Monday, March 2, 2026

March Artist of the Month

Art At The Kent Library

Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Library
with Arts on the Lake
Exhibit: Oil and Watercolor Paintings
Show Dates: March 2nd-31st

Joan M. Kendall

Joan is a former teacher of deaf and hard of hearing children with a Masters Degree in Deaf Education from Boston University. She developed curriculum and worked in schools for the deaf in Rhode Island, Illinois, Massachusetts and Connecticut. She taught developmental language and speech, and used art and illustration extensively to teach language and language concepts.

After leaving a career in teaching, Joan began to pursue her love of art. After first exploring painting in watercolor, she took her first oil painting class at the Silvermine School of Art in New Caanan CT and fell in love with the medium.

She continued attending classes at the Silvermine School of Art with gifted and talented teachers. She has taken workshops with well known realist and contemporary impressionist painters both in the US and abroad. Among her teachers are Dmitri Wright, Maggie Signer, Jeanne McGuire, Larry Moore and Ian Roberts.

She has traveled to France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and New Zealand to study and gather materials and ideas for her work. She finds painting a never ending source of challenge, discovery and joy.

To purchase art please contact Joan at jmkendallart@gmail.com