JoAnn Giordano
JoAnn Giordano (born 1949, Newark, NJ) is an American textile artist and curator who has exhibited since 1977. Education. Giordano has studied at Purdue University, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1988, she earned an MFA in Fiber from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Exhibitions. Giordano has shown her work internationally in Mexico and Japan. She has exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Ohio Craft Museum. She had a one-person exhibitions at the Womans Building in Los Angeles and at Artemisa Gallery in Chicago. Her work was included  in an exhibition at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC. Teaching. An art educator, Giordano has taught since 1979, including classes sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art, LaGuardia Community College, Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Kent State University and Case Western University. Reception. Feature articles on her work have appeared in "Surface Design Journal" and "FiberArts" magazine, and her work has been reviewed in the "New Art Examiner". "Surface Design Journal" published a five page feature article by Janet Koplos (held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art) on Giordano entitled "JoAnn Giordano: The Earthy and the Cosmic