Joanna Elizabeth Read
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EXHIBITIONS
2020 - Loof on Tour, East Providence Arts Council, Rumford RI
2020 - ***New Perspectives - Providence Wine Bar, Providence, RI
2020 - Favorite Places - Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2020 - ***Sharing Awe - Adventure Inspired Art, Zumi's Espresso, Ipswich, MA
2019 - Blackstone Valley Art Night group exhibition, Pawtucket, RI
2019 - ***Edge of Wonder - solo art exhibition at Central Rock Gym, Warwick, RI
2018 - ***To be fully alive: solo art exhibition and acoustic reception, Java Madness, Wakefield, RI
2017 - Artists for Save the Bay, Providence, RI
2016 - ***Featured artist, Made in Warren art gallery, Warren RI
2016 - Community Show, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2016 - Postcards from Alaska, crowdfunded art-travel hybrid, Anchorage, AK
2015 - Open Community Exhibit, Imago Gallery, Warren RI
2015 - Vernal Arts Festival, Revive the Roots, Smithfield, RI
2012 - Garden America: Freedom of Expression, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2012 - Open Community Exhibit, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2012 - Come to Mama, Knight Campus Gallery, CCRI, Warwick, RI
2011 - Craftopia Holiday - Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket, RI
2011 - Providence Arts Festival Fall - Providence, RI
2011 - NEB Employee Arts Show, Gallery at New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA
2011 - East Greenwich Arts Festival/Festival Fete, East Greenwich, RI
2011 - Providence Arts Festival Spring, Providence, RI
2011 - SoWa Open Market, Boston, MA
2011 - Craftopia - Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket, RI
2010 – High Fiber Under Five, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2010 – Pawtucket Arts Festival, Slater Memorial Park, Pawtucket, RI
2010 - **Seeing Double National Juried Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2010 - Providence Art Festival, Downcity/Westminster Street, Providence, RI
2010 - Spring Fling, Cutler Mills, Warren RI
2010 - Craftopia, Rhody Craft 100/Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket, RI
2010 - Contributing Members Show, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA
2010 - She Works Hard For The Money, City Hall, Providence, RI
2010 - In Your Face – Self Portraits by Women Artists, Eco-Office, Providence, RI
2010 - Memorial for Virginia Tech Victims, Virginia Tech Institute, Blacksburg, VA
2007 - ***Bringing to Light: BFA Solo Exhibition Inspired by Yoga, Leverett Craft & Arts, Leverett, MA
2007 – ***Joanna Read: Experimental Works – Bikram Yoga Studio, Northampton MA
2007 - **University of Massachusetts Senior Show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2007 - University of Massachusetts All Women’s Show, Student Union Gallery, Amherst, MA 
2007 - Hand Jive: Visual Interpretations of the Human Hand, Harding House, Cambridge, MA
2006 - Art Barn Student Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2005 - Artist Residence Collective Show, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2004 - Student Foundations Show, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2003 - **Sixth District Congressional Show, Montserratt College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA
** Award winner *** Solo Exhibition
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2020 - East Providence Arts Council artist member
2016 - Present: AMC New England 
2016 - 2017: Made in Warren contributing member
2012- Present: Lady Project contributing member
2010 – 2013: Attleboro Arts Museum contributing member
2010 – 2013: The Hive Archive contributing member
2009 – 2012: Rockport Art Association contributing member
2010 – 2013 The Hive Archive, Providence, RI


RESIDENCIES
2019    CRTI Innovations Residency, Providence, RI
2018    Selected participant of Wavemaker Collective: Where Social Innovation and Creativity Meet the Sea
, Ericeira, Portugal

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Center for Integrative Therapies & Healing, Pawtucket, RI​
Ethereal Energy Massage, Pawtucket, RI
Central Rock Gym, Warwick, RI
​Denali Outdoor, Providence, RI
Eating with the Ecosystem, Providence, RI
Amherst Yoga Studio, Amherst, MA
Bikram Yoga Studio, Northampton, MA


COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2020.     Time Machine to Adventure & the Global Art Mosaic, Guest presenter, Pecha Kucha Global
2020      Global Art Mosaic launch
2019       Community Mural project facilitator, 300 sq. foot Big Blue Bike Barn, Bike Newport, Newport RI
2019       Illumination - Live silk painting to chamber music performances of Appalachian Spring with Aurora Collaborative, Jamestown and Newport, RI
2018        Who Belongs? Strategies for creating space for a broad representation of identities in the world of outdoor adventure sports, session panelist, Brooklyn Boulders, Somerville, MA.

2018        Breaking Into the Outdoors, Session presenter, Denali, Providence, RI
2017        Leveraging Adventure to Build Community, Session presenter, Sprout coworking, Providence, RI
2017        Inspiring Young Women, Guest presenter, Our Sister School, New Bedford, MA
2016        Grantwriting 101, Guest presenter, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI
2016        Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits, Guest presenter, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI
2016, 2017    My Youth Leadership Story Guest presenter, HOBY RI, URI, South Kingstown, RI
2015       Community Art Facilitator, Vernal Arts Festival, Revive the Roots, Smithfield, RI

2014        Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone, Guest presenter, Pecha Kucha, Machines With Magnets, Providence, RI

EDUCATION
2017    NOLS Wilderness Medicine, Wilderness First Aid
2017    Map & Compass Navigation, REI, 2017
2017    Primitive Outdoor Skills, REI, 2017
2017    Shri Yoga Path of Service (RYT CE 80), Alison Bologna
2017    Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), Coral Brown
2016    Certified Professional Coach, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching
2016    Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), Eyes of the World Yoga School
2007    University of Massachusetts, BFA and Art History Minor
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Cum Laude, Chancellor’s Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 - Present
​Consultant, Brown University & Butler Hospital, TeenThrive: Yoga for Teens with Depression
2018
        Resident yoga teacher, small group trek to Everest Base camp with Driftwood Adventure Trekking
2018        Outreach yoga instructor, LRI School, Kathmandu, Nepal
2018        Retreat Facilitator, Fit to Learn adventure camps, Driftwood, Peverly, NH
2017-        Guest educator, Girls Leadership Collaborative summer immersion
2017-        Outreach yoga instructor for urban youth, teen girls, and adults and teens with developmental and mental disabilities via Shri Yoga
2016-        Yoga instructor for All That Matters Yoga studio, Providence RI
2015-2017    Program facilitator, Nonprofit Emerging Leaders program, Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI

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    • SILK PAINTING
    • MURALS
  • BLOG
  • Programs & Events
    • ARCHIVE >
      • GLOBAL ART MOSAIC
      • Creative Flow Fridays
      • YOGA & HIKING: MOUNTAIN PROGRESSION TRAINING
      • EVEREST BASE CAMP 2018
      • Holiday Art Fairs
      • Summer Fitness & Yoga Retreats!
      • WHITE MOUNTAIN RETREAT OCTOBER 4-6, 2019
      • Women's beginner climb nights
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