About my book work:
There are four experiences which have shaped my work as an artist: growing up in a garden, access to a public library, a good elementary school education, and a B.A. in Biology. My love of nature and learning the rewards of hard work began in my parent’s garden. The public library nourished my love of reading and my early elementary education cemented my enduring love of the alphabet and learning. And, I could not have had a better background in art than the one I had in biology. The sciences helped me hone my visual skills through observation, taught me to be precise, and rewarded me for being curious.
Leavitt holds degrees in Biology and Art. She has received several Good Idea Grants from the Maine Arts Commission for research into her craft including the production of writing quills in a project entitled “Cutting a Thousand Quills” and “A Legacy of Lettering,” a calligraphic history of the Guild of Book Workers, which was presented in New York City at the 100th anniversary of the Guild of Book Workers in 2006. In 2002 she received the Stephen Harvard Award for book design from the Baxter Society. Nancy is a 2016 recipient of the Maryann Hartman Award given annually to Maine Women for their "work achievement, spirit, and zest for life". In 2019 a retrospective of her work was held at the University of Maine Glickman Family Library.
Book sales and commissions:
For a commission for one-of-a-kind manuscript books
please contact Nancy directly at [email protected]
or Michael Pyron, Bookseller at www.michaelpyron.com
There are four experiences which have shaped my work as an artist: growing up in a garden, access to a public library, a good elementary school education, and a B.A. in Biology. My love of nature and learning the rewards of hard work began in my parent’s garden. The public library nourished my love of reading and my early elementary education cemented my enduring love of the alphabet and learning. And, I could not have had a better background in art than the one I had in biology. The sciences helped me hone my visual skills through observation, taught me to be precise, and rewarded me for being curious.
Leavitt holds degrees in Biology and Art. She has received several Good Idea Grants from the Maine Arts Commission for research into her craft including the production of writing quills in a project entitled “Cutting a Thousand Quills” and “A Legacy of Lettering,” a calligraphic history of the Guild of Book Workers, which was presented in New York City at the 100th anniversary of the Guild of Book Workers in 2006. In 2002 she received the Stephen Harvard Award for book design from the Baxter Society. Nancy is a 2016 recipient of the Maryann Hartman Award given annually to Maine Women for their "work achievement, spirit, and zest for life". In 2019 a retrospective of her work was held at the University of Maine Glickman Family Library.
Book sales and commissions:
For a commission for one-of-a-kind manuscript books
please contact Nancy directly at [email protected]
or Michael Pyron, Bookseller at www.michaelpyron.com