Joan Richmond, painting en plein air in RomeJoan Richmond, who attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati and received her MFA from the University of Notre Dame, describes observing nature and painting in situ as a challenging and rewarding experience. She believes an artist can experience the effects of light first-hand and translate those visual and emotional responses directly to paper or canvas. Richmond paints on location when the weather and time permit but also brings sketches, color notations and photos (what the French painters call aides-mémoire) to her studio to complete paintings or to reinterpret scenes.

Richmond taught painting for ten years at Northwestern Michigan College and continues to instruct workshops.

Education

1980 University of Notre Dame, MFA
1977 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Certificate; Northern Kentucky University, BFA

Teaching Experience

1999, 2004-14 Northwestern Michigan College (NMC), Traverse City, MI
• Painting, Typography, Drawing
• Design Advisor, NMC White Pine Press
• NMC Extended Educational Services (EES) painting workshop instructor
2010-2022 Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) Glen Arbor, MI, Workshop instructor
2015-2017 Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Leland, MI, Drawing Workshop instructor
2016, 17, 22 Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI, Painting Workshop instructor
2022, 2023 Patagonia Creative Arts Association, Patagonia, AZ, Workshop instructor
2022, 2023 Mackinac Arts Council, Mackinac Island, MI, Workshop instructor
2022 Pickle Street School Studio, Hopkins, MI, Gouache Workshop instructor

Selected Shows

2023 Celebrate Santa Cruz Valley, Juried Exhibit, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2023 2nd Annual Mini Gems Print Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY
2023 Impressions: The Art of the Print, Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2023 Arizona Aqueous XXXVII, Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2022 Tubac Center of the Arts Juried Members Show, Tubac, AZ
2022 93rd Michigan Contemporary Juried Art Exhibit., Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2022, 23 Annual All-Media Juried Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2022 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2022 Arizona Aqueous XXXVI, Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2022 Northern Michigan Juried Show, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
2021 Arizona Aqueous XXXV, Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2021 Paper+Scissors+Glue=New Collages, Lobby, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI
2020 Power Tools, Juried Exhibit, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI
2019 Reconstructions, Blk\Mrkt Coffee and Culture, Traverse City, MI
2019 91st Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2019 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2019 The Art of Coming Undone, Invitational, Michigan Artists Gallerly, Traverse City, MI
2019 61: An Exhibit Celebrating the 61st National Park, Indiana Welcome Center, Hammond, IN
2019 Northwest Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
2018 Minumental 31, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2018 M22 Art2Art, Art Tour, Leelanau County, MI
2018 Still Water Runs Deep Group Exhibit, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
2018 Rome: Black + White + Color, Blk\Mrkt Coffee & Culture, Traverse City, MI
2018 Annual All-Media Juried Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI
2018 90th Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2018 agriCULTURE Juried Exhibition, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI
2018 New Views: Water+Life+Art Juried Exhibition, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI
2018 Drawing from Perception VIII Juried Show, Stein Galleries, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH
2018 New Gallery / New Work Group Show, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI
2017 Old Art Building Artists-in-Residence Group Show, Leelanau Comm. Cultural Ctr., Leland, MI
2017 Serenity Group Show, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
2017 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2017 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2017 89th Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2017 Cities, Like Dreams Invitational, The Provincial, Kaleva, MI
2016 Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Bonfield Gallery, Petoskey, MI
2016 The Big Little Drawing Invitational, Blk/Mrkt, Traverse City, MI
2016 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Artists-in-Residence Exhibit, Munster, IN
2016 One-Person Show, Ann Hall Artist in Residence, Old Art Building, Leland, MI
2016 Chess: The New Players, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
2016 88th Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2015 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2015 23rd Annual “Art Leelanau,” Leland Community Cultural Center, Leland, MI
2015 Artscape, Leland Chamber of Commerce, Leland, MI
2015 87th Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2015 Postcards from Rome, One-Person Exhibit, Blk/Mrkt, Traverse City, MI
2014 543, Five Artists for Three Days, Ledbetter Gallery, Traverse City, MI
2014 Featured Artist, Fall Downtown TC Art Walk, Traverse City, MI
2014 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2014 86th Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2014 Art in Our City, Invitational. Frauenthal Center, Muskegon, MI
2013 Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, Juried Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
2013 Featured Artist, Fall Art Walk, Martha’s Leelanau Table, Suttons Bay, MI
2013-19 All-Media Juried Exhibit, Oliver Center for the Arts, Frankfort, MI
2013 Featured Artist, Fall Downtown TC Art Walk, Morsels, Traverse City, MI
2013 Art in Agriculture, Group Exhibit, Gallery 50, Traverse City, MI
2013 Two-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2013 85th Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2013 One-Person Show, Gallery 50, Traverse City, MI
2012 Fish Stories and Waterscapes, Group Exhibit, Gallery 50, Traverse City, MI
2012 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2012 Art and the Garden, Juried Exhibition, ArtCenter Traverse City, Traverse City, MI
2012 84th Regional Juried Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2012 Northwest Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
2011 A Sensual Feast: The Art of Food and Wine, Group Exhibit, Gallery 50, Traverse City, MI
2011 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2011 Art Academy of Cincinnati Alumni Exhibition, featuring 15 painters, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Mackinac Island Juried Contemp. Art Exhibition, Manoogian Art Museum, Mackinac Is., MI
2011 Art Works Alliance May Show, Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, Traverse City, MI
2010 50th Annual Greater Michigan Juried Art Exhibition, A.B. Dow Museum, Midland, MI
2010 Two-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2010 82nd Annual Juried Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2009-2012 Annual Minumental Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati,ON
2009 Trunk Show, One of Two Featured Artists, The 9s Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Group Anniversary Exhibit, Gallery 50, Traverse City, MI
2009 Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Brooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2009-2017 Plein Air Paint Out, Glen Arbor Art Association, Glen Arbor, MI
2009 One-Person Show, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
2009 The Saugaatuck Dunes, Juried Exhibit, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Annual Juried May Show, Art Works Alliance, Traverse City, MI
2005,07-13 Northwestern Michigan College Faculty Group Show, Traverse City, MI
2007 Group Invitational, Art Works Alliance, Traverse City, MI
2007 Show Your Colors, Juried Exhibit, Art Works Alliance, Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI
2005 25th Annual Juried Fine Arts Show, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2004 20/20 Vision, 24th Annual Juried Show, Crooked Tree Arts, Petoskey, MI
2003 Outside the Lines, Statewide Juried Show, Colored Pencil Society of Am., Dearborn, MI
2001, 2003 1994, 1996-97 Three Person Show, Hattie’s Suttons Bay, MI

Awards/Artistic Activities

2022 Best of Show, Arizona Aqueous XXXVI Juried Exhibit, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2016 Hon. Mention, All-Media Juried Exhibit, Oliver Center for the Arts, Frankfort, MI
2016 Artists’ Shovels, Dennos Museum Center Groudbreaking, Traverse City, MI
2015 Artscape Painting Image selected for 2016 Leland Food & Wine Festival Poster, Leland, MI
2015 Friends of Art Award, 87th Regional Juried Exhib., Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2014 Third Place, Plein Air Paint Out, GAAA, Glen Arbor, MI
2013 Painting Selected by jury for the publication, “The Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes”
2011, 2013 Second Place, Plein Air Paint Out, GAAA, Glen Arbor, MI
2012 Best of Show, Fish Stories and Waterscapes, Gallery 50, Traverse City, MI
2012 Third Place, Art and the Garden, ArtCenter Traverse City, Traverse City, MI
2010 Invited Artist, 3rd Annual Art Walk, Wau-Ke-Na Nature Preserve, Glenn, MI
2010 Painting selected by Jury for annual “Manitou Music Festival” poster, GAAA, Glen Arbor, MI
2009 Third Place, Plein Air Paint Out, GAAA, Glen Arbor, MI
2009 Two paintings selected by jury for the publication, “The Saugatuck Dunes”
2008 Third Place, Juried All-Media Show, ArtsCenter Traverse City, Traverse City, MI
2005 Hon. Mention, 25th Annual Juried Fine Arts Show, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2002 Invited Artist, Streetscapes, Cincinnati Parks and Recreation, Cincinnati, OH
1995-96 Invited Street Artist, FLIMP Festival, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
1994-96 Invited Street Artist, Street Painting Festival, Lake Worth, FL
1993-99 Street Artist, Friday Night Live, Traverse City, MI
1991 Invited Artist, I Madonnari Street Painting Festival, Santa Barbara, CA
1990 Street Painting Team, :60 Coca-Cola Spot, Los Angeles, CA
1987-88 Group Artist, I Madonnari Street Painting Festival, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 Poster Design Winner, Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration, Santa Barbara, CA

Visiting Artist and Residencies

2016 Ann Hall Artist in Residence, Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Leland, MI
2015, 16, 20 Visiting Artist, The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2014 Artist in Residence, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, IN
2006 Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI

Publications

2013 “Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes: Transforming Nature into Art,” Leelanau Press, Dennos Museum
2009 “The Saugatuck Dunes: Artists Respond to a Freshwater Landscape,” Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance and the Saugatuck Center for the Arts

Selected Collections

Chicago Historical Society; Cincinnati Bell; First Source Bank, South Bend, IN; Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration, Inc,; Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN; Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District

Gallery Representation

Main Street Gallery, Leland, Michigan