[FEATURED ARTIST]
JOAN BUTTERFIELD // 60
JOAN BUTTERFIELD ARTIST, ART INNOVATOR, ART CURATOR, ART COLLECTOR, AUTHOR. Born and raised on the island of Bermuda, Joan Butterfield studied in New York, Boston and Toronto. A practicing artist for over 40 years, she has produced and sold over 8000 works that can now be found in private and corporate collections, museums, universities, hospitals, libraries and city halls, throughout the world. She has participated in more then 400 group and solo exhibits in Canada, USA and Bermuda. Joan is regularly commissioned by organizations to produce works of art for guest speakers and award presentations. In 1995 The Canadian Human Rights Commission chose Joan to develop and curate their Black History Month “Human Rights Through Art” exhibits. Author of “The Starving Artist Guide to Riches” and hundreds of articles that assist and encourage artists. She is the founder and Art Director of the Association of African-Canadian Artists and producer and curator of their annual travelling COLOURblind exhibits. Joan has developed and guest curated exhibits for the Royal Ontario Museum, numerous fortune 500 companies, and educational institutions throughout Canada and the USA. As a five-year member of the board of directors for the Scotiabank Caribana Festival, Joan produced and curated their critically acclaimed annual art exhibits held at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. /// PHOTO CREDIT: BERT PIERRE
IT HAS BEEN MY AIM FROM THE ONSET OF MY CAREER TO PRODUCE ART THAT WOULD BECOME A VEHICLE, AESTHETICALLY LINKING THE PAST TO THE FUTURE. I STRIVE TO DOCUMENT AND EDUCATE MYSELF AND OTHERS ABOUT MY RICH CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND HAVE ENDEAVORED OVER THE COURSE OF MY JOURNEY TO PRESENT AN ARTISTIC, POSITIVE, PRESENTATION OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. —JB
