maintains a studio in Oakland, CA where she has lived and worked since 1970. Born in Abington, PA in 1947, she received her MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1977 and has taught at the University of California since 1982.
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Master of Fine Arts
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Goddard College, Plainfield Vermont
Agean School of Fine Arts (summer program), Paros, Greece
Monticello Junior College, Godfrey, Illinois, Associate of Arts
Jenkintown (PA) High School, Class of 1966
Professor in Residence, Department of Art Practice, University of California,
Berkeley
Professor of Art, University of California, Davis
Visiting Professor & Associate Dean, School of Fine Arts, California
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Visiting Artist, University of California, Berkeley
Guest Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Shopmaster (ceramics), California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Guest Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Instructor, Ohlone College, Fremont CA
Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Guest Artist, California College of Arts Crafts, Oakland
Community Artist, Neighborhood Arts Program, Alameda County
Teaching Assistant (ceramics), California College of Arts and Crafts,
Oakland
Teaching Assistant (ceramics) for Vernon Coykendahl, California College
of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Public Lecture, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Public Lecture, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Public Lecture, Microsoft Artist Lecture Series 2003, Microsoft Silicon
Valley Campus, Mountain View, CA
Artist-in-Residence and Public Lecture, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Washington University, St. Louis,
MO
Artist Talk and Print Demonstration, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose,
CA
Visiting Artist, Public Glass, San Francisco, CA
Public Lecture, City of Oakland Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland,
CA
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Public Lecture, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Public Lecture, Fayerweather Gallery, University Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA
Public Lecture, Microsoft Artist Lecture Series 2001, Microsoft Campus,
Redmond, WA
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design,
Milwaukee, WI
Public Lecture, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside,
CA
Visiting Artist and Guest Juror for the 1999 Yozo Hamaguchi Scholarships
in Printmaking, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, University of Arkansas, Little Rock,
AK
Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Public Lecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Visiting Artist, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Public Lecture, California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center, Santa
Rosa, CA
Transformation: The Art of Joan Brown,
Panel Discussion with Jaqueline Bass, and Karen Tsujimoto, Berkeley Art
Museum. Berkeley, CA
Drawing: Different Perspectives, Yale
School of Art , New Haven, CT
Seminar Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Public Lecture, Elvehjem Museum, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
A Discussion Of The Work of Louise Bourgeois,
The Berkeley Salon: Friends of Women in the Arts, University Art Museum
and Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA
Public Lecture, The Arts Council of Napa Valley, Napa, CA
Public Lecture, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Public Lecture, The Artship Foundation, Oakland, CA
Public Lecture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Public Lecture, Kansas University Art and Design, Lawrence, KS
Public Lecture, Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC
The Invisible Museum, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Public Lecture, Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University School of Art, Athens
OH
The Professional Artist: Professional Practices,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Public Lecture, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Public Lecture, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
Artist-in-residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Public Lecture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Fireside Chats: SECA Members In Discussion
With Artists And Art Professionals, San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art, San Francisco, CA
Public Lecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
Theory and Criticism, seminar, Department
of Art, University of California, Berkeley, CA
What are the Politics of Painting, Panel
Discussion, Persistence of Painting Forum Symposium, California College
of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
Uncertain Ground: The Artist in America Society,
Panel Discussion, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Department of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Altered States - Alternate Worlds, Symposium
on Outsider Art, Creative Growth Art Center at Oakland Museum,
Oakland, CA
Contemporary Collectors Circle, Stanford Museum of Art, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA
Lecture and Panel Discussion, Artists’ Day, Monterey Peninsula Museum
of Art, Monterey Bay, CA
Art in Discussion, LA Art Fair, Los
Angeles, CA
Squeak Carnwath on Joan Brown, Talks
by Nine Artists, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley,
October 11
Special Tribute to Jay DeFeo, University
Art Museum, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Artist-in-residence, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
UC Davis: Survey of Its Impact on the Arts,
Guest Speaker, Modern Art Council, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA
The Artist's Career: How It Happens,
Issues in Contemporary Art Seminar Series, San Francisco Art Dealers Association,
San Francisco, CA
Issues in Today's Art World, Symposium,
Saint Mary's College, Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
Lecture & Workshop, Allied Arts Council of Yakima Valley, Yakima,
WA
Painting Seminar, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Painting & Sculpture Series, California College of Arts & Crafts,
Oakland, CA
The Art Museum of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Women's Art: Is there a Difference?,
panel discussion, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art, New York Studio Program, Washington,
D.C., November