Joy Portnoy Severin was born in St. Louis. Her and her husband Sandy divide their time between the Bay Area and their ranch in Sonora, where they grow olive trees and lavender. Joy has been involved in numerous arts projects in california. She co-founded and co-directed the town of Danville%26apos;s first Arts Festival, and served on the Board as Fund Raiser and Art Director for two years. She has always been deeply involved in dance, performing for fifteen years in Dancers Circle, a Bay Area-based liturgical dance company, and she has competed as a ballroom dancer at competitions throughout the United States. She attended Washington University School of Fine Arts and is a graduate of california College of Arts and Crafts. Her drawings and paintings appear in private collections in California, the Bay Area, Boston, Atlanta, Cleveland, St. Louis, and the University of Iowa. Joy is a member of the California Watercolor Association, The Central Sierra Arts Council, and the Mother Lode Arts association. Her work is represented by The Main Street Gallery, Murphys, CA, Bowl Of Cherries Gallery, Sonora, CA, and Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA. EDUCATION 2004 Painting Workshop – Peggy Kroll, Sonora, CA 2004 Painting Workshop – Wilford Zorn, Sonora, CA 2002 Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Workshop – Landscape Painter, Richard McDaniel, Santa Rosa, CA 2000 Water Media Workshop – Juday Greenberg, CWA 1995-1996 Post Graduate, Instituto Allende, SMA, Mexico 1985-1988 BFA, California College of Art, Oakland, CA 1978-1982 Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 1973-1974 Trinity College, San Antonio, TX 1970-1971 University of Michigan School of Fine Arts, Ann Arbor, MI 1965-1969 Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO REPRESENTED BY Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA The Main Street Gallery, Murphys, CA Bowl Of Cherries Gallery, Sonora, CA SOLO EXHIBITS 2006 Contemporary Western Work, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA 2005 Feather Natures, Artist In Residence 2004 Feather Natures, Danville, CA 2002 Sharons Fine Arts, Sonora, CA 2001 East Bay Eye Center, Albany, CA 2000 Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA 1999 Tapas Sevilla, Danville, CA 1998 El Nido, Danville, CA SPECIAL EVENTS Designer - Special Street Banner, City Of San Ramone, CA Open Studios Tour - Sonora Artrails 2006
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