Show: Nacotta in Portsmouth, NH

Leah Giberson

I really love this work, probably my attachment to nostaglia. This current body of work by Giberson falls somewhere between the worlds of photography, painting and collage. She begins her pieces with photographs of seemingly ordinary and mundane scenes, which she then paints directly upon to distill and reveal the visually poignant moments that exist all around us, but are usually overlooked. Despite all the suburban scenes and mid-century modern design in her work, she was actually raised by artists deep in the woods of NH and now lives and works on the top floor of a sunny triple-decker apartment in Boston.

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Dress Codes at UNE October 1, 2019 - January 6, 2020

Elizabeth DeWolfe adds the Dress Codes exhibition to her syllabus for her Women's Studies course, inviting me to share my artistic practice and present an in-depth presentation about my project Mr.Mrs. She also included readings on dress to expand the conversation. Students and Dr. DeWolfe shown participating in paper doll making. At the opening, visitor view the video featuring a collage of images from behind the scenes highlighting all the people that I have met and photographed for this project. And video interviews of UNE students. BIDDEFORD, Maine -- The University of New England’s Biddeford Campus Ketchum Library Art Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition, titled Dress Codes , which will be on display through January 6, 2020. The exhibition is free and open to the public. DRESS CODES: an exhibition and collaboration with artist Nancy Grace Horton in the Ketchum Library Art Gallery October 1- January 6. Pleas...

The Cult of True Womanhood- REVISED

The Cult of Domesticity or Cult of True Womanhood (named such by its detractors) was a prevailing view among upper and middle class women during the nineteenth century, in Great Britain and the United States. According to the ideals of the cult of domesticity, women were supposed to embody perfect virtue in all senses. Women were put in the center of the domestic sphere and were expected to fulfill the roles of a calm and nurturing mother, a loving a faithful wife, and a passive, delicate, and virtuous creature. These women were also expected to be pious and religious, teaching those around them by their Christian beliefs, and expected to unfailingly inspire and support their husbands. They were held to four cardinal virtues: 1. Piety - believed to be more religious and spiritual than men 2. Purity - pure in heart, mind, and body 3. Submission - held in "perpetual childood" where men dictated all actions and decisions 4. Domesticity- a division between work...

PRC- Opening

Here's a look at the show at the PRC . Thanks to all who came out to the opening and the PRC's Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis, Program & Exhibition Manager and Glenn Ruga Executive Director for the invitation to show this project, Being 13. Also, thank you to my printer, Live Free Photography , and my framer CC Moore Fine Art Framing for an awesome job and to Zoe, for letting me photograph her over the course of her year being 13.

Nancy Grace Horton

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