JOYCE EAKINS, M.F.A. 

EDUCATION            Master of Fine Arts Degree, University of Colorado-Boulder

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, University of Colorado-Boulder with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa     

EXPERIENCE

1982 – 2006                Adjunct Professor of Fine Art
                                    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE

1979 - 1982                 Chairperson, Fine Arts Department 
                                    COLORADO WOMEN’S COLLEGE

EXHIBITIONS

International, national, regional  and  local  exhibits—Watercolor  USA
National Invitational, National Arts Club of  New York, Butler Institute
of American Art,  Denver Art Museum, Federation of Rocky Mountain
States  Invitational  Travel  Exhibit,  Laguna  Beach  Art  Gallery,  Palm
Springs Desert Museum, and many other prominent galleries.

PAINTING AWARDS

Joyce Eakins  painting “Come Ride With Me” was one of 75 paintings
exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan,  Republic  of China.
The  75  paintings  were chosen  to  express  the  recent  art  trends  in
American Art. After the closure  the exhibition  traveled to France and
was shown at Chateau de Tours, Tours.

Joyce Eakins was the recipient of numerous awards including the
National Watercolor Society, the Rocky Mountain National and 
Watercolor USA.

Watercolor USA  National Bicentennial Exhibit: Joyce Eakins painting 
“Colorado Sky” was chosen  for the Watercolor USA national  poster. 
Other  artists  included  in  the exhibit  were William  Wiley,  Abraham
Rattner,  Joseph Raffael,  Leroy Neiman, Leonard  Baskin  and  many
other prominent artists.

Awarded Rocky Mountain Women's Institute Painter in Residence
1976-1977.  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1982 - 2006                 University of Denver, The Women's College

Painting
Creativity
Drawing
Understanding Art 
Modern Art History

1977-1982                   Colorado Women's College - Denver 
                                    
                                     Painting: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced 
                                    Watermedia Painting: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced 
                                     Drawing:  Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

1974 - 1977                 University of Colorado - Boulder

Basic Painting 
           Watermedia Painting

TEACHING AWARDS                                                                                                             
                      Outstanding Teacher Award University of Denver, 
                      The Women’s College 2005

 Award of Distinction: Art,
             Colorado Women’s College                                          

 Award of Distinction, Outstanding Service,
 Colorado Women's College

 Governor's Awards Committee, 
Colorado Council on Arts & Humanities

JUROR, GALLERY COORDINATOR, EXHIBITION CHAIRMAN

Juror for regional and local exhibitions: Boulder Artist's Association,
Foothills  Fine  Arts  Center, Jefferson  Unitarian  Church,  Littleton
Fine Arts Guild, Colorado Women's College, and many others.

Gallery Coordinator, Colorado Women's College

Exhibition Chairman, Colorado Watercolor Society

BOOKS

            Joyce Eakins paintings reproduced in:          

            Sisters Singing, Carolyn Flynn, ed., Wildgirl Publishing, 2008

Heart Breath and Graceful Movement, Pamela Eakins, cover art Joyce Eakins,                    Wildgirl Publishing, 2006

Tarot of the Spirit, Joyce Eakins and Pamela Eakins, cover art and 80
paintings by Joyce Eakins, U. S. Games, Inc., Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1992   

Watercolor:  See  For  Yourself,   Mary  Carhartt.  Also  included:  Albrecht
Durer, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Georgia O'Keefe, John Singer Sargent
and John Marin.  Grumbacher Publications, 1984.

Watercolor Bold And Free, Lawrence Goldsmith. Also included: Georgia
O'Keefe, Paul Jenkins, Sam Francis and other noted contemporary artists. 
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1980.