Deborah Dancy

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Deborah Dancy
Born1949 (age 7576)
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Education Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. - BFA (1973); Illinois State University, Normal, Ill. - MS in Printmaking (1976), MFA in Painting (1979)
Known for Painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, artist's books
Movement Contemporary art, abstract art
Awards1985 - YADDO Fellowship
1997 - John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Deborah Dancy, also known as Deborah Muirhead [1] (born 1949), [2] is an American painter of large-scale abstractions in oil; she is also a printmaker and mixed media artist. [2] [3] Her work is also known to encompass digital photography. In 1981, she began to teach at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where she taught painting for thirty-five years until her retirement in 2017. [4] [5] She has received awards such as a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, [6] Women's Studio Workshop Studio Residency Grant, [7] and a YADDO fellowship. [5]

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Early life and education

Dancy was born in 1949 in Bessemer, Alabama. [2] She was born into an African-American family who treasured their heritage and ancestry. Dancy received her BFA degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1973, [1] as well as an MS in printmaking and MFA in painting from Illinois State University, in 1976 and 1979, respectively. [4]

Career

Her painting "Seed Travel" appeared in the Stamford Museum and Nature Center. [8] Dancy taught painting at the University of Connecticut, Storrs for thirty-five years, before retiring in 2017. [4]

Dancy’s works are in the permanent collections of numerous galleries and academic institutions, some of which include the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, [3] the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama, [2] and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Dancy was also nominated for a Connecticut Children's Book Award for Illustration for The Freedom Business as an illustrator and co-author. [9]

Dancy was the art director and the illustrator of The Freedom Business, a book by her friend Marilyn Nelson. [10]

Public collections

Awards and honors

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Deborah Dancy". N'Namdi Contemporary Miami. 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sarah - Deborah Muirhead". Birmingham Museum of Art. July 13, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Untitled". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. December 23, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Mercer, Valerie J.; et al. (2012). "Examining Identities". Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 86 (1): 66–87. doi:10.1086/DIA43492326. JSTOR   43492326. S2CID   222812759.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Perosino, Bruno (July 18, 2017). "Marking 35 Years: The Work of Deborah Dancy". benton.uconn.edu. The William Benton Museum of Art.
  6. 1 2 "Deborah Dancy". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  7. 1 2 "Deborah Dancy". Women's Studio Workshop.
  8. Raynor, Vivian (May 21, 1989). "In Stamford Exhibit, Art Imitates Life". The New York Times.
  9. Lindsay, Nina (October 2008). "The Freedom Business". School Library Journal. 54 (10): 173.
  10. "A Conversation with Marilyn Nelson". Image (69). Interviewed by Jeanne Murray Walker.
  11. "Document". Allen Memorial Art Museum. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  12. "DAC Collection Object Information: Nameless - Deborah Muirhead". Wesleyan University - Davison Art Center. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  13. "Document, 2002". Detroit Institute of Arts.
  14. "American Art". Fine Arts Gallery - Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Sciences.
  15. "Welcome to the Spencer Collection". Spencer Museum of Art.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. "Present and Former Creative and Performing Artist and Writer Fellows". American Antiquarian Society. January 15, 2013.
  17. "Clarellen - Digital Book Design and Publishing". www.clarellen.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  18. "Archived copy" (PDF). art.uconn.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. "Front Matter". African American Review. 30 (2): 161–164. 1996. JSTOR   3042351.
  20. "Deborah Dancy". Artspace New Haven. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  21. Morgan, Ann Lee (1995). "jstor". Art Journal. 54 (3): 102–107. JSTOR   777610.
  22. Mobilio, Albert (June 22, 2017). "The Bookness of Not-Books". The Paris Review. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  23. the freedom business.
  24. Perosino, Bruno (July 18, 2017). "Marking 35 Years: The Work of Deborah Dancy". benton.uconn.edu. The William Benton Museum of Art. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  25. Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). Connecticut Biennial. Routledge. ISBN   9781135638825.