Nancy Zastudil

Background

About Nancy Zastudil

After years of working casually with artist-friends on their writing, I established The Necessarian, LLC as a business through which I could work toward equitable representation in the arts and formally offer editing services to artists and arts organizations. Guided by my beliefs in art as a gateway to learning and literacy as a pathway to empowerment, today I consider myself "the artist's editor." Engaging with and learning from other professionals in the field is paramount, and I do so through classes, certificate programs, webinars, and conferences offered by organizations such as ACES: The Society for Editing and the Editorial Freelancers Association. Most importantly, I talk with and listen to artists so I can advocate for how and where they want their voices to be heard and their words to be read. My approach is inspired by Constructivist artist Vladimir Tatlin who has been quoted as saying,"Not the old, not the new, but the necessary. In my personal writing practice, I am inspired by and indebted to visionary women. As a result, I am working on a book about how women have used running to advance equal rights.