About Nancy

Nancy G Cook
Abbreviated Resume


Public and Corporate Collections:
  • International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln NE
  • Crossroads Charlotte, Foundation of the Carolinas
  • Prentice Women's Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Solo and Featured Artist Exhibits:
  • 2012 Nancy G Cook Seed Play, NC Botanical Gardens, Chapel Hill NC
  • 2011 Seed Stitched, Waterworks Arts Center, Salisbury NC
  • 2011 Tree Seeds, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond VA
  • 2010 Nancy G Cook: SeedPlay; Solo Exhibition, Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, Belmont NC
  • 2010 Greg Barnes and Nancy G Cook; Barnes Studio Galleries, Charlotte NC
  • 2009 Crossroads Charlotte Emerging Artists, Festival in the Park, Charlotte NC
  • 2009 Nancy G Cook: Regeneration, Community Church, Chapel Hill NC
  • 2009 Wooden Stone Gallery, Davidson, NC
  • 2008 Seasons of Trees, Nature Gallery, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh NC
  • 2007 Nancy G Cook, Solo Show, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha WI
  • 2006 Rhythms of Nature, Solo Show, Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, Charlotte NC

Selected Invitational and Juried Exhibitions:

2011


Re-Visioning: Fiber Innovations, Lakewood Arts and Cultural Center, Lakewood CO
Pushing the Surface Invitational, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Cochocton, OH


2010
SAQA Frontiers: Art Meets Science, traveling show, opening at Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England 
It's a Green World, Aullwood Audubon Center 2010 Quilt Show, Dayton OH  
IQA 500 Art Quilts Invitational Exhibition, Houston TX  
Charlotte’s Got Art, Juried Exhibition, Charlotte NC  
Charlotte Artery November Exhibition, guest artist, Charlotte NC  
A Natural View, Juried Art Exhibit, The Schiele Museum of Natural History and The Gaston County Art Guild, Gastonia NC  
Guild of Charlotte Artists, Charlotte NC  
Fiber Focus, Mint Hill Arts, Mint Hill NC  
Floral Inspirations, Mint Hill Arts, Mint Hill NC  
Orchids: Sensuality Stitched, Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, Gastonia NC

        Awards, Grants, Residency:

        Best of Show, It's a Green World, Aullwood Audubon Center 2010 Quilt Show, Dayton, OH
        1st Place – Mixed Media, Spring Juried and Judged Show, Mint Hill Art, Mint Hill, NC
        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
        Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte/ Mecklenburg and North Carolina Arts and Science Council
        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