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Fundraising with Joy

Please join us in celebrating and fundraising for the documentary-in-progress One World: The Art of Joy Brown. I will talk about my work, we

China: A Source of Inspiration and Identity for Joy Brown

Joy Brown is a sculptor who lives in Connecticut, but her experiences in China and Japan have shaped her artistic journey. She is the subjec

Monumental Statues of Joy Brown Around the World

Joy's world was way more complex, with profound family roots in China and Japan that stretched for three generations and a vision that was n

On The News with Joy Brown

Lichfield Magazine - By KK Kozik - In November, Brown debuted the finished piece in a borrowed commercial space in the center of Kent, CT

The Language of Ceramics

Joy Brown work is driven by emotional impulses, as if her subconscious was dictating the modeling of the clay.

JOY BROWN: THE MURALS

We can think of One World as a gift intended to mark her return to Japan after an absence of nearly forty years. Looking back, we can regard

JOY BROWN

Joy Brown has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.

HANIWA

For the last six months, Joy Brown and I have been working to produce a film about her ceramics, her sculptures, and a recent mural...

ONWARD TO JAPAN

It is no longer a secret. I will soon be heading to Amano, Japan, where I'll stay for a few days with potter master Shige Morioka.

SHIGE MORIOKA

While working on my film about Joy Brown in Connecticut, I heard the name Shige mentioned many times and by multiple sources. Joy will...

ON THE NEWS

For Brown, artwork is communal. In effect, to create her singular work, Brown works in plurality. “Once you see her at work around the kiln,

EARTH & FIRE

Notes from the Editing Room - It might not always be the case, but it so happens that often takes a village to fire a kiln, and when it...

LIFE IS A DREAM

One World, the mural recently unveiled for a temporary showing before it is shipped to its permanent home at the Horokan Museum.

The Art of Joy Brown

If I have been absent for the last few weeks for a very good reason: The Art of Joy Brown. The film is about its name sake, a remarkable...