ARTIST RESUME

Joan Corman

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Art Source Gallery - Palm Desert, CA
Chemers Gallery - Tustin, CA &
Grand Central Gallery - Santa Ana, CA

ORGANIZATIONS and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Laguna Art Studio: Director
Instructor 1987 - Present
City of Laguna Beach: Arts Commissioner 2001 - 2003
Vision Planning Steering Committee 1999 - 2003
Laguna Outreach for the Community Arts (L.O.C.A.): Member
Instructor 1998-2004
Sawdust Festival: 2002 - Present
Community Art Project (C.A.P.): Member 1998 - Present
Laguna Art Museum: Member 1982 - Present
Artist Council Chair 1986
All California "84 Chair
Newport Coast Marriott Villas: Art Instructor 2004 - Present
Project Pacific: Art Instructor 1995-1997
Names Project Orange County: Art Coordinator 1993
Laguna Beach College of Art and Design: Instructor 1989-1992
Arts by the Sea: Curator 1984-1986

PUBLIC PROJECTS
CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH
OC Public Library: Children's Art Exhibitions 1999 - Present
Arts Commission: 2003 Children's Art Exhibition Chair
Vision Planning Steering Committee: 1999 Children's "Vision Laguna's
Future" Mural Project Chairperson
Opera Pacific: 2000 Children's Art Competition Co-Chair
Children's City Banner Project: 1997 El Morro School Co-Chair
"Remembrance: One Year Later" 1995 Children's Arts Coordinator
Orange County Imagination Celebration: L.A.M. Chairperson

EDUCATION
LAGUNA BEACH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Laguna Beach, CA 1980 - 1994
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, Washington 1972 - 1973
Surgical Nursing Certification
ORANGE COAST COLLEGE
Costa Mesa, California 1976 - 1978
Drawing & Sculpture
MEDICAL CENTER OF EASTERN VIRGINIA
School of Professional Nursing
Norfolk, Virginia 1968 - 1972
Diploma/License
KUNSTHOCHULE
Zurich, Switzerland 1974 - 1976
Drawing Certificate
LAGUNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
Laguna Beach, CA 1964 - 1966
BERLITZ LANGUAGE SCHOOL
Zurich, Switzerland 1974-1976
German Certificate
WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL
Portsmouth, Virginia 1966 - 1968
Diploma

AWARDS AND SHOWINGS
CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH
Pallet Competition:
1st place cash award 1999 & 2003
3rd place cash award 1999
Invitational pallet submission 1985
Invitational one person show 1999
Banner Competition: cash award 1984 & 19977
CHEMERES GALLERY
Tustin ,CA
Group Show 2000
WATERFRONT GALLERY
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Group Show 1999 - 2002
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
Orange County Juried Competition
2nd Place Cash Award 2004
Invitational One Person Show 2001
Juried Competition 1998, 1999, & 2000
WELLS FARGO BLDG
Laguna Beach, CA
"Banking on Art" 2000 - 2005
CATALINA ART FESTIVAL
Catalina, CA
Group Exhibition 1998
LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
Auction Invitational 1998 - 2005
"All California" 1984
"Last Picture Show" 1986
ANGELS GATE CULTURAL CENTER
"Children's Art" Invitational 1985
ARTS BY THE SEA
Laguna Beach
Art Coordinator 1984 - 1986
One Person Show 1985
LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
"Collectors Choice" 1999 - 2005
ORANGE COUNTY FAIR
Costa Mesa, CA
Juried Exhibition
Honorable Mention 2004
"Bear Project" 2003
ORANGE COUNTY ALLIED ARTS FESTIVAL
Group Exhibition 1984
ORANGERIES GALLERY
"New Images" Group Show 1984 & 1985
MILLARD SHEETS GALLERY
Pomona, CA
Invitational: "The Living Room" 2003
ORANGE COUNTY ALLIED ARTS FESTIVAL
Group Exhibition 1984
GRAND CENTRAL GALLERY
Santa Ana, CA
Invitational: "Surroundings" 2003
COSTA MESA ART LEAGUE
Juried Competition 1984
ART SOURCE GALLERY
Palm Desert, CA
Group Exhibition 2002 & 2003
ORANGERIES GALLERY
"New Images" Group Show
1984 & 1985
GRAND CENTRAL
Santa Ana, CA
Invitational Group Exhibition 2003
ELIZALDE & CIE
Laguna Beach, CA
Group Exhibitions 1984 & 1985
SAWDUST FESTIVAL
Laguna Beach, CA
Winter Festival 2001 & 2002
Summer Festival 2003 - 2005
RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM
"All California"
Biennial Juried Competition
 
MISSION VIEJO COMPANY
Juried Art Competion
Cash Award 1st Place 1979

ARTIST STATEMENT

LAGUNA ART STUDIO CLASSES