by Nanci Hersh | Sep 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
15 years later, 9/11 is part of our American history and collective psyche. You probably remember where you were, and have your story. For what it’s worth, here’s mine. The morning of September 11, 2011 was a picture perfect beautiful day with clear blue...
by Nanci Hersh | Sep 8, 2016 | Art Events, Home/Studio, Installation art, Open Studio House Party 2016, Works of Art
She is a Goddess, a hunter, a gatherer, and a vessel. The sum of many parts, she is a nest of stories, pieces that hold mysteries of their own, finding a way to weave together a sacred place. As we all do each day. Perhaps she is a portrait of our authentic selves,...
by Nanci Hersh | Sep 1, 2016 | Inspiration, sketch journal
This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend August Quarterly Celebration. The oldest African American festival in the nation was created over 200 years ago by Peter Spencer founder of the Mother African Union Church in Wilmington, DE and is highlighted in Press...
by Nanci Hersh | Aug 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Guest blog post by Garbiñe Maruri. I’m out of my comfort zone. I’m spending two months away from home in a foreign country- Out of my comfort zone-. I’m living with two teenager host-brothers -Out of my comfort zone-. I’m buying colorful...
by Nanci Hersh | Aug 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
This post comes from Long Beach Island, NJ where we are for a family vacation. It’s a chance to chill, spend time together before Garbiñe heads back to Spain and Griffin goes back to college for his sophomore year. Our house sits right on the lagoon on the bay...
by Nanci Hersh | Aug 2, 2016 | Teaching
Hot off the Press! (no pun intended, well maybe…) Press On: The Story of Peter Spencer is the culmination of my residency with The Mother African Union Church in Wilmington, DE. For several months, I worked with leaders and students of a rite of passage program...
by Nanci Hersh | Jul 29, 2016 | Home/Studio, Inspiration, Koi Pond Series, Painting by the Pond, Painting by the Pond Workshop, Paintings, Plein Air, Summer painting workshop, Teaching
What a great week of Painting by the Pond 2016! If you’ve ever taken- or taught an art workshop before you know that you come away renewed and inspired by the others in the group, whether you are an experienced painter or it is your first time working with a new...
by Nanci Hersh | Jul 20, 2016 | Inspiration, Koi Pond Series, Painting, Painting by the Pond, Painting by the Pond Workshop, Paintings, Plein Air, Workshops
Day #3 of Painting by the Pond 2016. This week long summer workshop, now in its 3rd year has our largest group to date with returning painters who have worked with me before, as well as new people with varying levels of experience in front of an easel. I enjoy working...
by Nanci Hersh | Jul 2, 2016 | Painting, Paintings, Travel
Home. Whether we have lived in a place for generations, or, are just passing through. Home as a place of comfort, safety and security, is a basic human need. The desire to understand this need and to find our interconnectedness through memory, place, history is always...
by Nanci Hersh | Jun 24, 2016 | Collaboration, Teaching
From the first time I hogged the vat (agitating the pulp) in graduate school and pulled my first sheet of hand made paper, I was hooked! The endless possibilities for gorgeous sheets of paper made with natural fibers, recycled papers, and imbedded collage...
