Joan Meixell

Silk Screen Printing

Joan has been working with the silk screen medium for over 30 years. She was introduced to the process (using oil based inks) at Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, and has since developed different techniques using acrylic inks. She has had her work in several juried shows and has won awards. Joan thoroughly enjoys teaching and seeing what students will do with the process. She has taught silk-screening at The University of Memphis through its continuing education program and currently, an interdisciplinary course through Watauga College, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Appalachian State, in which she uses the process as a way for students to experience printmaking as they study the history and culture of other printmaking methods such as woodcut and etching.

In addition to Hands Gallery, Joan’s work can be seen in Main Street Gallery, Blowing Rock, and in the Appalachian State University Cultural Museum on University Hall Drive off Highway 321 in Boone. She has been a member of Hands since October 1997.