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Joyce Werwie Perry – Award Winning Pittsburgh artist
Perry is the owner of le Poire Fine Art Studio in Pittsburgh where she paints and teaches her unique knife technique to a school of oil painters. She is on the teaching staff at Sweetwater Center for the Arts in Sewickley and holds workshops in various locations in the tri-state area. Perry is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and former vice president/exhibition chairwoman, and a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh. |
Her work is in numerous private and corporate collections including PNC corporate offices and Westmoreland Museum of American Art’s permanent collection, and has been shown at select venues:
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Perry has received several awards from local and national sources, including Douglas Fogle, former curator of contemporary art, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh; Barbara Jones, curator, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg; Faith Ringgold, renowned international artist and Caldecott winner; Seton Hill University, Greensburg; Western Pennsylvania Council for the Arts; and Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.