ABOUT THE ARTIST Joanne Gigliotti has been involved in artistic process throughout her life seeing things in her unique way, celebrating life's beauty and joys in ordinary things. Most of her work has been created in the medium of Batik Painting. Having used this resist method of painting. working on linen and silk, then on rag board, she now batiks individual ceramic and glass tiles and creates large scale tile murals. Joanne's work is represented in permanent collections, including The National Museum for Women in the Arts, McCormick Collection, Westinghouse Collection, and The London Library. Formerly the director of The Smithsonian AssociateÕs Studio Arts Department, she has shown work in over seventy one-woman and juried exhibitions across the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Design, and Sculpture from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master of Education in Art from The Pennsylvania State University.More.... Ms. Gigliotti is included in Who's Who in American Art, as well as in Who's Who in the East, as an artist and art administrator. Currently working on, and exhibiting her own work, her participation in the visual arts also includes mentoring young and emerging artists, and teaching specialized master classes. She is presently designing a ceramic and glass mural with fused glass artist, Carol Kanga, for Georgetown Hospital in the Pediatric Unit in conjunction with Studio G, and creating jewelry based on her tile designs.