Kathryn Nocella Portfolio

Kathryn Connor Nocella

Selected Works

2024

Contents

Curriculum Vitae

Supshun

18th and Spruce Day to Day Cafe

Gestalt

Nocella Original Designs

Debutante

Ephemeral Collage

Education

Kathryn Connor Nocella

Kathryn Connor Nocella

864.380.4109 katie.nocella@gmail.com

Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture: Graduate Program

Expected date of graduation: May, 2025

College of Charleston (2011-2015)

B.S. in Anthropology, minors in Spanish and Studio Art. Honors College, Cum Laude

Phi Eta Sigma since 2011, Lambda Alpha since 2013, Global Scholar: Spanish- Intermediate High, 2015

Research

Teacher Culture in Title 1 Schools 2014-2015

A short ethnographic documentary of the relationships in a 6th grade class of Charleston inner-city African American students working with teachers of different ethnicities.

Gringa Girl in a Chilean World 2013-2014

An ethnographic account of my study abroad experience as a female American college student, living with a Chilean family in Santiago, Chile

Alternative Spring Break 2013

Grant writing with Non-profit LAMB for extended art programming to keep young adults out of gangs in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A half semester program with a week trip to Honduras.

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Leadership Roles

Art Workshops 2018-2023

Led a variety of workshops for sewing, bookmaking, weaving and embroidery through different programs in Philadelphia.

Swim Coach McCarter Community Pool 2011-2012

Gave swim instruction to children ages 3-18. Organized events and dinners for families.

Urbane Renewal Founder, President 2009-2011

A sewing and design collective that promoted up-cycled fashion design and entrepreneurship through charity events.

Creative Management

Butcher’s Sew Shop Instructor 2018-2023

After school and day camp programs for children 5-15 years, and workshops and private lessons for adults. We use hands-on learning to bolster creative and kinetic skills.

Oxbow Summer Art Program Summer 2016, 2017

Head Counselor (2017): Organized and executed pre-camp leadership meetings and managed budget. Delegated daily counselor activities and responsibilities, and continued with regular counselor duties. Camp Counselor (2016): Created and co-taught workshops. Organized and led various creative activities. Managed 7-8 girls (ages 13-17) daily for two week periods.

Rensing Center Non Profit Artist Residency Program Assistant Director, 2015-2016

Wrote newsletters. Created and emailed campaigns. Scheduled artists’ stays. Planned, organized and administered events.

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Summer 2013, 2014

Worked with patrons and exhibitions. Wrote blogs. Installed art shows. Administered and promoted events.

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Exhibitions and Press

Design Philly, 2023, Philadelphia, solo display at Cecil Baker Partners’ Open House

Fashion show at Quadrate Academy, 2019, Philadelphia, curated and participated

CofC Alumni Highlight with the Office of Sustainability, 2019

Debutante solo show, 2018, Philadelphia, Nice Things Handmade

Reviewed in Philadelphia Magazine (2018) and Philadelphia Inquirer (2018)

Herspace Group Show, 2018, Philadelphia, Show Juried exhibition

Residency at Rensing Center, 2018, Pickens, SC

Residency in Oaxaca, Mexico 2017

Tongue and Cheek Group Show, 2017, Headlong, Philadelphia

Fine Arts Center Alumni Juried Show, 2017, Greenville, SC

Salon de Refuse, 2012, College of Charleston juried show, 1st Best in Sculpture

Young Contemporaries, 2012, College of Charleston, juried show, 2nd Best in Show

London International Creative Competition, 2012, juried show, Honorable Mention

Gold Scholastics Key Portfolio Award, 2010-201, SC

Urbane Renewal Fashion Show, 2010, Greenville, SC, curated and participated

Silver Scholastics Key Award 2007-2008, SC

Skills

Analog:

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Sewing Machine/Hand

Embroidery

Chemical/Natural Dyeing

Bookbinding

Weaving

Graphic Design

Digital:

Revit

Rhino Photoshop Illustrator

InDesign

Vray

Enscape Excel Word

Google Docs

Travel

Italy 2023

France 2018

Great Britain 2018

Ecuador 2018

Chile 2013

Peru 2013

Honduras 2013

Colombia 2011

Portugal 2007

Mexico 2006, 2012, 2017

Spain 2005

Supshun

This project is invested in a building solution that will both boost the economic vitality of the community and have a tangible connection to the Gullah Geechee in Charleston, South Carolina. Our building is a cultural market. The two floors of our building have the main programs of a market, where the community residents can sell their handmade arts and crafts, and a kitchen, where people can bring raw ingredients to be cooked by local chefs. This community kitchen is both: for visitors who are interested in tasting Gullah Geechee authentic dishes from local chefs and for local residents who cannot use their SNAP benefits for prepared food. They can now come to this cultural market to have their food cooked.

Advanced Graduate Design Studio Fall 2023 Prof. Na Wei

Collage renderings Paper, thread and Enscape

Contextual and Inspirational Collages

Digital

Cardboard Screen Mock Up

Laser cut cardboard and spray paint

1:1 Scale Model of Column

Concrete, found objects and oyster shells

18th and Spruce

This project site is in the heart of Philadelphia. In response to the current context and history of Philadelphia, this design is a response to the how the city grew and changed the natural landscape of the area. The underground streams that are underneath the site were used as inspiration to create forms and guide the design narrative of the nature retaking the city with natural and man made forms existing side by side.

Graduate Design Studio II Spring 2023 Prof. Sonja Bijelic

Collage renderings Paper, thread and Enscape

Day to Day Cafe

This structure presents the dichotomies of the everyday. Above, the cafe space is light, quick and spontaneous. Below, the cafe space is heavy, pensive and purposeful. The stairwell in between the two realms/cafes acts as the physical threshold we often experience mentally as we make our way through our daily lives. We may simply do what is necessary: quickly grab a cup of coffee for the purpose of refueling. We may take the slower, more meandering route, a cup of reflection rather than just a coffee. Here in this space, the two modes pass in and around one another. Just as in life, the cafe represents our daily experience of these dichotomies. It is the visible juxtaposition we face day to day as we each decide to descend into contemplation or ascend into expediency.

Graduate Design Studio I Fall 2022 Prof. Stephen Anderson

Gestalt

Graduate Design Foundation

Summer 2022

These collages are made in Photoshop in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to over turn Roe v. Wade. Images of the clowns represent the feeling of living in a “clown town”, and are mixed with scenes from Italian Giallo films to emulate the feeling of the extreme and outrageous through bright colors and scenes of horror. The combination of clowns and scenes of horror create a sense of false security, and that there is much below the surface of something seemingly simple and well meaning.

Prof. Christopher McAdams

Nocella Original Designs

Pattern Drafted

Naturally

Pattern drafted design

Jumpsuit 2019

Draped design

Day Robes 2018

Draped design

dyed, silk vintage lace

Floral and Gold Dress 2019

Floral and Net Top 2019

2010

Up-cyled Dress

Draped design

Debutante

An exploration of feminine identity, work and iconography through drawing, embroidery and screen printing.

Thread and pencil on trace paper

Nocella original design top 2018

Silk organza Embroidery floss

Vulva embroidery #7 2018

Embroidery floss, fabric paint

Vulva embroidery study 2018

Ephemeral

Collages of Home

Collages

Kathryn Connor Nocella

katie.nocella@gmail.com