Joan Painter Jones
Mixed Media Sculpture and Painting
Education: Bachelor of Art Education, Eastern Michigan
University, post-graduate studies in watercolor, self taught
in 3-D mixed media.
Selected Awards:
Michigan Artists Competition, Holland Area Art Center, Holland, MI.
Merit Award, 1993, Hope College Award, 1998, Honorable Mention, 2006.
“Punchline”, Holland Area Art Center, Holland, MI, Third Place Award, 2003.
50th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Midland (MI) Center for the Arts,
Award of Merit, 3-D, 2010
All Media Juried Members Show, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI,
Best of Show, Juror’s Choice, 1990, 2011, Barbara Dorr Memorial Award, 1999, 2003.
Ann Arbor Women Arts Juried Exhibits, Ann Arbor MI, Best of Show, 1988,
1994, 1995, Award, special merit, 2007, 2009, Best of Show, 2010., third place, 2012.
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham,
MI, Best of Show, 1996.
Michigan Annual XXII, Mt. Clemens Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI, Best of Show,
1994.
Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan, third place, 2011.
Sharing the Gift, Northville Presbyterian Church, Northville, MI, Juror’s Choice,
1999, Award of Excellence, 2003, 2005, 2007, Juror’s Choice, 2006, 2010.
State of the Arts, Saginaw Township, Saginaw, MI, Best of Show, 2005,
Special Merit, 2006, 2011
Jackson All Area Show, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, Award for Best 3-D
Sculpture, 2006.
All Media Art Competition, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI, Best of Show, 2009.
2011, Best of Show, 2012.
Selected Juried National Shows:
“The Divine Line”, 1989, “Stretch a Sketch”, 1990. “Healing Grief” 1993,
“Going Home-less”, 1994, Merit Award, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ,
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Members Shows in 1998, 1999, 2000,
2002, 2003, 2011.
“Our Visions, Women in Art”, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills,
MI, 1996, 1998 1999, 2000, 2005.
39th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus
Christi, TX, 2005, sculpture purchase award.
40th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus
Christi, TX, 2006. 2011.
National Juried Show, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, Milford, NJ, 2005.
Public Collections:
McLaren Hospital, Flint MI
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Mt. Carmel Merch Hospital, Detroit, MI
Catherine McAuley Child Care Center, Ypsilanti, MI
Haisley Elementary School, Ann Arbor, MI
Fox Hills School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena, MI
Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI
Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Publications:
The Best of Acrylic Painting, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 1996
Creative Inspirations, Rockport Publications, Inc.,1997
The Artistic Touch 3, Christine Unwin, 1999
In Drought Time, Mayapple Press, 2005