Teaching
Annet is a Baltimore-based visual artist and educator who taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for over 30 years. She served as Chair of the Fiber Department for 19 years before stepping down in 2008 to spearhead curriculum development in Digital and Wearable Technology, Smart Textiles, and Internationalization.
Throughout her teaching career, Annet has developed and taught a diverse, interdisciplinary curriculum that bridges traditional craft, digital fabrication, emerging technologies, and contemporary design. Her teaching collaborations have included institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, St Lucas in Antwerp, TU/e and Fashion Tech Farm in Eindhoven, and the University of the Arts London.
She has also organized and led international study-abroad programs and educational exchanges in connection with Dutch Design Week, in Turkey, Peru, Italy, Spain, Poland, China, South Korea, Morocco, and Portugal. These programs emphasized cultural exchange, research through making, and direct engagement with artists, designers, makers, and emerging technologies across international contexts.