Joan Fiori Blanchfield, SAS '64
Just two weeks shy of her 80th birthday, Joan fiori Blanchfield walked across the state at the State University of New York at Albany to receive her doctoral degree in History. A sculptor, professor, museum curator, polygot (proficiency in 5 languages), wife, mother, grandmother, volunteer, Joan shows no signs of slowing down and gives new vigor to the term Renaissance woman
Joan grew up in the idyllic enclave of Sea Cliff on Long Island Sound and recalls how she and her four siblings all helped their parents renovate their 100-year-old house. From her parents she learned how to sew, embroider, refinish furniture, work with tools, solder, lay tiles, etc. These are the skills which Joan still relies on, and which laid a solid foundation for her future art career.
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