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Nancy Calcutt

Paintings & Drawings
Paducah Kentucky 

    

Resume

Photo of Nancy in her studio


Education

  • 1993- M.F.A., The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
  • 1990- B.F.A., Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.
Professional Experience
  • Adjunct Faculty, Paducah School of Art, Paducah, Kentucy.
  • 2007-2008 Board of Directors & Vice President, LowerTown Arts District Association, Inc., Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 2007 Consultant, Paducah School of Art, West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 2003-present, Nancy Calcutt Studio- the artist's working studio and showcase gallery, LowerTown Arts District, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 2001-2002 Adjunct Faculty, Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • 1995-2001 Head of Visual Art/ Asst. Professor of Art, Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi.
  • 1993-1994 Visiting Asst. Professor of Art, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 1993-1994 Visiting Asst. Professor of Art, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi.
  • 1990-1993 Graduate Assistant, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1990-93
  • 1986-1990 Adjunct Faculty, Watkins Institute, Nashville, Tennessee.
Selected Exhibitions

2009
  • Annual Alumni Exhibit, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee.
  • "Women's Work", Mentor House Gallery, LowerTown Arts District, Paducah, Kentucky
2008
  • "Healing Angels", Heart of Healing Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • "Time Project", Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 6th Annual LowerTown Art & Music Festival, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • Actors Theatre of Louisville, "Artists of LowerTown," Louisville, Kentucky.
2006
  • Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY, 34th Annual Exhibit, catalogue.
  • Associated Artists Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, Interpretations, two artist exhibit.
2005
  • Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, Kentucky, LowerTown Artists of Paducah.
  • American Academy of Equine Art, Lexington, Kentucky, Fall Open Juried Exhibit.
  • City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky, 70th Annual Woman's Club Art Show, Solo Exhibit.
2004
  • Grand Opening Exhibit, Nancy Calcutt Studio Gallery, LowerTown Arts District, Paducah, Kentucky.
2002
  • Leu Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennesee, 37th Annual Art Exhibit.
1999
  • Bry Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana, New Work, Solo Exhibit.
  • Cultural Crossroads Gallery, Port Gibson, Mississippi, Under the Hand of Gold, Solo Exhibit.
  • Leu Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee, 34th Annual Central South Exhibit.
1997
  • Meridian Museum of Art, 24th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian, Mississippi.
1998
  • The National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society, Osage, Missouri, Annual Juried Exhibit '98, catalogue.
  • Cottonlandia Museum, Greenwood, Mississippi, 17th Juried Fine Art Exhibit.
  • Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, The 25th Annual Juried Competition.
1993
  • M. Francis Doggrell Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, The Nude: A Celebration of the Human Form.
  • Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, Larson Biennial National Drawing Competition catalogue.
  • MFA Thesis Exhibit: Lessons From the Wolf, University of Mississippi, Oxford.
1992
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, Works on Paper Exchange Exhibit, 1992.
Selected Publications

2007
  • The Boston Globe, article, "Art Community Thrives in a Kentucky River Town," by Diane Daniel, October 28. Read Article >>
  • The Tennessean, newspaper article, Nashville "Paducah's siren call lures artists to town" Libby Callaway, June 10.
  • Sculptural Pursuit magazine, "Poetry: Cosmic Grapevine on a pastel drawing by Nancy Calcutt, Summer.
  • Capital One Art Program Publication, "Cosmic Grapevine, original artwork by Nancy Calcutt," Capital One Corporation, Hyattsville, Maryland, Black History Month, February.
2006
  • The Southern Scene, newspaper, Metropolis, Illinois, "Local artists donate to Paws-itively Posh, Project Hope's silent auction fundraiser." January 30.
2005
  • Parenting & Family magazine, "On the Lower Town Art Scene," August.
  • Kentucky Living magazine, " Paducah's Lower Town Artists," December.
  • Then & Now: Lower Town, Paducah," book by Char Downs and Jay Downs Siska, Arcadia Publishing.
  • Posh Magazine, "Doggone Good Art," September/October.
  • The Paducah Sun, newspaper, "Painting pets with their people: Lower Town artist Nancy Calcutt spotlighted during annual Paducah display," April 17.
2004
  • The Paducah Sun, newspaper, "Drawn to the Arts. Lowertown transplant wins top prize in 69th Woman's Club art show," April 25.
Awards
  • 2008 Second Runner Up /Best of Show, LowerTown Art & Music Festival, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 2008 Poster Design Contest Winner, LowerTown Art & Music Festival, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 2006 Purchase Award, 34th Annual Exhibit, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York.
  • 2004 Best of Show, 69th Annual Exhibit, Woman's Club of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • 2000 Third Place in Painting, 20th Annual Mississippi Artists Exhibit, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  • 1999 Best of Show, 34th Annual Central South Exhibit, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • 1998 Artist Development Grant, Mississippi Arts Commission.
  • 1997 First Place in Painting, 17th Annual Vicksburg Art Association Exhibit, Firehouse Gallery, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  • 1993 Phi Kappa Phi Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
  • 1993 Honorable Mention, The Nude: A Celebration of the Human Form, Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 1990 Oustanding Senior Award, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee.
  • 1989 Purchase Award, Binney & Smith, Easton, Pennsylvania.
Represented by
  • Gesture, 160 West Huffaker Lane, Reno, Nevada 89511
  • Nancy Calcutt Studio/Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky, 42001
Biographical
  • Born July 7, 1951, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Resides in the LowerTown Arts District, Paducah, Kentucky, USA.

 

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