PATSY NORVELL

We were 17 together. I loved her more than anything then. I'm so sorry she's gone.

If anyone has contact info for Patsy's nephew Scott, in palo alto, i would appreciate it. thanks:
Will Segen [email protected]

I was an assistant to Patsy in the 1980's while attending the school of visual arts. I first met her ar A.I.R. At that time she was working with human hair. I gave her an 8" braid of my own hair to work with. She told me she would keep it but that it was too beautiful to pull apart. I hope she pulled it apart and used it. She was a beautiful person.

So sorry to hear this news. I had the privledge of first meeting and then working with Patsy in the early 80's when I was fresh out of Oberlin College. Sharing that time with her and her A.I.R. colleagues was formative for me, and I will always be thankful for having had that opportunity, and for the opportunity to call Patsy "friend".

Patsy was a wonderful, giving person. Thanks to her sister Peggy, i was able to meet and stay at Patsy's place in 84. I last saw her at Peggy's memorial in Portola Valley in 95.
Earlier this year, when i came across the glass installations on the subway stations in Brooklyn, I tried to find Patsy again. Too little, too late. ( [email protected] )

Patsy was my teacher in the early 1980's for a Women in the Arts graduate course I took at Hunter. I became a member of A.I.R. Gallery partly because I wanted to be a part of a place where women like Patsy exhibited. She was a serious and respectful person. Her work is elegant, unique and strong.

So sorry to hear of this news. Patsy was a friend of my Mother Charlotte Balinky Sloane (RIP) where they were members of one of the first women's groups in NYC. This was not an artist's group - it was totally about trying to reshape society for the advancement of women's rights.