About Joni
Joni believes the practice of creating is entwined with our desire to connect with the world and understand our brief existence. The labor and repetition in her art are a space for meditation and learning. Nature, stories, history, and love provide the details that guide her process using mediums of gouache, pen & ink, collage and, now, bookmaking and more ink.
Education
1973 -1974
Richmond College, London Study Abroad Art History
1970 -1974
Wells College, Aurora, New York; Bachelor of Arts, Art History, Studio Art minor
2019-2021
Mills College MFA Book Art, Oakland, CA
2007-2018
Oxbow School Summer Printmaking Program, Napa, CA
Residential workshops with a focus on printmaking under Stephen Thomas. Intensive focus on skill development in etching, drypoint, aquatint, and more, forms of printmaking.
1994-2020
Life drawing group (1-2x weekly)
July-August 2014
Spanish School, Mexico
2003-2004
University of California, Berkeley Extension: College Admissions & Career Planning Certificate
1991-1992
College of Marin: Spanish; Life Drawing; Women Soccer Team (alternate All-American)
1974-Winter 1976
Arcosanti, Cordes Junction, Arizona; Summer
Built the precast concrete cube structures that hold large Soleri bell assemblies in the restaurant bell tower.
Arcosanti was an experimental micro-city exploring reorganization of the built environment by integrating Architecture and Ecology. Its archeology concept was posited by the Italian-American architect, Paolo Soleri (1919-2013).
Work Experience
Director of College Access and College Support Specialist, Summer Search, Spring 2001 - October 2019
Managed and provided training for college access program, advisors and mentors while building relationships with college, scholarship and postsecondary programs. Advised a large high school senior caseload from our nine Bay Area counties. Summer Search is a national non-profit that serves students with great potential, but unequal opportunity due to systemic inequities. Summer Search partners with high schools, community-based organizations, families and supporters to provide mentoring and transformative summer experiences, college & postsecondary advising and an ongoing college success and alumni network.
Art Teacher, 1995-1997
Substitute for art classes at Tam Valley Elementary School and Mill Valley Middle School.