she co-curated.

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A towering curtain of white and printed plastic bags filling a gallery corner

BAGS ACROSS THE GLOBE  •  FEATURED  •  ARTICLE

GREEN PROPHET  ·  13 DECEMBER 2010

On Show: Camel-Killing Plastic Lump From The Valley Of Death

The bag project seen from outside the art world, through the plastic that killed a camel in the Dubai desert.

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The Instinct/Extinct gallery, a long white table beneath a large pale hanging panel against a brick wall

INSTINCT EXTINCT  •  ARTICLE

THE WASHINGTON POST  ·  3 NOVEMBER 2017

The amazing story of the Great Pacific Flyway and its migrating birds

The collaborative exhibition and the flyway it maps, in the paper with the widest reach the work has had.

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A gallery wall hung with dozens of handmade bags from Bags Across the Globe

BAGS ACROSS THE GLOBE  •  LISTEN

RESILIENT EARTH RADIO  ·  28 JANUARY 2025

Plastic Pollution Worldwide: What Does One Person Do?

An hour on the origin of Bags Across the Globe, and the number she gives herself: sixty-four countries.

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BOOKS & JOURNALS

Art is the Highest Form of Hope: Sixty Years of Teaching, Studio Practice, Activism and Life

Wax, Wings, and Swarms: Insects and Their Products as Art Media

Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway

Guardians: Spirits of Protection

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship Award

Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts

The Savageau Award

Endowed by Ann and Michael Savageau. Awarded each year to one graduating Design MFA.

Ann E. Savageau Residential College Visual Arts Community Student Award  ·  2025

Award made available to honor Ann Savageau, a former RC faculty member, artist, and educator with a deep commitment to community engagement, has left a lasting impact on the RC’s Visual Arts Program.

Archive

The full record, 1980 to 2025. Items without a live link are still listed, marked print or CV.

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2025U-M Residential CollegeAnn E. Savageau Residential College Visual Arts Community Student AwardAWARDREAD2024 · OCTJames Robertson Endowed Lecture, U-MArt is the Highest Form of Hope: Sixty Years of Teaching, Studio Practice, Activism and LifeTALKWATCH
2024Catalog, ISBN 9798218378103Guardians: Spirits of Protection, essay by Dr. Rina Faletti, foreword by Timothy McNeilBOOK, BY ANNPRINT
2024UC Davis ArtsProfessor Emerita Ann Savageau's “Guardians” to be Exhibited in MichiganGUARDIANSREAD2024U-M LSA Residential CollegeAnn Savageau's Guardians: Story of Resilience and ProtectionGUARDIANSREAD2022 · APRmarthafied, Kimberly R. CammackLunchable: Art as a Guardian Spirit of Protection at Design MuseumGUARDIANSREAD2022UC Davis Design MuseumInterview: Guardians, Spirits of ProtectionINTERVIEWWATCH2022Annual Review of EntomologyWax, Wings, and Swarms: Insects and Their Products as Art Media, Barrett KleinPAPER, CITES ANNREAD2022 · APRThe Davis EnterpriseGuardians: Spirits of Protection expands to the ArboretumGUARDIANSREAD2022 · MARThe California AggieGuardians: Spirits of Protection follow up project encourages community to submit cathartic poetryGUARDIANSREAD2021 · NOVThe California AggieGuardians: Spirits of Protection explores healing after facing lossGUARDIANSREAD
2020UC DavisEdward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship Award, for Guardians: Spirits of ProtectionAWARDCV
2019UC DavisThe Savageau Award, endowed by Ann and Michael Savageau for a graduating Design MFAAWARDREAD2018Leonardo, MIT PressInstinct Extinct: The Great Pacific FlywayPAPER, INSTINCT EXTINCTREAD2018 · FEBPalo Alto OnlineFocus on the flywayINSTINCT EXTINCTREAD2018 · JANBug Squad, UC ANRThis Artist Works with Hornet Nest PaperWASP TRILOGYREAD2018 · JANDavis PatchUC Davis Emerita Professor Creates Art from Hornet Nest PaperWASP TRILOGYREAD2017 · OCTTuleyome, Davis Branch LibraryNature and You Lecture: Environmental Art with Ann SavageauTALKREAD2013Int. Journal of Sustainability in Higher EducationLet’s get personal: making sustainability tangible to studentsPAPER, BY ANNREAD
2012 · APRAmerican CraftWasting Not: Ann SavageauBAGS ACROSS THE GLOBEPRINT
2011 · FEBIsabel PerdomoBags Across the Globe, BAGBAGS ACROSS THE GLOBEREAD2011 · JANUC Davis NewsPlastic bags, no, reusable bags, yes, and they are designer bagsBAGS ACROSS THE GLOBEREAD2010The National, Abu DhabiHard to stomach: plastic bags that killed camel go on showBAGS ACROSS THE GLOBEREAD
2010Research Journal of Textile and ApparelTextile Waste and Sustainability: A Case StudyPAPER, BY ANNPRINT
2009Making Futures, Plymouth College of ArtBags Across the Globe: Bagging the Waste for a Sustainable FuturePAPER, BY ANNPRINT
2008Architectural Energy CorporationAward for the lecture series The Power of Design: Energy and SustainabilityAWARDCV
2007UC Davis Sustainability AwardCampus Sustainability Grant, Waste Reduction CampaignAWARDCV
2007 · APRThe Ann Arbor NewsExhibit’s loud and clear: Crossroads delivers alarming environmental messageAT THE CROSSROADSPRINT2007 · MARkozmicdreams.comThe Artwork of Ann SavageauAT THE CROSSROADSREAD
2006 · OCTThe ReporterFound Objects, New Identity as ArtFEATUREPRINT
2006Wayne State University PressNurturing Childhood Creativity Through Nature, in Where do the Children Play?BOOK CHAPTER, BY ANNPRINT
2003University of Michigan PressSecret Spaces of Childhood, ed. Elizabeth GoodenoughBOOKPRINT
2002 · DECThe Sacramento BeeBooks, Boxes, BravoBOOKS AND TEXTPRINT
2002 · FEBUC Santa Cruz CurrentsA Mother's Love Expressed in Memorial Exhibit at the Porter Faculty GalleryA CLIMBER'S LIFEPRINT
2001 · OCTThe Ann Arbor NewsLife/Line: A Climber's Life Chronicled in Mixed MediaA CLIMBER'S LIFEPRINT
1998 · DECThe Ann Arbor ObserverSaints and MysticsREVIEWPRINT
1998 · JUNThe Detroit Free PressBound and GaggedBOOKS AND TEXTPRINT
1997 · APRThe Ann Arbor NewsAnnie Awards Salute VIPs of County Arts SceneNEWSPRINT
1997Washtenaw Council for the ArtsAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement in the ArtsAWARDCV
1996 · JANThe Ann Arbor ObserverLove and Hate: Obvious but not BanalREVIEWPRINT
1995University of MichiganExcellence in Education AwardAWARDCV
1995 · OCTThe Flint JournalTextiles Come in Many Forms at ExhibitPRINT
1994 · NOVThe Ann Arbor NewsNeo-Dada Artists Take New DirectionsREVIEWPRINT
1993 · MARThe Michigan DailyAnn Savageau Takes It on the RoadFEATUREPRINT
1992Surface Design JournalFeature, Vol. 16, No. 2FEATUREPRINT
1991 · DECThe Ann Arbor NewsWar and Peace: Spitler Show a Timely Reminder of This Year's Extraordinary EventsREVIEWPRINT
1983Hastings HouseThe Fiberarts Design Book IIBOOKPRINT
1982 · FEBAmerican CraftFeature, Vol. 42, No. 1FEATUREPRINT
1980Hastings HouseThe Fiberarts Design Book, and Fiberarts Vol. 7, No. 1BOOKPRINT
UNDATEDPlastic Bag Ban ReportAnn Savageau's Exhibition for the EnvironmentBAGS ACROSS THE GLOBEREAD