by Nanci Hersh | Oct 28, 2016 | 798 ICAF, Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings, Collaboration, Inspiration
With October winding down on this beautiful windy day I want to acknowledge the journey that my cousin Ellen McVicker and I have been on together with our book Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings. This month marks it’s 10th year out in the world and I want to...
by Nanci Hersh | Oct 23, 2016 | Collaboration, Inspiration, Workshops
Armed with my laptop, a stack of magazines, a pad of tracing paper, and somewhat of a general idea of what form this session will take with the residents of New Castle County Detention Center, I enter the building. Aimee Ellis, the volunteer coordinator and Debbie...
by Nanci Hersh | Oct 19, 2016 | Collaboration, sculpture, Teaching, Workshops
This post was originally written almost 6 years ago when I received my first Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grant to work with a newly formed group of Young Moms at the Garage in Kennett Square, PA. Since that time my relationship with the YoungMoms Community has...
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...
by Nanci Hersh | Jan 15, 2016 | Collaboration, Inspiration, Teaching, Workshops
Stories are the threads that connect us to the past, and to each other. We share our experiences, often overcoming obstacles to find, and become our best selves. This is the motivation behind an exciting project I am honored to be a part of. As a teaching artist with...
by Nanci Hersh | Oct 27, 2015 | 798 ICAF, Art Events, Art Exhibitions and Events, artists, Collaboration, Inspiration, Travel, Workshops
Some of my favorite memories from 798 ICAF in Beijing were the times we spent with our ICAF hosts, Hattie, Sasha, and Mariana and the 9 other invited artists. We had many opportunities to hang together at lunch, coffee breaks, took each other’s workshop when...