Born: 13 October 1939, United States
Died: 27 June 2024
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Annunziata Jean Azara
This biography is reprinted in full with permission from the National Women’s History Museum (United States of America). NWHM biographies are generously supported by Susan D. Whiting. All rights reserved.
Father: Joseph F. Azara
Mother: Nancy Como
Children: Nana Olivas
Siblings: Victoria, Joseph
Employment: Sculptor and Educator | International Sculpture Center; WCA; CAA; Sculptors Guild
Societal Contributions
Nancy Azara is a sculptor, painter, and educator who has shown her carved, painted, and gilded wood sculptures both locally and internationally in places as diverse as Italy and Taiwan.
She founded a feminist art institute with 5 other women The New York Feminist Art Institute, NYFAI (1979-1990) where she taught a workshop called Visual Diaries: Consciousness Raising and Art Making. She has also written a book Spirit Taking Form: Making a Spiritual Practice of Making Art.
She is a mother and grandmother and her life partner is Darla Bjork, MD, artist and physician.