Nancy Clearwater Herman: A Kaleidoscope of Color and Texture Nancy Clearwater Herman (born Reading, Pennsylvania, 1939) is an American artist whose distinctive approach to painting, collage, needle felting, visual music, and video has garnered critical acclaim and established her as a significant voice in contemporary art. Growing up in Glenside, Pennsylvania, Herman’s formative years instilled within her a lifelong fascination with artistic expression and observation—a passion that would propel her through rigorous academic pursuits at the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University.…