nancy katz po box 233 shelburne falls massachusetts 01370 413.625.6582
exhibiting artist
public exhibitions
2006 National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, “Sweet Shelter: Sukkah Art ”
2006 Norman and Sarah Brown Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, “Seven Canopies: Seven Weddings”
2006 Kol Isha, Mills College, Oakland, California, “Tallitot: A Celebration of Creativity of Women & Girls”
2005 Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California, "America and I”
2003 Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California, "What Joseph Wore”
2001 Temple Israel Judaic & Archival Museum, West Bloomfield, Michigan, “Textile Exhibit”
2000 Spertus Museum, Chicago, Illinois, “Judging the Book by its Cover”
2000 Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California, "Sacred Threads: A One Woman Show"
2000 Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California, “Art of the Alef Bet”
1999 Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, California, “Festival of Jewish Artisans”
1999 Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California, "The Art of Jewish Healing”
1999 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, California, “Klezmer Mania,” Chagall inspired sets with Vola Rubin
1999 William Breman Heritage Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, “Under the Canopy”
1998 Jewish Community Center, Rockville, Maryland, “Of Heaven and Earth”
1997 Hebrew Union College, New York, “Miriam’s Cups: An Invitational Exhibition”
1997 Mount Zion Temple, St. Paul Minnesota, “A Festival of Jewish Art”
1997 Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, California, “Festival of Jewish Artisans”
1996 Binyanei HaOman, Jerusalem, Israel, "International Festival of Judaica"
1996 Mount Zion Temple, St. Paul Minnesota, “A Festival of Jewish Art”
1995 Starr Gallery, Newton, Massachusetts, "Fine Judaica for Contemporary Life"
1995 Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, "Weddings California Style"
1994 Alef Bet Judaica, Los Altos, California, “Tallitot by Nancy Katz”
1993 Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, California, “Festival of Jewish Artisans”
1993 Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos, California, “Jewish Festival of Arts and Crafts”
1993 Janice Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan, “The Quilter and the Quilt”
1993 Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California, “Annual Chanukkah Exhibition”
1993 Impact, El Paso, Texas, “Programs of Excellence”
1993 Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, “New Year’s Card Invitational”
1993 UAHC Camp Swig, Saratoga, California, “40 Years of Creation: Alumni Exhibition”
1993 Jewish Community Federation, Santa Rosa, California, “A Gathering of Women”
1992 Hillel Foundation, UC Santa Barbara, “The Jewish Festival of Festivals”
1992 Temple Beth El, Salinas, California, “Artisans Festival”
1991 Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, “About Face: Purim Mask Invitational”
1990 University Synagogue, Los Angeles, California, “Synagogue Art and Architecture”
1989 Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, “Purim Mask Invitational”
1988 Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida, “We the Women”
1987 Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, “Claire Sherman and Nancy Katz”
1987 American Museum of Quilts, San Jose, California, “A Women’s Point of View”
1986 Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, “Israel Expo 86”
1986 Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco, California, “Inspired by Fire”
1986 Children’s Home Society, Oakland, California, “Kaleidoscope of Quilts”
competitions
2000 Spertus Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Finalist for Torah Cover Competiton
1998 Temple Israel, Natick, Massachusetts, Winning Design for Synagogue Parochet
museum collections
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, Tallit
Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, Israel Anniversary Quilt
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, Wedding Chuppah
publications
Judaic Artisans Today, Kathryn Morton, Flower Valley Press, 1999, featured artist
CCAR Journal, CCAR Press, Celebrating 25 Years of Women in the Rabbinate, Summer 1997, cover art