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Nancy Lewis Shell
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2015 Leeway Transformation Award – $15,000
- Neighborhood: Crescentville
- Discipline: Crafts and Textiles, Visual Arts
- Social Change / Intent: Cultural Preservation, Disability Justice, Racial Justice
Nancy, an incest, rape, and domestic abuse survivor with a physical disability, celebrates still being alive through her art. Nancy’s work centers on the quest for freedom and equality and also captures sweet, brief, and pivotal moments in time. She works in a variety of disciplines and mediums including painting, photography, quilting, and written and spoken word. While striving to be an artist, Nancy has to assume many roles: as daughter of a disabled mom, mother of a disabled child, wife of an abusive husband, friend, teacher, and mentor. In all of these roles, Nancy has had to fight injustice against her gender and multiple identities because she believes that “art is a sacred quest to give voice to that scream that has no sound.”
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