Nancy Patz
Author/Illustrator
Phone:
123-456-7890
Email:nancypatz@verizon.net
Address:
500 Terry Francine Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
Date of Birth:
March 14th, 1984
Nancy Patz’s texts, illustrations, preliminary and finished artwork, manuscripts, and correspondence can be found in THE NANCY PATZ COLLECTION at GOUCHER COLLEGE, Special Collections Library, Baltimore, Maryland.
Solo Exhibitions:
March 11-April 30, 2015
The Anne Frank Center USA New York, New York
ARTIFACTS AND MEMORY: THE DRAWINGS OF NANCY PATZ THE ARTIFACTS DRAWINGS: A Film by Nancy Patz
September-December, 2014
Goucher College, The Athenaeum Towson, Maryland
THE ARTIFACTS DRAWINGS THE ARTIFACTS DRAWINGS: A Film by Nancy Patz
April 27, 2014
Temple Oheb Shalom Baltimore, Maryland
THE ARTIFACTS DRAWINGS EXHIBIT THE ARTIFACTS DRAWINGS: A Film by Nancy Patz In Observance of Yom HaShoah
April-August, 2010
The Jewish Museum of Maryland Baltimore, MD
NANCY PATZ: HER INWARD EYE
March, 2006
The Park School Baltimore, MD
WHAT DO OBJECTS WANT? 10 Drawings from WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WORE THE HAT?
May-September, 2003
The Jewish Museum of Maryland Baltimore, MD
WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WORE THE HAT? The Drawings
March, 1999
Gilman Clock Gallery Baltimore, MD
NANCY PATZ: Recent Drawings
May, 1994
The Jewish Museum of Maryland Baltimore, MD
THE FAMILY TREASURY of JEWISH HOLIDAYS: The Illustrations
1985
The Cloisters Children’s Museum Baltimore, MD
MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES: The Drawings
Group Exhibitions:
November, 2010-June, 2011
Holocaust Museum Houston Houston, Texas
FRAGILE FRAGMENTS: EXPRESSIONS OF MEMORY 18 STONES: Portraits by Nancy Patz, Prose Poems by Susan L. Roth
November, 2009
Goucher College Baltimore, MD
NANCY PATZ: Memory and Story
October, 2000 -- January, 2001
Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, MD
ILLUSTRATORS OF JEWISH BOOKS
1965 to present
Baltimore Museum of Art, Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
Numerous juried regional exhibitions
AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS:
WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WORE THE HAT? – Discussion of the making of the book: Lecture and PowerPoint THE ARTIFACTS
DRAWINGS: A Film by Nancy Patz (14 minutes)
AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR:
2011
18 STONES Drawings by Nancy Patz Prose Poems by Susan L. Roth
From the exhibition “Nancy Patz: Her Inward Eye”, 2010 The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011
2007
BABIES CAN’T EAT KIMCHEE! Written and illustrated in collaboration with Susan L. Roth Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, London, and Berlin Publication date: January, 2007
2003
WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WORE THE HAT? Dutton Books, NY, 2003
2000
PUMPERNICKEL TICKLE AND MEAN GREEN CHEESE Re-publication by The Baltimore SUN, Baltimore, MD, 2000 Published originally by Franklin Watts, Inc., N.Y. and London, 1978
1991
TO ANNABELLA PELICAN FROM THOMAS HIPPOPOTAMUS Four Winds Press/Macmillan, NY, 1991
1990
NO THUMPIN’, NO BUMPIN’, NO RUMPUS TONIGHT! Athenaeum, NY, 1990.
1989
SARAH BEAR AND SWEET SIDNEY Four Winds Press/Macmillan, NY, 1989.
1986
GINA FARINA AND THE PRINCE OF MINTZ Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, NY, London, 1986.
1983
MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES and 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, NY, London, 1983 (Hardback and paperback)
1980
NOBODY KNOWS I HAVE DELICATE TOES Franklin Watts, NY and London, 1980.
ILLUSTRATOR:
2014
THE ARTIFACTS DRAWINGS PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, Yeshiva University, 2014 Cover art, six interior pages, and an essay by Nancy Patz about the artwork were featured in this 2014 issue of the journal.
2011
18 STONES Drawings by Nancy Patz Prose Poems by Susan L. Roth From the exhibition “Nancy Patz: Her Inward Eye”, The Jewish Museum of Maryland,
2010
Published by The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011
1994
THE FAMILY TREASURY OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS Written by Malka Drucker, Illustrated by Nancy Patz Little, Brown and Company, Boston, NY, Toronto, London, 1994. (Hardback and paperback) Blue Ribbon Award Winner, 1996
BOOK AWARDS:
2003
WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WORE THE HAT? Winner of the Sydney Taylor Award of the Association of Jewish Libraries, 2003 Winner of the Selectors’ Choice Award of the Children’s Book Council and the Council for the Social Studies, 2003
1994
THE FAMILY TREASURY OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book of the Center for Children’s Books, 1994. The book has also received starred reviews from the CCB Bulletin and from Publisher’s Weekly. Parents Choice Awards have been given to several of the picture books, including MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES, SARAH BEAR AND SWEET SIDNEY, and TO ANNABELLA PELICAN FROM THOMAS HIPPOPOTAMUS.
1991
The Fund for Educational Excellence, The Gold Star Award: for achievement in writing and illustrating the books and for extensive work in the Baltimore schools as author/illustrator and lecturer.
1965 to Present
Numerous other citations for the books.
Teacher:
March-April, 2015
Framing Memories, A Family Workshop in conjunction with ARTIFACTS AND MEMORIES: THE DRAWINGS OF NANCY PATZ, Anne Frank Center USA
June July, 2010
Writing Memory with Nancy Patz, Writing Workshop, The Jewish Museum of Maryland
1990 and 1991
Workshops on the writing and illustration of children’s picture books, Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies, Baltimore, MD
1981
Courses in the writing/illustration of children’s books, Goucher College Center for Educational Resources, Baltimore, MD
1971-1979
Watercolor classes, grades 9-12
1982-1983
Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence
The Park School, Baltimore, MD
1971-1976
Workshops for Parent Education Teachers, Baltimore City Dept. of Education, Work Incentive Program, (WIN),
Speaking Engagements:
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Author Visits to Elementary Schools: Presentations on the making of my picture books. Grades K-3, 4-6 and middle schools in the mid-Atlantic region and across the country, hundreds of school visits, 1979 to present
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Author Visits to Jewish Day Schools: Visual presentations of Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat
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Numerous presentations to teachers and librarians at children’s literature conferences and workshops, including American Library Association, International Reading Association
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The Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C. etc.
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Lecturer at Holocaust conferences: Facing History and Ourselves: A conference at The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, MD U.S
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Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum, Birmingham, Alabama Holocaust Museum Houston: Spector-Warren Fellowships for Future Holocaust Teachers, lecturing on Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? and the use of this book and other art in the teaching of the Holocaust; twice a year, 2005 to the present.
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Speakers’ Bureau, national and local Federation, Associated Jewish Charities and United Jewish Appeal, 1956-81. Speakers’ Bureau, Children’s Book Guild of Washington, 1990s to present
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Co-author and presenter: “What’s New, My Dear?”, a 2-women talk on current local and national Federation programs, first delivered in Montreal at Federation’s national conference, ca. 1965.
RESIDENT SCHOLAR: The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, 1979.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Writer and producer: 30-minute multi-media educational presentation, “Incredible Age”, which won top national Federation of Jewish Charities & Welfare Funds Award, ca.1970.
Varied leadership positions for 20 years on voluntary community boards -- including the writing/editing of a community-wide, Women’s Division, Associated Jewish Charities journal for 5 years.
Freelance advertising, illustration and public relations, 1974-75.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: The Children’s Book Guild of Washington D.C. including Speakers’ Bureau.
EDUCATION: Stanford University, B.A. Goucher College, 2 years Baltimore public schools
In Addition: Mother of 2 daughters and 6 grandchildren.
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