Denise Whitebread Fanning is an artist and curator, living in central Michigan. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and is currently the Art Coordinator for Central Michigan University Libraries and the Gallery Director for the University’s Baber Room Gallery. Her work as an independent artist and installation sculptor blends her unique perspectives on human nature & motherhood with her reverence for the natural world, and emphasizes the urgency of tending and nurturing in times of societal and environmental turmoil. She is a mother, a lover of flora and fauna, a deep observer, a curious explorer, and a ceaseless maker. 

Follow her on instagram @denisewfanning_maker & @denisefanning44