Nora Lee McGillivray
Contact Information
contact name: Nora Lee McGillivray
phone: 651-484-1612
email: McGillicek@aol.com
Experience
B.S. Kindergarten-Primary Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1966.
Competency in Painting/Art Theory Seminar, Metropolitan State University, 1986.
Since 1988: workshops, seminars and master classes at Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Awards
Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, New York, Second Place Award
for "The Artist's Own Celstial Charts.....", 2004.
New Art Forum, Kingston, Massachusetts, Excellence in Artistic Creativity: Book Explorations 2001 (MOON) and Book Explorations 2000 (Between Us & Far Away).
The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Residency, 2000.
Minnesota State Arts Board, Career Opportunity Grant, 1997.
Women's Studio Workshop, Artist's Book Production Grant, 1996-97.
Jerome Book Arts Fellowship, 1995-96.
Exhibitions/Performance History
Uncollectable: An Evening of Book-Inspired Performance Art - Minneapolis, MN 2006
Turning Pages...Minnesota Book Artists - St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, 2006
EX LIBRIS Artists' Books from the Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection -Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 2005
The Elements: Creative Energy - Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 2005.
4th Int'l Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial - Columbia College Chicago, 2005.
Hand-Pulled Prints XII - StoneMetal Press, San Antonio, TX, 2005.
Artists' Books: Selections from the Walker Art Center Library Collection - Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2004.
Imagine That: a Nat'l Juried Book Arts Exhibition - LaJolla, CA, 2004.
Outerscape/Innerscape - Sosin/Sosin Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2004
Bright Hill Press Nat'l Juried Book Arts Exhibition - Treadwell, NY, 2004 and 2003.
Sea Words - Kilmore Quay, Ireland, 2003.
Artists' Books from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts - the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 2003.
Selected Works from the Women's Studio Workshop - Westchester Gallery, White Plains, NY, 2003.
The Spine That Binds: A Survey of Contemporary Artist Made Books - The Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, 2003.
3rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial - Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, 2002.
100 Universes: An International Accordion Book of Prints, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR, 2001.
Dreamscapes Landscapes - Gallery 214 ArtSpace, Montclair NJ, 2001.
Book Explorations 2001, Book Explorations 2000, Book Explorations '99 - The New Art Forum, Kingston, Massachusetts.
21st Annual Exhibition for Women Artists - Womens' Art Registry of Minnesota, 2000.
Book as Art XII - National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., 2000.
Days of the Handmade Book - South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Indiana, 2000.
Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition & Tour, 1999-2000 and 1997-98 - Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland.
Ladderways - Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, 1997 (solo).
Books: Form and Function - Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1997.
The Artist Book: 1997 National Juried Exhibition - Fine Art Center en Taos, New Mexico.
1996 Jerome Book Arts Fellowship Exhibition - Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis.
Collections
The Libraries of - University of Washington, Walker Art Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Florida Atlantic University, Yale University, University of Alberta, Western Michigan University, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wexford Arts Centre, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Texas Woman's University, Columbia College, Swarthmore College, Bucknell University, Banff Center Library, University of Louisville, Claremont Colleges, Brown University, Newberry Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Cleveland Institute of Art, and The Library of Congress
Publications
Vigdahl, Valerie. "Old books, astronomy and ladders offer inspiration for Shoreview artist." Shoreview Bulletin, August 23, 2000.
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Active Place:
St. Paul
Minnesota County:
Ramsey
Artist Information
Roles
Book Artist