Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts | Fibers | Maryland Institute College of Art | 2008
Magna Cum Laude (2008)
Student Leadership Award (2008)
Dean’s List (2005 – 2008)
Transfer Student Merit Scholarship (2005)
Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship in Fiber Arts (2006)
Betty Cooke ’46 Scholarship (2007)
Barry Holniker ’81 Memorial Scholarship (2007)
Fiber Departmental Recognition Award (2007, 2006)
Winiferd M. Gordon ’28 International Programs Award (2006)
Shows
Begehungen Kunstfestival | Chemnitz, Germany | 2011
Create Change | Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | 2011
Sunday Circus | The Fridge | Washington DC | 2010
Puppet Uprising Cabaret | The Rotunda | Philadelphia, PA | 2010
Darb TV | Current Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Theatre Bizarre | The Filmore | Detroit, MI | 2010
Hope Against Hope | Pheonix Shot Tower | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Bmore Erotic Performance Series | Hamilton Arts Collective | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Rooftop Film Series | Old American Can Factory | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Spectrum | Finnish Embassy | Washington DC | 2010
Cabaret [re]ReVoltaire } | Washington Project for the Arts | Washington DC | 2010
C.R.E.A.T.E. | City Hall | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Umami Food and Art Festival | Eyebeam | NY, NY | 2010
Giddy Multitude Cabaret | WOW Cafe | NY, NY | 2010
Love and Loss (I miss you Hugh Grant) | Hood College | Frederick, MD | 2010
CCB's Sloppy Seconds | Grand Central | Baltimore, MD | 2010
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage 2010 tour | Dynamite Space, Northampton; Club Oberon, Boston; AS220, Providence; Studio 34, Philadelphia; Silent Barn, NY; Artspace, Pittsburgh; Cream Cities Collective, Milwaukee; Abreact Performance Space, Detroit; Automatic Collective, Chicago; Indy Media Center, Urbana; Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis; Nancy's Place, St Louis; Fishtank Performance Studio, Kansas City; Half a Castle, Omaha; Spore Infoshop, Columbus; Beachland, Cleveland; This Little Bird Theatre, Charlottesville; Projexx Studio, Johnson City; Firestorm Cafe, Asheville | 2010
Puppet Cabaret | Black Cherry Puppet Theatre | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Rooms Play | Copy Cat Theatre | Baltimore, MD | 2010
Giddy's Valentines Cabaret | House of Yes | Brooklyn, NY | 2010
Poetry Project | St Marks Church | New York, NY | 2009
Puppet Uprising Cabaret | Rotunda | Philedelphia, PA | 2009
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage (solo performance) | The Barn | Brooklyn, NY | 2009
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage (solo performance) | PIFAS | Philapelphia, PA | 2009
The Femme Show | LOF/t | Baltimore, MD | 2009
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage (solo performance) | Annex Theatre | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Boundary Block Party mural project | Bruce Street Park, Henry H Garnett Park, and Gardens of Hope | Baltimore, MD | 2009
ME WE | Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Baltimore Sculpture Project (commissioned artist) | North Ave | Baltimore, MD | 2009
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage (solo performance) | LOF/T | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Charm City Kitty Club | Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Boîte | Minas Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Transmodern Arts Festival | H&H Building | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Xtends III: Bodies in Flight | South Hill Park Arts Center | Bracknell, England | 2009
Bioneers Conference | Favley Hall | Baltimore, MD | 2008
AGENDA | Current Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Boundary Benches | Public parks in West Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Femme Show | Strand Theatre | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Midway | Artscape | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Erotic Arts Festival | Load of Fun | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Beyond the Compass, Beyond the Square | Mt Vernon Square Park | Baltimore, MD |2008
Tom Dooley | 14 Karret Cabaret | Baltimore, MD | 2008
fifteen minutes (solo show) | Pinkard Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Made Home | Current Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2008
Potluck | Art in General | NY, NY | 2007
Conflux Festival | The Change You Want to See | Brooklyn, NY | 2007
Endwise | Current Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2007
Actions To Relate (solo performance) | Load of Fun | Baltimore, MD | 2007
Issure # 3 | Locust Art Magazine | 2007
Jetlag | Samzie 1 and 2 | Seoul, South Korea | 2007
Torn Together | Site Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | 2004
Mounds (commissioned installation) | Michigan Legacy Art Park | Thompsonville, MI | 2003
Permanent Collections
New Museum's Rhizome Art Base | NY
Ssamzie Museum | Heyri, South Korea
Michigan Legacy Art Park | MI
Interlochen Arts Academy | MI
Curatorial Experience
Curator | Transmodern Arts Festival | Baltimore, MD | 2007-present
Collective Member | Charm City Kitty Club | Baltimore, MD | 2007-present
Curator | Artscape | Baltimore, MD | 2009
Curator | "Body Material" at Middendorf Gallery | Baltimore, MD | 2007
Exhibit Designer and curator | "At Freedom's Door: Challenging Slavery in Maryland" at the Reginald F Lew Museum of African American History and Culture and the Maryland Historical Society | Baltimore, MD | 2005-2007
Press
McCabe, Bret | "Arresting Development | City Paper | Nov 10, 2010
Laubner, Philip | "Darb TV at Current Gallery | What Weekly | Nov 14, 2010
Boyce, Peter | "FORCE: on the culture of rape" | Radar Redux | Oct 4, 2010
Bolger, Doreen | "FORCE" | Artful Life | Oct 22, 2010
Gabler, Jay | "Performance Artist Rebecca Nagle" | Twin Cities Daily Planet | Jan 18, 2010
Rankin, Kelsey | "One on One with Performance Artist Rebecca Nagle" | The Buzz | Jan 21, 2010
McCabe, Bret | "Playing the Dozen" | City Paper | Jun 10, 2009
McNatt, Glenn | “Art on Demand” | Baltimore Sun | Mar 3, 2008
Henkin, Aaron | “fifteen minutes” | The Signal on WYPR | Mar 3, 2008
Ren, Ding | “Rebecca Nagle” | Locust Art Magazine | Jun 2007
Glaze, Violet | “Nonconformance Performance” | City Paper | April 4, 2008
McMenamin, Jennifer | “Artists hit the streets for Transmodern Festival” | Baltimore Sun | Apr 7, 2008
McCabe, Bret | “Risk/Reward” | City Paper | Jan 31, 2007
Grants and Awards
Healthy Neighborhoods Block Project Grantee (2010 and 2011)
Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts PNC Neighborhood Grantee (2010 and 2009)
Baltimore Community Foundation Neighborhood Grants Program (2009)
Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts Creative Community Fund Grantee (2009)
Baltimore Office of Promotion and Arts PNC Neighborhood Grantee (2009)
Goucher College's Community School Team Building Initiative Grantee (2009)
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Grantee (2009)
Parks and People Foundation Grantee (2008)
MICA Community Project Fund Grantee (2007-2009)
Barbara L. Kulman Foundation Award in Fiber Arts (2006)
Visiting Artist / Panels
Panelist | Fibers Department | Maryland Institute College of Art | 2011
Guest Lecturer | Painting Department | Maryland Institute College of Art | 2010
Guest Lecturer | Art Department | Towson University | 2010
Visiting Artist | Foundations Department | Maryland Institute College of Art | 2009
Panelist | Social Art, Collaborative Engagement and Activism: A Panel Discussion | University of Maryland | 2009
Work Experience
Teaching Artist | Child First | Baltimore, MD | January 2010 - present
Teaching Artist | Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | Oct 2011 - present
Teaching Association | Johns Hopkins University | Feb 2010 - present
Teaching Artist | Art with a Heart and March Middle School | Baltimore, MD | Aug '10 - Feb '11
Teaching Artist | Parks and People Foundation| Baltimore, MD | April 2010 -Sept 2010
Teaching Artist | Jubilee Arts | Baltimore, MD | December 2009 - Feb 2011
Community Connection Coordinator at Waverly Elementary Middle School| Greater Homewood Commuity Corporation| Baltimore, MD | Aug ’08 – Aug '09
Program Assistant | Art On Purpose | Aug 2008 - May 2009
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