Nancy Blair

160 Flamingo Drive

Melbourne Beach, FL 32951

Phone & Fax: (321) 953-8255

Email: nblair652@earthlink.net

www.nancyblair.com

 

Education

 

M.F.A. Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. New Brunswick, NJ 1985

            B.F.A. Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics. 1983

           

Teaching and Related Professional Experience

           

            St. Leo University. Online Faculty. March 2003-Present

American Intercontinental University (AIU). Online Faculty. March 2004-Present

            Brevard Community College. Art Faculty. August 2004-Present

            Vero Beach Museum of Art, Faculty. Ceramics & Ceramic Sculpture 2003

Pilchuck Glass School. Full-time Summer Staff. 2002

 

Awards, Grants and Commissions

 

Scholarship Recipient. Pilchuck Glass School. 2001

            Scholarship Recipient. Pilchuck Glass School. 2000

            Brevard Community College Foundation Scholarship. 2000-2001

            Saxe Award Nominee. Pilchuck Glass School. 1997

            Women’s Studio Workshop. Rosendale, NY., Book Grant. 1988

            Manhattan Community Arts Funds, NYC., Window Installation Grant. 1988.

Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant, New York City. 1987

            New York Experimental Glass Workshop, NYC., Artist-in-Residence Grant. 1987

            Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum reproduction commission. 1986

            U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team, Inc., Sculpture reproduction commission. 1988-1996

            National Women’s Education Association. Sculpture design for logo. 1987

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

            Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL. 2005

            Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL. 1999

Jane Frances Fine Art.  Melbourne Bch., FL. 1999

           

Selected Group Shows

           

            Robert Miller Gallery. NYC. Postcards From The Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit. 2005

            Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction, Seattle, WA. 2005

Brevard Museum of Art. Melbourne, FL. “Artists’ Sketchbooks.” 2005

Habatat Gallery, University of Miami Hot Glass Benefit, Boca Raton, FL. 2003

Brevard Museum of Art. Melbourne, FL. Liquid Sand. Contemporary Glass Art. 2003            

ARTSCool Gallery Space, City Hall, Atlanta, GA.  2003

            Florida Institute of Technology. Melbourne, FL. Dreamweavers.  2003

Museum of Modern Art, Life of the City, New York City, 2002

Sperone Westwater Gallery. NYC. Postcards From The Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit. 2002

            Pilchuck Gallery, Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, WA. 2002

            Habatat Gallery, University of Miami Hot Glass Benefit, Boca Raton, FL. 2002

National Liberty Museum Annual Auction, Philadelphia. 2002

 

Books Published

 

            Amulets of the Goddess: Oracle of Ancient Wisdom

            Goddesses For Every Season

            The Book of Goddesses

            Goddess In A Box

            Thank You, Your Opinion Means Nothing To Me