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 Artist's Statement: I am a North Carolina fiber artist who uses layering of textiles and embellishments to convey impressions of nature. My fiber work, informed by the traditions of quilting and botanical illustrating, combines passions for nature, texture, color and women's work as art. I work with fabric because I love it: the look of it, the feel of it, and its historical meanings of comfort and security. I love the way the machine quilt line creates both line and texture as bas relief sculpture. Recent work incorporates hand embroidery for enrichment and details. My current series Seed Play began mid 2008 and focuses on tree seeds and fruits, as metaphors for life’s riches. Working directly from collected seed specimens, designs are based on research and sketching to clarify what is architecturally unique for each species. What differentiates one tree species' seeds from another? Using the uniqueness of tree seeds as metaphor for all of life, I strive to illustrate that each individual is unique and wonderful by focusing with admiration and care on a part of the tree that is often overlooked. Biography: Nancy G. Cook's art quilts have a graphic quality and at the same time, provide an experience of intimacy. Cook's textile art features impressions of nature through layered and embellished fabrics; her fabric choices vary from purchased hand dyed silk and cottons to synthetic velour. Her quilting often creates a variation of low relief sculpture. Her color palette varies from intense to minimal as the subject matter warrants. In addition to creating one of a kind textile art, Cook lectures, teaches workshops and does commission work. She has been working in this medium since 1994, retiring from working in industrial /organizational psychology to work full time in art in 2001. Her work is in numerous private and public collections throughout the USA. Four galleries have selected her work for solo shows in Charlotte, Chapel Hill and Raleigh NC and in Kenosha WI. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and she has won numerous awards. Southern Hospitality will be in the traveling exhibition SAQA Journeys: Art Meets Science opening in Birmingham England in August 2010. Her work can be seen at Barnes Studios, Charlotte, NC. Her art textiles have been published in magazines and books, including a piece on the cover of Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project in 2006. Other works were published in SAQA Portfolios 13 - 16. American Quilter Magazine published her article: Techniques for 3 Dimensional Appliqué featuring three of her quilts and a variety of dimensional appliqué techniques in the Spring 2004 issue. Two of her quilts can be seen in 500 Art Quilts: An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work, Karey Patterson Bresenhan, editor, Lark Books, 2010. Cook received a Regional Artist Grant from the Arts and Science Councils of Charlotte, Mecklenburg and surrounding counties to attend a Master Class in 2009. She was a 2004 Summer Affiliate Artist at the McColl Center for Visual Arts. Also in 2004 and again in 2007, she was the recipient of the Charlotte Quilters' Guild Education Grant. She was given the Award of Excellence at the 2004 Art and Soul of Quilting, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI. In 2003, she received a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts and Science Councils of Charlotte, Mecklenburg and surrounding counties. Resume: Public and Corporate Collections:
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Merit Award; A Natural View, Juried Art Exhibit, The Schiele Museum of Natural History and The Gaston County Art Guild, Gastonia NC Juror's Choice: Susan Brandeis, ARTQUILTStransitions, 2009 Best of Show- Small: Charlotte Quilters' Guild 2009 show 2009 Regional Artist Grant, Charlotte/Mecklenburg and North Carolina Arts and Science Council 2007 Education Grant, Charlotte Quilters' Guild Arts and Science Council Scholarship for Creative Capital Established Artists Professional Development Conference, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC, 2007 Solo Show Award, The Art and Soul of Quilting, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, 2006 Affiliate Artist, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Summer Program, 2004 2004 Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte/Meck. Inc., Charlotte, NC 2004 Educational Grant, Charlotte Quilters' Guild, Charlotte, NC Honorable Mention, Small Art Quilts, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 2004 Award of Excellence, The Art and Soul of Quilting, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI, 2004 Award of Merit- Humor, 2003 Asheville Quilt Show and Competition, Asheville, NC Judges Choice Award, Old Church Gallery Quilters Show, Martinsville, VA, 2001 Arboretum Award, Asheville Quilt Show, Asheville, NC, 2001 Bibliography (publications including her art): SAQA Journal, Spring 2010, SAQA member gallery: Pieced Quilts, pg 18 500 Art Quilts: An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work, Lark Books, Jan. 2010 pgs 325, 406, 429 Louise Barden, All Stitched Up, Charlotte Realtor Reflections, Jan-Feb 2010, pgs 48-49 Studio Art Quilt Associates Journal 16, pg 59 Quilters' Save Our Stories Interview, The Alliance for American Quilts, April 21, 2004 Studio Art Quilt Associates Journal 15, Nov. 2008, pg 54 SAQA Journal, Winter 2008, p 15 Studio Art Quilt Associates Journal 14, Nov. 2007, Pg 39 Creative Quilting – The Journal Quilt Project, Karey Bresenhan, Ed., November 2006, Cover, Pgs 142-143 Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Portfolio 13, November 2006, Pg 36 Studio Art Quilt Associates Portfolio 12, November 2005, Pg 38 The Best of SAQA, CD, November 2005 Quilts: A World of Beauty, Journal of IQA, Winners Gallery, Art, Small, Spring 2005, V. 25, No 4, pp 18-20 Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. Portfolio 12, 2005, Pg 38 Denton Orator, August 24, 2005 Thomasville Times, August 25, 2005 The Dispatch, August 24, 2005 Art QUILT Art Catalogue, October, 2004, Cover, pg 22 The PENN Online, September 20, 2004 Focus on Batiks, Jan Bode Smiley, C & T Publishers, Spring 2004, Pg 53 Charlotte Observer, May 13, 2001, pg 2F, February 18, 2004 and October 2003 The Art of the Quilt 4th Biennial Invitational Exhibition Catalogue, 2004 Quilting Arts magazine, September 2002, pg 68 The Art of the Quilt, 3rd Biennial Invitational Exhibition Catalogue, 2002 Publications (by her): Quilting by the Slightly Obsessive, Machine Quilting Unlimited, September 2009, Vol. XIV, No. 5, Pgs 66-68 Planning is Key for a Successful Regional Conference, SAQA Journal, Spring 2008, pp 12-13 Techniques in Dimensional Appliqué, American Quilter Magazine, Spring 2004, pp 40-43 Stop! Don't Cut up or Throw out That Quilt, Senior Directions, March 2000, pg 6 Quilts: From Necessity to Self Expression, 2004, 27 pages Consulting, Presentations, Workshops: Artist Demonstrator, American Craft Council Charlotte Show, Oct. 30, 31, and Nov 1, 2008 Consultant for Mint Museum of Craft + Design for Fiberart International 2007 Exhibition Creating Line and Texture with Hand Embellishments, workshop for Charlotte Quilters' Guild The Generosity of Quilters, lecture, 2007 Spirituality through the Arts, Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, December 2006 From Art Dropout to Art Quilter, lecture, 2005 Spirituality through the Arts, Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, February 2005 Consultant for Mint Museum of Craft + Design, for American Quilt Classics, 1800-1980: The Bresler Collection, docent training, August 2003 Coordinator- 2 invitational quilt shows, Charlotte Institute of Art, November 2002, February 2003 Consultant, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Quilts from the Carolinas docent training, April, 2002 Panelist for Mint Museum of Craft + Design on Quilting in Families, March 2000; educational program for Spirits of the Cloth exhibition Quilting demonstrations for Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte Quilters' Guild, Charlotte Visitors' Center Professional and Related Volunteer Memberships: Guild of Charlotte Artists Mint Hill Arts Charlotte Art League – Professional Member Surface Design Association Studio Art Quilt Associates – Professional Member Professional Art Quilt Alliance – South – Founding member International Quilting Association Fiber ART Options - Founding member McColl Center for Visual Arts – Steering Committee for Post-Modern Needleworks Exhibition 2004 Charlotte Quilters' Guild: 1st Vice President, June 2002-May 2003; Program Chair, June 2001 – May 2002; CQG Liaison with the Mint Museum – September 2003- June 2009 Mint Museum of Craft + Design – Docent, American Quilt Classics, 1800-1980: The Bresler Collection Education: BA, Queens College, Charlotte, NC; MA, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Arrowmont – Elizabeth Barton, 2004 Split Rock Arts Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN – Susan Brandeis, 2007 Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Sessions 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2009 Design and Composition Coursework with painting instructors Sally Miller of Charlotte, NC in 2003; Ned Wert of Brush Valley, PA in 2002 and 2003 Master Class, Dorothy Caldwell, QSDI, 2009 |
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