Eleanor Annand (Penland, NC) is currently a Resident Artist at Penland School of Crafts, NC, where she will spend the next three years exploring the intersections of art, design, and craft. Before her residency at Penland, Annand was the Creative Director for 7 Ton Design and Letterpress Company, Asheville, NC. Over the past ten years her work has been shown regionally, nationally, and internationally. Her work has been included in recent exhibitions at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville; Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC; and Penland Gallery.