Art, advocacy, healing and community. These are the touchstones of my life practice (and a good dose of Internal Family Systems therapy). Please lean into these intensions with me, for the journey continues together. – Nan
Nan E. Genger, MA, BFA |
“Revolution begins in the self and with the self.” Toni Cade Bambara
“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace.” Carrie Mae Weems
education
2017 BFA, 3D Fibers, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Boston
2003 Certificate of Residential Interiors, Boston Architectural College
1989 MA, Anthropology, Boston University
1979 BA, with Distinction, Anthropology and Women’s Studies, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville
selected exhibitions and publications
2023 ArtPrize, Lift the Sky exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI, Sept. 6-Oct. 1
2022 Lift the Sky, Front Porch Gallery, San Diego, CA, Jan. 22-March 18
An Infinite Mind Conference, Virtual Exhibition, February 4-6
2021 The Healing Is Project (Trauma Support Group), Cambridge Women’s Center
2020 Cambridge Open Studios Virtual Marketplace
MassArt Made Virtual Spring Market, April 28-June 30
2019, 2018, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 Cambridge Open Studios
Sustain, Popup Exhibition, Cambridge River Festival
2018 Cambridge Open Studios 2D Exhibition, Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Implicit Bias Workshop, MassArt Counseling and Wellness Center, Boston, MA
2017 Breaking Barriers, Massachusetts State House, Boston
All School Awards Show (Best Fibers), MassArt, President’s Gallery, Boston
Resistance Culture, MassArt, Student Life Gallery, Boston
2016 Artists and Artisans Festival, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Conference, Providence, RI
Art With Impact, MassArt, Design Media Center, Boston
Tongue Tied (The Fibers Show), MassArt, Student Life Gallery
2015 The Fibers Show, MassArt, Student Life Gallery, Boston
2014 Disability Rights in the Age of Austerity Forum, SEIU, Local 99, Dorchester, MA
2013 Undergraduate Admissions Office year long exhibition, MassArt, Boston
2012 All School Show, MassArt, Arnheim Gallery, Boston
2011 Studio Foundation Awards Show (Best First Year), MassArt, Brant Gallery, Boston
100 from Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Council Annex, Cambridge, MA
PhotoVoice Exhibition, Hope Gallery, Boston Univ. Ctr. for Psych. Rehab., Brookline
2009 Cornucopia, Hope Gallery, BU Center for Psych Rehab, Brookline, MA
Restore, MassArt, Bookstore, Boston
2008 Critical Views IV: Political Art at Red Sun Press, Jamaica Plain, MA
Rip it up & Start Again: Recycled Textile Art, Orchard Skate Shop, Roxbury, MA
2007 Women and Chairs: Series I (Solo Exhibition), Cambridge Library, Cambridge, MA
2006 Speaking Truth to Power, Edna Stebbins Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Women Smoking: Dollars, Disease & Desire (Solo Exhibit), Drive-by Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Loops: 3-D Knitting Show, MassArt, Boston
2005 Piecework:Rag Weaving, Freehand Quilting Student Exhibit, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Collateral Damage: When the Battle’s Lost and Won, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Women Unite: End Racism, Sexism, and Poverty, YWCA, Cambridge, MA
Moments of Courage in American History: The Underground Railroad, First Baptist Church, Cambridge, MA
2004 Art Against the War: Visualizing Concern for the War in Iraq, Museum School, Boston
2004 and 2005 Cambridgeport Open Studios
publications
2022 2 fiber art panels in Lift the Sky: the First 200 Messages, Julie Weaverling, Vista, CA
2021 from the heart: letters of gratitude, compiled by Desiree Bumanglag, ebook, Cover Design and image of Sashiko Sea Urchins
2017 photo of Fuck Police Brutality mixed-media painting in:
The Election as Physical Experience (published zine), Jan. 20.
Center of Vision, Issue #7, (MassArt magazine) March, page 10.
2013/14 Brochure: MassArt Counseling and Wellness Center (photo of Esperanza)
2013 & 2014 Brochure Cover/Poster: Cambridge Open Studios (photo of Synapse I and Synapse III)
