Joan Richmond, who studied at 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 |
| 2023 | Pickle Street School Studio, Hopkins, MI, Gouache Workshop instructor |
Selected Shows
| 2025 | Northwest Michigan Reigonal Juried Exhibit, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI |
| 2025 | Arizona Aqueous XXXIX, National Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ |
| 2024 | Resonance & Rhythm, Four-Person Show, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI |
| 2024 | 3rd Annual Mini Gems Print Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY |
| 2024 | Wood|Work, Four-Person Show, Ramsdell Regional Arts Center, Manistee, MI |
| 2024 | The Artists of Main Street Gallery, Group Show, Old Art Building, Leland, MI |
| 2024 | Arizona Aqueous XXXVIII, Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Arizona Aqueous XXXVIII, Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ |
| 2022, 23 | 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 Gallery, 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 and 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, OH |
| 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, Crooked 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 Saugatuck 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