Episode 14: Nancy Mims - It Begins With A Walk

By seeking out the mundane and overlooked visual aspects of our world and sharing them through her perspective Nancy Mims shows us the beauty and expansiveness we might be missing. There can be order from chaos and it can be photographed. Not stopping there, by printing these images on fabrics, sometimes weaved back to together or embellished with vibrant stitching, she enhances these views to create a very personal take on what is right in from of us all. Our lovely conversation delves into her life and work and how hard it can be to accept and embrace the fact that you are an artist.
Some of the subjects we discuss: The artist label Early influences Travel and family artists Studying medicine Switching to art Sculpture class turning point Moving to LA and working at a gallery Textile design career Mod Green Pod Shifting to photography Printing work and exhibiting outside The Elisabet Ney Taking and editing images Roots in the south Dougherty exhibit The practice of seeing Collaboration Future work Tera Incognita opening
Nancy Mims Terra Incognita Opening Reception: Saturday, January 13, 2018, 1:30–3:30pm Exhibit: January 13 - February 3, 2018 Artist Talk: January 24, 2018, 7-8pm Dougherty Arts Center - The Julia C. Butridge Gallery 1110 Barton Springs Rd. Austin, TX 78704 Phone: 512-974-4000 Open Hours: Monday - Thursday 10 AM - 10 PM Friday 10 AM - 6 PM Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM