Nancy Ridenour
I take digital photos and adjust them to produce abstract montages. Many focus on the beautiful lotus and other flowers from various gardens. Montages also include images from Cornell combined with transparent botanical layers, manipulated architecture and sculptures, and images from travels. I have produced two books through Lulu.com, Lotus Studios Montages and Artful Cornell. The future is wide open as to subjects and designs.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- phone:
- 607-257-2654
- e-mail:
- nridenour@twcny.rr.com
- website:
- www.nancyridenourartist.com
ADDRESS
346 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY 14850STUDIO DIRECTIONS
Take Rt. 13 East toward the Airport exit. Turn right on Warren Road, heading towards Cornell University. Cross over Hanshaw Road. The studio is in the fifth house on the right after Hanshaw, across from the Country Club Golf Course.
EDUCATION
Digital Photography and Photoshop classes, TC3, 2007-2008
Ceramics course, SUNY Cortland, 2006, TC3, 2007-2008
Courses in glass fusion, Corning Glass
Administrative Certification, SUNY Cortland, 2004
Masters of Arts in Teaching, Cornell University, 1972
BS in Biology, Cornell University, 1965
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist, Lotus Studios of Ithaca, 2007-present
Docent, Cornell Johnson Museum of Art, 2005-present
Science Department Chair, Ithaca High School, 1994-2005
Taught Biology at Ithaca High School, 1973-2005
International Voluntary Services Volunteer, Laos, 1965-66
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA) MARK Program, 2009
Excellence in Teaching Award, Science Teachers Association of New York State,1996
Access Excellence Grant for Biology Teachers, 1994
Honorary Membership Award, National Association of Biology Teachers, 1990
Eisenhower Grant, Cornell Institute for Regional Biology Mentors, summers 1994-95
RECENT AND SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Unitarian Church, Ithaca, NY solo show, April, 2011
Art Behind the Scientist” solo show, Tompkins County Public Library, February-March, 2011
Cayuga Nature Photography show, Unitarian Church, Ithaca, NY, December, 2010
CSMA Open Show, December 2010-January 2011
Cornell University Plantations visitor center, artist in permanent exhibit, juried show, November, 2010
“International Photography Exhibit”, Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY, juried show, October, 2010
State of the Art Gallery, “Greater Ithaca Art Trail Exhibit”, Ithaca, NY, October, 2010
Community Arts Partnership, “Greater Ithaca Art Trail, July-August, Center Ithaca, Ithaca, NY, 2010
“MOTE Art Exhibit”, Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY, juried show, August 8, 2010
“Artists Market”, Community Arts Partnership juried show, Ithaca Farmers Market, July 30, 2010
“MARK-up” Art Show, Tompkins County Public Library, members of the 2009 NYFA MARK program, Ithaca, NY, June-September, 2010
East Shore Art Exhibit, Lansing, NY, juried show, May, 2010
Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, NY, one person show, April, 2010
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) juried show, , Brooklyn, NY March, 2010
State of the Art Annual Photography show, juried, March 2010 and March 2011
PUBLICATIONS
Ridenour, Nancy V., Lotus Studios Montages, Lotus Press, 2007
Ridenour, Nancy V., Artful Cornell, Lotus Press, 2008
Ridenour, Nancy V., Cover photo for The American Biology Teacher, 1990
