Nancy Dunaway
Nancy Dunaway is an artist whose work is a reflection of her own life, very eclectic... a curious combination often inspired by a glimpse of something natural and taking leap somewhere else. It tells stories of her journey, that, while specific to her in the making, hopefully connects somewhere with each viewer and touches their own story too. She works in a variety of media including painting, mixed media, printmaking, assemblage and book art.
For 15 years, Nancy served as Chair of the Art Department at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR., where she taught classes in Drawing, Illustration, Book Arts, Experimental and Contemporary Media and Art Education. She has exhibited her work regionally and nationally in many venues including the Delta Exhibition and Toys Designed by Artists, both at the Arkansas Arts Center, the American Drawing Biennial in Williamsburg, VA, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, VA, the Schneider Museum in Ashland, OR, St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM, the Nabisco World Headquarters in East Hanover, NJ, and the Albuquerque Museum, to name a few. Her work, Drifting Toward Dawn, was exhibited in the American Embassy in Brassaville, the Congo, as part of the US State Department’s Art in Embassies Program.
In 2001, she received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award in Book Arts from the Arkansas Arts Council. She received her MFA from Savannah College of Art & Design in Illustration, and illustrated two children’s books, The Old Lady Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle, authored by Margery MacDonald, and I Scream, You Scream, authored byLillian Morrison. Nancy’s work is in many private and corporate collections. One of her artist’s books, Hildegarde of Bingen, is a part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Another of her artist’s books, Feathers & Findings, can befound in Lark’s 500 Handmade Books.
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Nancy Dunaway
Education
1991 Master of Fine Arts, Illustration, Summa Cum Laude,
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
1969 Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Hendrix College,Conway, AR
Professional Experience
1993-08 Chairperson, Professor of Art, Henderson State University,
Arkadelphia, AR
Professional Activities, Publications and Awards
2016 The Art of Living, Arkansas Hospice Foundation, Little Rock, AR
2015-16 Arkansas Made, A Curated Look at The Artists of Arkansas,
special publication Arkansas Times, Louise Terzia, curator
2004-07 President,Society of Layerists in Multi Media, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Ellis College Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award,
Henderson State University, Arkadelphia,AR
“Hildegarde of Bingen” artist’s book, permanent collection, the
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington , D.C.
2005 Purchase Award, House of Promise, Exploring the 23rd Psalm
Exhibit, Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock, AR
2004 Editor and work included, “The Art of Layering: Making Connections”
Starline Publishing, Albuqeurque, NM
2003 AR Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, AR Art Education
Association, Little Rock, AR
2001-04 Membership Selection Committee, Mentor, Society of Layerists in
Multi Media, Albuquerque, NM
2001 IndividualArtist Fellowship Award (Artist’s Books), AR Arts Council,
Little Rock, AR
2000 Ellis College Faculty Excellence in Artistic Expression Award,
Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR
1998 Bridging Time & Space, Essays on Layered Art,
Markowitz Publishing, Maui, HI
1997 AR Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, Arkansas Art Education
Association, Little Rock, AR
1994-98 Director, Higher Education Division, Arkansas Art Education
Association, Little Rock, AR
1992 Recipient, Don Freeman Memorial Grant in Aid, Society of Children’s
Book Writers & Illustrators
1988 Recipient,Stephens Award for Outstanding High School Teaching,
Stephens Inc. & City Education Trust, Little Rock, AR
Selected Exhibitions
2016 “Inked Arkansas”, the Arkansas Society of Printmakers, Laman Library
Gallery, North Little Rock, AR
2015 Recent Work, Nancy Dunaway & Katherine Strause, Gallery 26,
Little Rock, AR
2014 “There’s No Place Like Home,” Hays Kansas Arts Council, Hays Arts
Center, Hays, Kansas
2013 “Nature in Transition”, Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 “More Life Lessons”, Russell Fine ArtsGallery, Henderson State
University, Arkadelphia, AR
2009 US Embassy Brassaville, the Congo (Arts in the Embassies, US State
Department, Washington, DC
2008 52nd Annual Delta Exhibition, juror, Eleana Del Rio, AR Arts Center,
Little Rock, AR
“Illumination”, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft. Myers, FL
2007 “Exploring Multiple Dimensions”, jurors Gerry Rigg & Nancy Azara,
Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
Hildegarde of Bingen (unique Artist’s Book) selected for permanent
collection of The National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington,D.C.
“The Clinton Collection”, Art Across Arkansas, Clinton Presidential
Library, Little Rock, AR
2006 “Celebrating Excellence”, AR Arts Council Artist’s Fellowship 20th
Anniversary, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
“Connections: We are All One” juror Gwen Hefner, Art at the
Cathedral, Christ Church, Louisville, KY
2005 “Toys Designed by Artists”, juror, Kenneth R. Trapp, Arkansas Arts
Center, Little Rock, AR
“On the Edge” juror: Michael Prebble, Peninsula Fine Arts Center,
Newport News, VA
2004 “Originals!” Arkansas Women Artists 2004-2005 Exhibition
sponsored by the Arkansas Committee of the National
Museum of Women in the Arts
“47th Annual Delta Exhibition, Juror Katherine Degn,
Kraushaar Galleries, New York City, Arkansas Arts Center
“Healing Environments” Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, AR
2003 “Fire in the Heart: the Creative Spirit”, Schneider Museum of Art,
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2000 “The Birth of Wisdom,” La Chapelle des Penitents, Gordes, France, &
St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
“Alchemy, an Exhibition of Rolled Art,” Nabisco Gallery, Nabisco
World Hdqtrs., East Hanover, NJ, Garde Art Center, New
London, CT, Temple B’nai Jeshurun, NJ
1999 “Bridging Time and Space: The Power of Image and Word,”
Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1997 “Toys Designed by Artists”,Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR