Statement
I am both a professional musician and artist. I experience life as having order as well as disorder through sound and sight. I create art along with music. The execution of the painting therefore becomes a personal performance, as were my song recitals when I was singing professionally, the one difference being: I am not interpreting someone else's poetry - I am creating my own in color and shape. I still work as a professional musician (as Joan Nahigian) teaching in my home studio and providing Sunday music for the Linden Ponds Community church.Printmaking and oil painting are my primary forms of artistic expression. Recently I have become fascinated by the interaction of light reflections on and through glass or water, and the challenge of depicting this with oils. I am honored to have had several of these canvases win prizes, best in show at the Cape Cod Art Center and one is presently on exhibit at the Cape Cod Museum of Art.
Resume / CV
Joan Appel81 King Philips Pathe, Marshfield MA 02050
phone: (781) 799-3105 email: joanappel16@gmail.com
website: www.joanappelart.com
EDUCATION
DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln,, MA School of the MFA, Boston
Musée de Thonon, Thonon-les-Bains, France University of Maryland
Guilford Handcrafts Center, Guilford CT Paier College of Art
Creative Arts Center, New Haven CT Syracuse University
EXHIBITIONS (selection of group and solo shows - prize winner)
Connecticut: Mt. Carmel Art League, Milford fine Arts Council, Guilford Arts League, Art Directors' Club of CT, Munson Gallery, Gallery One (New Haven); New Haven Paint and Clay
Florida: Pinellas County Art Association, Key West Art Center, Benjamin's Galleries (Ft. Lauderdale); Anderson-Marsh Gallery (St. Petersburg)
Massachusetts: South Shore Art Center, Copley Society, Boston Visual Artists Union, Cape Cod Art Center., Cambridge Art Assoc., Frame-up Gallery, Federal Reserve Bank-Boston, Monotype Guild of New England, Hingham library, Fuller Museum, Brockton; Fitchburg Art Museum; University of MA, Amherst; National Assoc. of Women Artists, Boston
Other States: RI: Newport Art Museum; CA: Arc Gallery, San Francisco; NC: Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery; SC: Vendue Hotel, Charleston; National Women's Exhibition, Galérie Triangle, Washington D. C.;
International: UMass, Amherst MA; Newport Art Museum - Newport RI; The Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth England; Lacuna International Art Festivals; Center For Contemporary Art, Bedminster NJ
PUBLICATIONS
Cape Cod Magazine (2012); Art New England (2012); 60 Years of North American Prints (2007)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Advertising and Creative Director, Welling International Corp., Milford CT
Owner, principal: Apple Ads, graphic art/design
Advisory panelist for Merit Aid in art, music - Mass. Council on the Arts and Humanities; member, local Arts Council
Owner, principal: "Custom Costumes" soft sculpture props and costumes for theater
Assistant Director of artists' services, The Artists Foundation of Boston
Development Manager, Acting Director: South Shore Art Center, Cohasset MA
Writer, reviewer for the arts; "The Patriot Ledger", Quincy MA
Membership Coordinator, The Boston Printmakers
AFFILIATIONS
The Boston Printmakers; Monotype Guild of New England; North River Arts Assoc; Duxbury Art Assoc.; Printmakers of Cape Cod; Coastal Printmakers; National Association of Women Artists; Gallery Artist: Cape Cod Art Center; Fort Point Arts Boston; American Impressionist Society
OTHER Professional musician, teacher, known as Joan Nahigian