Snowmelt at Miller's Pond, Winchendon by Joanna Draugsvold

The Jaffrey Civic Center is delighted to announce an Oils on Canvas Exhibit by Joanna Draugsvold of the Winchendon School. Joanna's show will be held from February 12th through March 12th, 20016 in the 1st floor Auditorium Gallery. Her show at the Civic Center will include portraits, landscapes and still lifes. An oil painter, sculptor, and silversmith, Joanna was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, a few miles outside of Manhattan. She spent many afternoons after school either in New York, viewing museums and galleries, or in after-school art programs. Ms. Draugsvold began teaching in the arts in 1975. She continued her education at Wesleyan University in Connecticut to complete a degree of Masters of Liberal Studies with a major in fine arts in 1981. Since the early '80s, Ms. Draugsvold has shown the body of her work in a variety of forums, including one woman shows at the Katherine Brush Library Gallery in Windsor, Ct (1981), Noble and Greenough School (1990), and The Emily Landau Center for the Arts in Ashburnham, MA (2003). Ms. Draugsvold also exhibits individual paintings in New England art shows, including The Copley Society's Member Show and The Fitchburg Art Museum's Regional Artist's Show (where she was awarded honorable mention for her painting, Cinque Terre, Italy in 2003), as well as in The Nashua Chamber of Commerce Art Show (spring 2007), The Greater Gardner Art Association (fall 2007), The Westminster Circle of Artists' Show and The Petersham Regional Art Show (both in the fall of 2008).