COLLECTION NAME:
University Art Galleries (UMassD)
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UMASSDVRCVRC~43~43
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exhibition_title:
Quilt Art Invitational
exhibition_title
Quilt Art Invitational
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false
exhibition_dates:
October 1984
exhibition_dates
October 1984
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false
exhibition_year:
1984
exhibition_year
1984
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exhibition_location:
SMU Art Gallery
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SMU Art Gallery
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exhibition_note:
Photographs documenting the Quilt Art exhibition.
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Photographs documenting the Quilt Art exhibition.
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false
exhibition_genre:
fiber art
exhibition_genre
fiber art
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false
exhibition URL:
exhibition_url
http://www.lib.umassd.edu/archives/
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false
resourceID:
14002_011_036 , 14002_011_0051
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14002_011_036 , 14002_011_0051
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false
resource_type:
slides
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slides
resource_type
false
copyright notice:
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
copyright_notice
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
copyright notice
false
credit line:
Claire T. Carney Library - Archives and Special Collections
credit_line
Claire T. Carney Library - Archives and Special Collections
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artist name:
Crow , Nancy
artist_name
Crow , Nancy
artist name
false
artist_nationality:
American
artist_nationality
American
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false
artist_vital dates:
1943 -
artist_vital_dates
1943 -
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false
artist_biographical note:
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: I have made over 300 quilts. Bachelor (1965) and Master (1969) of Fine Arts in Ceramics & Weaving from The Ohio State University The purpose of my quilts is to make something beautiful for me but at the same time they are a means of expression representing my deepest feelings and my life experiences. In addition, my quilts are all about how I see color and color relationships; how I see shapes; and how I see line and linear movements. They are also about complexity, sadness, and hope. My style of quiltmaking is contemporary in that I want to express my experiences now and not copy old quilts. They are traditional only in that they are pieced and hand-quilted. I work in a 2400 square foot studio that is attached (by an enclosed walkthrough) to my house on an 90 acre farm east of Columbus, Ohio. The studio represents the environment in which I want to be in that I have large open spaces, large walls on which to work, many, many tables, high ceilings, excellent lighting that is color-corrected, a great stereo system, wood floors, enough large windows to give me a sense of the out-of-doors, wonderful storage for finished quilts, a bathroom, several different offices, an archival storage room for photography and collected textiles. When I work on a quilt, I put away all thoughts that are not helpful and channel my energies towards relaxing and becoming one with my fabrics. Since I work intuitively, this is absolutely important. I begin to see shapes in my head and think about how to cut them out of my huge palette of colors that I have hand-dyed in my basement dye studio. Never, ever do I think about what others expect or want or what will sell, but rather I look at my time in my studio as a process of discovery. I love being inside my brain and pushing myself to think in ever more complex ways because I know the ideas are there for the taking. It's all about being focused and disciplined and making use of one's abilities. And about being alone, in solitude, so one can think and feel deeply without interruption. I have definitely grown far closer to myself rather than to others because I see my quiltmaking as my experience which has nothing to do with other people. I identify who I am with my art work...in other words, I love the work, the experience of making each quilt. It's my life, my life's work! I feel lost not doing art, unsatisfied, anxious, bored. Everything else in comparison seems not terribly important. That is not to say I don't love my two sons or my husband. I love them dearly but I cannot live through other human beings but rather I feel I can live only through using the talents or gifts I was given and to that end, I have always had a sense of time running out. I believe in just doing it and not looking for excuses because who really cares in the end? No one but oneself.
artist_biographical_note
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: I have made over 300 quilts. Bachelor (1965) and Master (1969) of Fine Arts in Ceramics & Weaving from The Ohio State University The purpose of my quilts is to make something beautiful for me but at the same time they are a means of expression representing my deepest feelings and my life experiences. In addition, my quilts are all about how I see color and color relationships; how I see shapes; and how I see line and linear movements. They are also about complexity, sadness, and hope. My style of quiltmaking is contemporary in that I want to express my experiences now and not copy old quilts. They are traditional only in that they are pieced and hand-quilted. I work in a 2400 square foot studio that is attached (by an enclosed walkthrough) to my house on an 90 acre farm east of Columbus, Ohio. The studio represents the environment in which I want to be in that I have large open spaces, large walls on which to work, many, many tables, high ceilings, excellent lighting that is color-corrected, a great stereo system, wood floors, enough large windows to give me a sense of the out-of-doors, wonderful storage for finished quilts, a bathroom, several different offices, an archival storage room for photography and collected textiles. When I work on a quilt, I put away all thoughts that are not helpful and channel my energies towards relaxing and becoming one with my fabrics. Since I work intuitively, this is absolutely important. I begin to see shapes in my head and think about how to cut them out of my huge palette of colors that I have hand-dyed in my basement dye studio. Never, ever do I think about what others expect or want or what will sell, but rather I look at my time in my studio as a process of discovery. I love being inside my brain and pushing myself to think in ever more complex ways because I know the ideas are there for the taking. It's all about being focused and disciplined and making use of one's abilities. And about being alone, in solitude, so one can think and feel deeply without interruption. I have definitely grown far closer to myself rather than to others because I see my quiltmaking as my experience which has nothing to do with other people. I identify who I am with my art work...in other words, I love the work, the experience of making each quilt. It's my life, my life's work! I feel lost not doing art, unsatisfied, anxious, bored. Everything else in comparison seems not terribly important. That is not to say I don't love my two sons or my husband. I love them dearly but I cannot live through other human beings but rather I feel I can live only through using the talents or gifts I was given and to that end, I have always had a sense of time running out. I believe in just doing it and not looking for excuses because who really cares in the end? No one but oneself.
artist_biographical note
false
artist_URL:
artist_url
http://www.nancycrow.com/HTML/home.html
artist_URL
false
artist_reference:
artist_reference
http://www.elegantstitches.com/LibbyLehmanBio.htm
artist_reference
false
work_title:
Passions Series
work_title
Passions Series
work_title
false
work_title:
Quilt
work_title
Quilt
work_title
false
work_medium:
fiber
work_medium
fiber
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false
work_technique:
fiber arts - quilt
work_technique
fiber arts - quilt
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false
work_date:
ca. 1983
work_date
ca. 1983
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false
work_reference:
work_reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwBal1gcQp4
work_reference
false
date_of_ record:
2015
date_of__record
2015
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false
name_cataloger:
ac
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ac
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false