Radical Paper

Joan Hall’s work is featured in the newly published book  Radical Paper:  Art and Invention with Colored Pulp “Radical Paper:  Art and invention with colored pulp discovers a new world, mapping the variety, power and beauty of pulp as an artistic medium. The book exposes the new possibilities with this humble yet magnificent material” Carol… Read more »

Control and surrender

I know papermaker and printmaker Joan Hall. She makes giant, delicate, color-rich installations contending with the impact humanity has on the oceans. Here, she pivots to glassmaking. Joan, the curators write, was one of the inspirations for “PIVOT.” They quote her: “I don’t work with materials as convention dictates. I move freely from one material… Read more »

Subject To Change: A Conversation with Joan Hall

Joan Hall’s layered, monumental sculptures address how the climate crisis affects human bodies and bodies of water. Her processes and forms start with handmade paper and evolve organically. Part of the mystique in Hall’s work stems from the fact that she uses dry pigments and paper to create water-like surfaces. Her conceptual thinking is as… Read more »

AMAZING NATURE, Silkeborg, Denmark

4 March – 31 December 2023 “You are the one who in the best way gives visual form to the sea and all implications, and still insist on beauty so we can preserve our hopes at the same time a being reminded of fragility ….” Iben From Director KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad Silkebord, Denmark https://www.silkeborgbad.dk/en/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/amazing-nature.html

Where Light Dances: On the Ocean and In My Memories

September 15 – November 12, 2022Opening reception: Thursday, September 15, 6-8pm Childs Gallery is pleased to present Where Light Dances: On the Ocean and In My Memories, an exhibition of new work by Joan Hall. Hall’s mixed media sculptures and installations are inspired by her climate change advocacy and recent personal crisis, building a story… Read more »

Planet Earth, the Environment and our Future

The Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI March 19 – May 1 Joan Hall will be exhibiting her Installation Algae Bloom  in an Exhibition that looks at the interconnected nature of our world through Art and Science