Biography
Nancy Evelyn Andrews makes films, drawings, props and objects. She works in hybrid forms combining storytelling, documentary, animation, puppetry, and research. Her characters and narratives are synthesized from various sources, including history, movies, popular educational materials and autobiography.
She has been the recipient of grants and fellowships including: LEF New England, Moving Image Fund (2008) John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2008) LEF New England, Moving Image Fund (2004) Maine Arts Commission, Artist Fellowship (2002) Illinois Arts Council Fellowship (1999) Roger Brown Residency (1998) Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1998) Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported by the Jerome Foundation and NY State Council on the Arts (1997-98) Illinois Arts Council Fellowship (1996) James Nelson Raymond Fellowship (1995) Franklin Furnace Fund (1995) Maryland State Arts Council (1991) National Endowment for the Arts (InterArts, 1990) Art Matters, Inc. (1990) Yellow Springs Residency (1990) Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore (1988 & 1989) National Endowment for the Arts Regional Grant (1988)
Her work has been presented by the Museum of Modern Art (2011, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2000), Anthology Film Archives (2010), REDCAT Los Angeles (2011) Pacific Film Archive (2006, 2005,2000) Gene Siskel Film Center (2004), Ann Arbor Film Festival, Flaherty Seminar (2006, 2012), Maine International Film Festival, (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009,2011), Nova Cinema Bioscoop, Brussels (2007), Jerusalem Film Festival (2000), and Taiwan International Animation Festival (2007), among others.
She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received a Master of Fine Arts in 1995, and her undergraduate studies were at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, BFA, 1983. Nancy is on faculty at the College of the Atlantic where she teaches video making, animation, time-based arts and film studies.
