THE JUDGE

Ansley Simmons works as a visual artist, communicator, & educator pulling from nearly 20 years of practice including experience in primary and secondary education, higher education at both the university and community college level, and within non-profit organizations. She is an Assistant Professor in Visual Arts at Albany State University and has taught at Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and College of Charleston. In addition to an MFA specializing in photography, graphics, and exhibition design, she holds a doctorate in Art Education with specializations in Arts Administration and Art Museum Education.

Dr. Simmons began experimenting with her father’s Canon camera as a child and fell in love with art and artistic practice while living in Paris. “I was studying abroad in Art Appreciation and the experience of seeing the art in museums that we were studying in class was magical. Combined with more exploration in photography, I was hooked. Even though I changed my major from science to art, I still get to use science today by creating new photographic works using historic methods.”