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Nancy Worden
Born in 1954 in Boston, MA
EDUCATION
1980 MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1977 BFA, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Central Washington University Speaker Series, Featured Speaker, Ellensburg, WA
2006 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award, Juror
The Women and Depression Conference, Featured Speaker, Sydney, Australia
2004-05 Curator and Installation Design for Passing the Torch, Seattle Metals Guild, Gallery One,
El ensburg, WA
2004 Central Washington University Student Exhibition, Juror
Society of North American Goldsmiths High School Minority Award, Juror
Gal ery One, Featured Speaker, El ensburg, WA
2003 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award, Juror
2002-pres. Seattle Metals Guild, Educational Outreach Committee Chair
2001 Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair, Juror, Bellevue, WA
Seattle Metals Guild, Featured Speaker, Seattle, WA
SOFA, Featured Speaker, Chicago, IL
University of the Arts, Featured Speaker, Philadelphia, PN
2000-pres. The Olympic Music Festival, Board Member
2000 University of Washington, Featured Speaker, Seattle, WA
2004 Passing the Torch, Seattle Metals Guild, GALLERY ONE, Curator, Ellensburg, WA
2003 Passing the Torch, Seattle Metals Guild, SOTA Gallery, Curator, Tacoma, WA
1998-99 Powerful Arts Coalition, Board Member
1997 The Jewelry of Ken Cory: Play Disguised, Tacoma Art Museum, Curator, Tacoma, WA
1987-97 Friends of the Walker Rock Garden, Board Member, Seattle, WA
1996 Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair, Juror, Bellevue, WA
Jewelry/Metals Symposium, Featured Speaker, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 Ken Cory: The Best of Thirty Years, Le Mieux Galleries, Curator, New Orleans, LA
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Featured Speaker, New Orleans, LA
1994 Northern Legacy, Northwest Folklife Festival, Curator, Seattle, WA
Seattle PTSA, Orca Elementary School, President
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Nancy Worden
American artist and metalsmith (1954–2021)
Nancy Lee Worden | |
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| Born | (1954-11-29)November 29, 1954 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | February 17, 2021(2021-02-17) (aged 66) Seattle, Washington |
| Known for | Metalsmith, jewelry maker |
Nancy Lee Worden (November 29, 1954 – February 17, 2021) was an American artist and metalsmith. Her jewelry art is known for weaving together personal narratives with current politics. She received many awards and honors. Worden exhibited internationally, and her work is represented in collections around the world, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Education and early life
Worden was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 29, 1954. She was raised in Ellensburg, Washington. Her parents were both academics. The family lived near Worden's grandparents, who lived on a small farm. There Worden learned to use hand tools to express her creativity. While in high school, she studied art under Kay Crimp, and in her junior year took her first jewelry class. During her senior year she enrolled in undergraduate metalsmithing classes at Central Washington University.
Worden started making jewelry when she was in high school. After high school, Worden enrolled in a degree program at Central Washington, earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1977. There she studied with Ken Cory, who taught her jewelry fundamentals and encouraged her to develop her own personal artistic style. In 1980 Worden enrolled in the University of Georgia to study jewelry and metalsmithing under Gary Nofke. He encouraged her to develop a unique creative voice that was expressed through technique and materials. Worden received her Master of Fine Arts later in 1980.
Career
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