Background
Reinker, Nancy Clayton Cooke was born on July 6, 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Billie Clayton and Barbara Jane (Mitchell) Cooke.
Reinker, Nancy Clayton Cooke was born on July 6, 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Billie Clayton and Barbara Jane (Mitchell) Cooke.
Student, Kent State University, 1954-1955; student, Cleveland The Art Institute of Chicago, 1956-1957; studied sculpture with, Stanley Bleifeld, 1979-1980; student, Silvermine School of Art, 1988-1989.
Owner, Nettle Creek Shops of Westport and Cos Cob, Connecticut, 1974-1986; owner, Cross River Design Studio, 1986-1989.
Chairman Commission for The Arts, Weston, Connecticut, 1993-1994, Art Bridge-United States-Japan, 2000, Gallery Irohani, Sakai City, Japan. President Institute for Visual Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1992-1993. Vice president, president Art Place Gallery, Southport, Connecticut, 1991-1992, treasurer, since 1998.
Member American Society Of Interior Designers (associate), Silvermine Guild of Artists (trustee 1994-1999), New Haven Paint and Clay (Merit award 1993, purchase award for permanent collection 1997), National Association Women Artists, Connecticut Women Artists (Painting award 1991), Greenwich Art Society (Randolph Chitwood award 1994), Women's Caucus for Art, Chi Omega.
Married Dale Bruce Reinker, September 29, 1956. Children: Shahn Elizabeth, Laura Beth, Karen Christian.