Biography

A graduate of the University of Akron, Joan currently paints and exhibits and has won numerous awards in both juried shows and art festivals. In 2005 she was honored with the Outstanding Visual Artist award, presented at the biennial Arts Alive! by the Akron Area Arts Alliance. The Akron-Summit County Public Library owns work commissioned for new branch libraries- the most recent was installed in the North Hill Branch in summer 2004. As the First Night® Akron 2001 button designer she created a mixed media piece: a whimsical skyline with a dove, a peregrine falcon and a blackbird/jester. Her previous experience includes graphic work for both the City of Akron and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. She continues to do free lance illustration and promotions along with private commissions. Joan is gallery chairperson for Summit Artspace, secretary of Artists of Rubber City and lives in the Highland Square area of Akron. She hosts an open studio each spring and her home was featured in Artist in Residence – The West Hill Tour of Expressive Addresses in 2003.

Of note:
· Significant Landscapes, Selected Landscapes: Relationships and Selected Landscapes: Scenes were installed in the North Hill Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library in July, 2004
· The artwork from Significant Landscapes was on the cover of The Wallace Stevens Journal, Spring 2004 edition, published by The Wallace Stevens Society, Inc., Potsdam, New York
· A summer workshop at the Akron Art Museum involved families in producing block print City Scenes for the Akron Children’s Hospital Medical Center building that opened in October, 2003

Community/professional involvement:
· Artists of Rubber City, secretary
· Akron Area Arts Alliance, member and gallery chairperson for Summit Artspace
· Akron Arts Expo, former advisory board member
· West Hill Neighborhood Organization, board member
· Art in the Square, Highland Square, founding committee member