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MEET THE JURORS JOANNE HUNTER DAWN LOMBARD JONI JOHNS LERNER
www.artspotinfo.com www.dawnlombard.com Joni Johns Lerner has been working in the NY professional
costume industry for over 25 years. Examples of her work
Joanne Hunter is a native of Connecticut, graduating from Pratt Dawn has been working with glass for over ten years can be seen on the stages of the Broadway, touring & Japan
Institute with a BFA degree. Trained as a designer, she freelances and was the glass studio monitor and teacher at the companies of "The Lion King" and the Broadway & national
in graphics, textile, interior and fashion design. She is an award- Brookfield Craft Center. tour of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," and "Wicked." Other
winning fine artist exhibiting pastels and watercolors. projects have included New York City Ballet, American
Her designs have been featured in the books "1000 Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, and Kansas City Ballet.
She is a co-owner of The Art Spot on Route 7 in Ridgefield. Here, Beads," "1000 Jewelry Creations," "Creative Lampwork" Her work can also be seen on the Spiderman costumes at
fine art classes are offered to children and adults in an educational and "Creative Glass Beads" and is a 4-year winner of the Universal Studios Theme Park in Florida. Joni was co-owner
and supportive environment. Expansive portfolio development is annual Delphi Art Glass Festival. of Fabric Effects in NYC, a fabric dyeing, painting and silk
offered to high school students pursuing art school education as screening company serving the theater, dance, film, and
well as Artists in Residence programs for east coast schools. Dawn’s work is featured in the Spectrum Gallery, the fashion industries. She has collaborated with numerous
Farmington Valley Art Center’s Fisher Gallery, Brookfield designers of stage, screen and ballet for special costumes
She and her partner, Bruce, are respected recipients of hundreds Craft Center Gallery, Guildford Art Center, Wesleyan such as for Bette Midler’s stage tours and with Maurice
of Public Art commissions, including a town-wide collaboration Potters, and can be seen at many fine craft shows Sendak on several opera projects, as well as a numbered &
in Brookfield, and community/school collaboration for a mural in throughout New England. signed series of hand-painted silk scarves.
honor ofVictoria Soto. Her latest public art involved collaboration
with over 4,000 marchers at the Women’s March on NYC to create Joni is currently Assistant Professor at Western Connecticut
“Eyes of the World” mosaic mural. The piece will be hung in NYC State University teaching Costume Technology.
to commemorate this historic event.
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