A Kristina Joyce Biographical Note
Kristina Joyce (1945-1998) held a bachelor’s degree in art from Hood College, and a master’s degree in art education from Massachusetts College of Art. She took courses in ceramics and watercolors at the DeCordova Museum School, and courses in graphic and interior design at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. Joyce’s art focused on drawing and painting from seashells. Joyce was a member of both the Boston Malacological Club and the Boston Mineral Club. Besides creating her own art exhibits, Joyce also hosted drawing classes at her studio for young students; each spring, their art was exhibited in the Children’s Room of the Concord Free Public Library. Joyce’s artwork has also been featured on the covers of Bob Lawson’s album “The Kids Collection of Greatest Classics” music arranged by Concord’s, and her illustrated articles have been featured in The Concord Web Magazine and The Concord Journal.
Her first exhibit, Calligraphy and art on the shells of Concord, was in 1983 at the Thoreau Lyceum Exhibit for Thoreau Society, which is also the year that she met Mary P. Sherwood and began a professional working relationship with Walden Forever Wild (WFW) that lasted the next ten years. Joyce designed a logo, as well as booklet covers, for the organization. She also scripted fliers, petitions, cards, and announcements, and oversaw the editing and printing of the organization’s publications. In 1993, when Sherwood resigned from WFW, the organization was restructured, and Joyce decided to end her relationship with WFW.
Kristina Joyce Papers: A Guide to the Collection
