Nancy Stone

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Nancy Stone, her husband Ken and their two children tended pigs, chickens, bees and berries on 21 acres in Williston, Vermont.  Friends helped them with a barn-raising that included an art studio in the treetops.  Her award-winning art has been in many juried and solo shows. This website is a retrospective on her career as artist, author and educator.
Education
Alfred University BFA in ceramic design with minor in art education
Painting: watercolor with Phoebe Flory, acrylics at San Antonio Art Institute
Book Arts: Student of Linda Lembke, Heidi Kyle, Clair Van Vliet and Paul Johnson
Film Animation: Student of David Erhlich

Professional Affiliations
Book Arts Guild of Vermont, co-founder and member
Vermont Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Northern Vermont Artist Association
Arthound Gallery, Essex VT

Teaching
East Grand Forks, Minnesota: art, grades pre-K through 12

Williston Central & Allenbrook schools: art, grades 1-8
  • 1985 awarded Outstanding Art Educator of Vermont

Vermont Commons School, grades 6-12
  • Had students create claymation video about 9/11 that played on the Regional Educational Television Network

Community College of Vermont: Introduction to Book Arts

Children’s Art Exchange, Art Program Director for USSR/USA schools
  • Packaged, delivered and received artwork from children in Russia and Estonia ​which was distributed to American member schools.
  • Three trips, filmed video to create a CAE video on public access tv
  • Led 4 students in my studio for stop-action animation in collaboration with a Soviet children’s film school, for theater release

Kids4Peace International: art teacher for Vermont chapter
  • Muslim, Christian & Jewish children from USA, Israel and Palestine

Book Publications
251 Vermont Vistas: watercolor ‘postcards’ of each Vermont town.
  • The original artwork is in the University of Vermont Special Collections
Indigo Hours, Healing Haiku: 100 poems, some embedded in scratchboard art
  • Published at age 80
  • Written the first five years as caregiver during husband’s Alzheimer’s Disease

Legacy: Art can be seen at the following Chittenden County sites:
Community College of Vermont, Colchester (Song of Hours)
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston
Hope Lodge (2 works)
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
McLure/Miller VT Respite House (numerous)
Memory Care @ Allen Brook (numerous)
Northern New England Museum of Contemporary Art (numerous)
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue (Fiddler on the Roof)
The Arbors Memory Care (numerous)
UVM Special Collections (numerous)
VT Public Radio (numerous)
Williston Federated Church (several)
Williston Town Hall (Tapestry)
To purchase books, see "Indigo Hours" or "251 VT Vistas" tabs

To purchase artwork, see "To Purchase" tab and fill out Contact Form below

The prices on this website are for unframed, matted artwork; they include shipping.  Add 7% sales tax.  

A few pieces of artwork, however, are so large or heavy that shipping costs will need to be paid by the buyer, which is noted in the work's information.  Contact Nancy to get that information.
  • If interested in picking up artwork in Williston, VT, inquire whether framing is available.
  • Please note that some artwork is framed and available for purchase from ArtHound Gallery, Essex, VT.  Shipping costs are extra.  That website is: https://arthoundgalleryvt.com   

For further information or to purchase from Nancy, fill out the following:  

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