Nancy Erickson
In Memoriam
Nancy Erickson
1935 - 2022
NWDC recently learned that former member Nancy N. Erickson passed away peacefully on February 7, 2022 in the Pattee Canyon home that she loved for 51 years. With her were her two daughters, Chris and Terrell, her husband Ron, and in spirit her granddaughter Avery, who is in Africa.
In Missoula she soon became involved in numerous political causes – such as GASP and the Missoula Women for Peace. And she met and formed strong friendships with a group of women who loved to draw – they formed a drawing group (the Pattee Canyon Ladies Salon) that hired models and had drawing sessions for more than 33 years in her studio. Her artwork brought her in contact and friendship with a wide group of art quilters (Studio Art Quilt Associates) and to numerous meetings in the East.
Over the course of her long career, she exhibited her artworks nationally (over 500 solo and group exhibitions) in most states, and internationally in Canada, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Germany, Cape Verde, Niger, Burma, France, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom.
