Anne Farrar Teschner

Background

Teschner, Anne Farrar was born on April 11, 1956 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Charles William Teschner Junior and Margaret Edna Richardson.

Education

Certified, Dynamy Inc., Worcester, 1974; Bachelor, U. Massachusetts, 1984.

Career

Founding director family day care program, Young Men’s Christian Association, Southbridge, Massachusetts, 1979 director, Family Violence Program, Lebanon, N.H., 1980-1982; associate director internship program, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-1986; director special projects Center for New England Culture, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986-1987; community developer, Massachusetts Office for Children, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1987-1988; director, Primal Time television Workshop, Amherst, since 1988; media arts coordinator, State of Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, 1993-1996; program officer, Massachusetts Foundation Humanities, since 1997.

Achievements

• Anne Farrar Teschner has been listed as a notable Video artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Tantasqua Regional School Committee, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1980. Vice chairman, board directors Crocker Care, Amherst, 1986-1987. Founding director Holyoke(Massachusetts) Teen Pregnancy Coalition, 1988-1990.

Speaker N.H. Commision on Status of Women, 1981, Children's Defense Fund., Holyoke, 1989. Founding coordinator El Arco Iris-Teen Arts Center, Holyoke, 1989. Member Amherst Cable Television Commission, 1991-1996, chairman advising committee, 1997.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, running.

Connections

Married Russell Steven Powell, May 22, 1976. 1 child, Rita Teschner Powell.

Father:

Charles William Teschner Richardson Junior

Mother:

Margaret Edna Richardson

Spouse:

Russell Steven Powell

child:

Rita Teschner Powell Teschner