A graduate of the University of Akron, Joan is a printmaker, painter, and mixed media artist. Her recent, ongoing series, As Potent as a Charm, explores the malevolent side of familiar plants in a collection of black and white linoleum block prints. Although the concept is botanical, allusions to dark tales and malfeasance hint at a narrative within each visual representation.

In 2019 Joan was honored with the Arts Alive Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Summit Artspace in Akron, Ohio. She was gallery coordinator for the Summit Artspace Gallery from 2007 to 2013, is a member of Artists of Rubber City and a longtime Highland Square resident.

Artwork is available at Joan Colbert Studios, 140 East Market Street, Studio 106, Akron, Ohio and at Don Drumm Studios & Gallery.