The Artist
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Joyce Michaud v
jmichaud@hood.edu
The artist's early work in oil, lithography and mixed media created a
world of great depth, with a myriad of texture and rhythmic line that celebrates life, the
perfect architecture of nature, and form that follows function. Her ceramic art
extends the concept of color, line, and texture from the two dimensional world into the
reality of the three dimensional space. Continuing the exploration of color, depth,
texture, and intricate pattern, her ceramics also encompasses a sensual aspect that not
only regales the eye but invites the touch. Inspiration by nature to the study of
physical forces brings the artist full circle. The expression of beauty in form and
function continues only with the understanding and harnessing of these natural forces and
the organic markings which are the gift of the fire.
Born in Denver, Colorado, Joyce Michaud graduated magna cum laude from Lycoming College with a Bachelor of Art degree in Art and Education, attended Columbia Visual Arts College and completed her Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at George Washington University where she taught for seven years. She now teaches at Hood College, where she is the curator of Hodson Gallery and Director of the Ceramics Program. Her work is exhibited at Wye Creek Galleries in Frederick, Maryland.