Nancy P. McGee
Department Chair, Fashion Design

Fashion Design Department Chair Nancy P. McGee refers to herself as an educator, designer, and artist. As an educator, McGee taught at Parsons School of Design in New York for 25 years. While there, she held positions as Associate Chair, Acting Chair and Director of Special Projects. In 1986, she established the Fashion Designer department at Parsons in Paris. McGee also spent time as a faculty member for the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, serving as a professor, department chair for Fashion Design, and Dean of Faculty.

McGee’s work in the fashion field includes children's wear, bridal, and contemporary dresses. She also served as a design consultant for Scott Paper Company where she designed “Paper Caper,” the first commercial paper dress featured in Fortune, Industrial Design, Seventeen, and Life magazines. The garment is now included in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Artist Exhibitions include:

• Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE - permanent collection
• Bronx Museum of Art, NY - "Clay, Fiber & Metal by Women Artists"
• Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables FL - "Frontiers in Contemporary Weaving"
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Solo exhibition
• Cheltenham Art Center "Fiber and Wood" . Received Fiber Award
• Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA - Art Fighting Aids benefit auction

Member:

• Fashion Group International, Inc
• Who’s Who

Education:

• BFA Fashion Design, Philadelphia College of Art (now University of Arts)
• MFA Fine Arts/Crafts/Fiber, Tyler School of Art, Temple University

IADT Fashion Department Chairperson from 2004

• Design I, II, III
• Senior Portfolio
• Pattern Drafting, Draping, Construction
• Textiles
• Textile Design
• Introduction to Design
• Concept Development