Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2012.021.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Nancy-Lou Patterson's office at the University of Waterloo] |
Description |
Reproduction of a colour photograph as per title. A desk is in the foreground covered with books, papers, and miscellaneous objects. Shelves cover the two visible walls. The shelves contain books and various objects, including family photographs, figures, and works of art. Window behind the desk with a roller blind. Objects on the window sill and hanging in the window. Morris style chair on the left side. The image has been matted with a white matboard. "Memories Of." has been printed in the upper left corner of the matboard. Thin piece of plexi-glass covers the image. Acid-free mat board on the reverse of the photograph. The plexi-glass and the matboard backing have been taped together along the edges. |
Date |
1980 |
Date |
1990 |
Copyright |
Waterloo Region Museum |
History |
Nancy-Lou Patterson (1929-2018) was well-known as a writer, artist, scholar, teacher, and poet. Born in Worcester, Mass., she received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Washington in 1951. After graduating, she worked as a scientific illustrator at the University of Kansas and at the Smithsonian, then worked for nine years as a lecturer at Seattle University. In 1962, she and her husband, Dr. E Palmer Patterson, moved to Waterloo Region to teach at the University of Waterloo. In addition to her position as Director of Art and Curator of the University's art gallery, in 1966 she taught the university's first Fine Arts course, and in 1968 she founded the Department of Fine Arts, twice serving as Department Chair. She became an Associate Professor in 1972 and full Professor in 1981. In 1993, she was named "Distinguished Professor Emerita" by the University of Waterloo and also received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. As a scholar, Nancy-Lou Patterson has written extensively on the traditional arts of Swiss German and Dutch-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, and also on First Nations art. She has published both poetry and fiction, including several novels. As an artist she is known for her liturgical commissions that have been done in textiles, stained glass, wood, metal, terra cotta, and calligraphy. She designed a series of stained glass windows in 1964 for the Conrad Grebel Chapel at the University of Waterloo. Nancy-Lou Patterson is an inductee in the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. |
Search Terms |
University of Waterloo |
People |
Patterson, Nancy-Lou |