EDUCATION

Goldsmith, University of London, England 1978-79

Penland School of Crafts; Summer 1971 and 1972

Rhode Island School of Design 1973

California College of Art 1969-19

Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction in Textiles, California College of Art 1973

One-year Diploma in Embroidery, Goldsmith, University of London, 1979

California Community Colleges Certificate of Qualifications for Teachers of Adult s

State of California Standard Designated Teaching Credential of Adult Education

2023 One person show, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Rosa, CA

2023 Fiber Reimagined, Fiber Art Now in-print show & Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2022 Traditions Evolve. Group Surface Design Association online exhibition

2019 Three Person Show, Women of Spring, Sofi Contemporary Arts Gallery, Calistoga CA

2017 Group Show, Freehand, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Group Show, California Handmade: State of the Arts, Craft In America, Alta Loma, CA

2014 Group Show, Decatur Arts Alliance, Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA

2009 Three Person Show, Local Color Gallery, Bodega Bay, CA

2008 Group Show, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY

2006 Three Person Show, Graton Gallery, Graton, CA

2004 California Design 2004, San Francisco, CA

2002 Group Show, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA

2001 Group Show, received a Merit Award, Sebastopol Center for Arts, Sebastopol, CA

1997  Two Person Show, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1991  One Person Show, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1989 Group Show, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA

1988 One Person Show, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

1986  Group Show, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY

1985 One Person Show, Gallery Five, Tequesta, FL

1983 Two Person Show, Oklahoma Design Center, Oklahoma City, OK

1981-84 Group Clothing Show, Carol Hooberman Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1982 Two Person Show, Pacific Basin, Berkeley, CA

1981 Three Person Show, Montavo Art Center, Saratoga, CA

1980 Two Person Show, California Craft Museum, Palo Alto, CA

1978 Family Show, Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1977 “Young Americans,” American Crafts Council traveling show

Google Headquarters, Sunnyvale, CA

Kaiser Medical Centers, San Rafael and Redwood City, CA

Salvation Army, headquarters, Washington, DC

Public Works city building, Decatur GA

Freehand Gallery. Los Angeles, CA 

The Passdoor, Sonoma and Santa Rosa, CA

Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

 Authored

 Polychromatic Screen Printing, Oregon Street Press, 1984 (revised edition, 1991 & 2018)

“Polychromatic Printing,” Threads Magazine, March-April, 1986

Articles

“Alchemy into Art: Life’s Work of Joy Stocksdale,” Abby Bard, Fiber Art Now, Winter 2014-15

“Joy Stocksdale: Making an Impression,” Suzanne Smith Arney, Surface Design Journal, 2006 “Joy Stocksdale Polychromatic Screen Printing,” Vivian Poon, Surface Design Journal, Sum 1985

“One Pull Prints All,” Patricia Malarcher, Surface Design Journal, Spring, 1994

Represented

Fiber Reimagined, in-print show, Fiber Art Now, Spring, 2023 

Artistry in Fiber: Wall Art, Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing, 2017

Craft in America, Jo Luria & Steve Fenton, Clarjson Potter Publishing, 2007

Fiberarts Design Book Five, Edited by A. Batchelder & N. Orban, Lark Books, 1995

Pattern-Free Fashions, by Mary Lee Trees Cole, 1995

The Contemporary Quilt, Pati Chase, E.P. Dutton, 1979

Introducing Quilting, Eirian Short, Batsford (London), 1979

Machine Quilting, Bobbie and Tony Fanning, Chilton, 1980

Quits to Wear, Virgina Avery, Scibners, 1982

Media

Craft America: California, PBS series, view here

SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1975-present Workshops for fiber guilds, conferences, schools (nationally), 

  Stitchery, Polychromatic Printing

10/10   Peninsula Wearable Arts Guild, Campbell CA

  Polychromatic Printing Demonstration and Talk

6/05  Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO

  Polychromatic Printing Demonstration

4/02  Wearable Art Conference, Santa Fe, NM

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

6/99  Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

7/98  Coupeville Arts Center, Coupeville, WA

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

7/92,7/94 Surface Design Quilt Symposium, Columbus, OH

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

7/90  Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

7/88  Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinberg, TN

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

7/87  Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

  Polychromatic Printing Workshop

3/89, 4/9011/92, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA

7/00, 5/01,6/06  Polychromatic Printing Workshop & Artist in Residence

1975-1991 San Francisco Community Colleges, Fort Mason Art Center

  Stitchery, Quilting, Printing, Weaving

7/74-8/74 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

9/74-12/75  Stitchery, Quilting

1973-1977 Berkeley Adult School, Berkeley, CA, Stitchery

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION POSITIONS

Surface Design Association: Finance Director 2010-2013, Membership Manager, 2003 to 2013;   Executive Director 2003-2009; Administrator/Ad Manager, 1988-2002, SDA State Rep, 2022-present

Visual & Literary Arts Manager, Fiber Arts show Coordinator Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 1998-2000

“Fiber Arts International” exhibit coordinator, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 2000- presents

Board, Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, 1994-1996, 2015-2020

Conference Coordinator, Surface Design Association Regional Conference,

Berkeley 1986 and San Francisco, CA 1993