Ellie Palmer Associates

Celebrating a 60 Year Love Affair with Art & Design Ann and Joe Watson, both native Georgians, studied at the University of Georgia before marrying and heading north—first to New Haven, CT, at Yale, then to Niagara Falls, NY, and ultimately to Rochester NY in 1966 at Xerox and RIT. At that time, Rochester was a graphic arts powerhouse, known for its high-end commercial printing, groundbreaking photography, and emerging modernist design—fertile ground for two artists to build their lives and careers. Ann pursued her career as one of the few women working in design during that era, later shifting her...