November Featured Artist
Artist Statement
Home; Italian traditions; and traveling inform Joyce’s artwork. She embraces her soul with family gatherings, memories of laughter and colorful images of adventures. Thus the theme of adventures, the house/home has been a recurring symbol along with a little humor. Her bronze sculptures combine her ceramic and sculpture backgrounds utilizing the casting of bronze. By combining traditional art forms with a creative and experimental attitude, humorous and thought provoking sculptures are created. With the use of color and bold compositional form, the intent is to draw viewers into the scenes as laughing and/or contemplative participants in the often-lighthearted environments. As an artist her definitions of a time and place are explored and knowledge of visiting a place is connected to the meaning of the experience. Evoking the response of a smile and laughter, or passionate inquiry from others through the artwork is one
BIO
Joyce Michelina Centofanti, PhD is a professional Artist, Art Educator, Ceramics and Special Education Consultant. As an artist and a scholar she has lived an interesting life finding a balance of these two aspects. Joyce has exhibited in over twenty solo and fifty juried exhibits in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Canada, China, Russia and Sweden.
“Dr. Joyce” is known for teaching diverse learners through art as a scaffold for helping students tackle increasingly complex cognitive tasks. Other accomplishments include presenting internationally, nationally and at state conferences. In 2008 “Dr. Joyce” presented at Oxford University, Manchester College, Oxford, UK. In 2010 she presented at the PaperClay Today Symposium in Laguna Beach, California. 2011 she traveled to Cuba as a Delegate with the NAEA (National Art Education Association) as an Art Education Researcher.
Dr. Joyce presented two lectures and two workshops as well as exhibited her artwork at the International Ceramics Symposium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr. Joyce also had been an Artist-In-Residence supported by NEA grants, an Art Teacher on the Great Navajo Nation, a Tenured University Professor, a Resource Specialist and past President of the Colorado Art Education Association. She is currently the President of the Pacific Artist Allegiance Co-op.
Joyce has received the Marion Quin Dix Leadership Award, Outstanding Alum, Professional Achievement Award, the NAEA/CAEA National Pacific Region Higher Education, Art Educator of the Year, and the University Faculty Award: Excellence in Student Engagement.
Home; Italian traditions; and traveling inform Joyce’s artwork. She embraces her soul with family gatherings, memories of laughter and colorful images of adventures. Thus the theme of adventures, the house/home has been a recurring symbol along with a little humor. Her bronze sculptures combine her ceramic and sculpture backgrounds utilizing the casting of bronze. By combining traditional art forms with a creative and experimental attitude, humorous and thought provoking sculptures are created. With the use of color and bold compositional form, the intent is to draw viewers into the scenes as laughing and/or contemplative participants in the often-lighthearted environments. As an artist her definitions of a time and place are explored and knowledge of visiting a place is connected to the meaning of the experience. Evoking the response of a smile and laughter, or passionate inquiry from others through the artwork is one
BIO
Joyce Michelina Centofanti, PhD is a professional Artist, Art Educator, Ceramics and Special Education Consultant. As an artist and a scholar she has lived an interesting life finding a balance of these two aspects. Joyce has exhibited in over twenty solo and fifty juried exhibits in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Canada, China, Russia and Sweden.
“Dr. Joyce” is known for teaching diverse learners through art as a scaffold for helping students tackle increasingly complex cognitive tasks. Other accomplishments include presenting internationally, nationally and at state conferences. In 2008 “Dr. Joyce” presented at Oxford University, Manchester College, Oxford, UK. In 2010 she presented at the PaperClay Today Symposium in Laguna Beach, California. 2011 she traveled to Cuba as a Delegate with the NAEA (National Art Education Association) as an Art Education Researcher.
Dr. Joyce presented two lectures and two workshops as well as exhibited her artwork at the International Ceramics Symposium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr. Joyce also had been an Artist-In-Residence supported by NEA grants, an Art Teacher on the Great Navajo Nation, a Tenured University Professor, a Resource Specialist and past President of the Colorado Art Education Association. She is currently the President of the Pacific Artist Allegiance Co-op.
Joyce has received the Marion Quin Dix Leadership Award, Outstanding Alum, Professional Achievement Award, the NAEA/CAEA National Pacific Region Higher Education, Art Educator of the Year, and the University Faculty Award: Excellence in Student Engagement.
