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ABOUT THE ARTIST |
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For two decades, artist Juanita Yoder has painted large scale installations on silk for liturgical, healthcare, and hospitality environments. Yoder has been commissioned by such notable institutions as Princeton University Chapel, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Arizona, and Central Park Hotel in Sighisoara, Romania. She was awarded a BENE Award for Devotional Art for her commission of the fifteen stations of the cross for St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church in Glendale, Arizona. Yoder was honored in 2012 with an Alumni Achievement Award from Christopher Mennonite High School in Lansdale, PA. She is formally trained as a painter with a B.A. in art from Goshen College, Indiana, and an M.A. from Eastern Illinois University where she was awarded a full scholarship and a teaching assistantship. 
Yoder holds a teaching certificate from The College of New Jersey which she earned in order to teach high school art at Emily Fisher Charter School, a title one school in Trenton. Yoder was deeply moved by the students and their lives, creativity and artwork. She designed and implemented an entirely new and effective art curriculum tailored to the students which adheres to the New Jersey Core Curriculum Requirements. The artwork filling the hallways of the school was a testament to the creativity overflowing from the students. Students were able to participate in exhibits in local venues, including the Trenton City Museum. Unfortunately, this effective school was closed by the state in June of 2012. In Spring of 2010 Juanita Yoder had the opportunity to participate in a group pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy and Laverna, Italy. The overwhelming smell of jasmine, the gorgeous stone and terra cotta, and the panorama of the valley provided a place for Yoder to explore small, personal works. This experience continues to influence her spiritual practice and artwork. Collaboration is a welcome experience for Juanita Yoder. Collaboration with kite artists makes it possible to create 3-D suspended works and kinetic pieces used in processions. These have been used for major events in the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C., the St. James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, and the Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, New Jersey, among many others. Yoder offers her work in glass by partnering with other studios. This exploration has involved a trip to Derix Glass Studios in Germany, and a completed project with Meltdown Glass Studios in Phoenix, Arizona, the studio created by artist BJ Katz. Four hand-painted art glass windows were completed for a private residence in Elkins Park, Philadelphia area, in Spring 2012. She has collaborated with fashion designers, including Davide of Seventh Avenue, New York, and Julie Musselman of Pennsylvania. Her hand painted silk-rayon velvet was incorporated into one-of-a-kind garment designs. In the past few years, Yoder has given specific attention to expanding technique and personal expression in her work by creating small pieces in oil and watercolor. She began experimenting in acrylic and oil painting techniques which led to more major works on panel and linen. She has been a participant and presenter at national conferences such as Form Reform, Interfaith Forum of Art and Architecture, University of Dallas Ministry and Liturgy, Cathedral Ministry Conference, Association of Consultants for Liturgical Space (former board member), National Pastoral Musicians, Mennonite World Conference, Presbyterian Musicians at Montreat, and Southwest Liturgical Conference. |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS |
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"Fountain," Kinetic Mobile of Paintings on Silk “Invocation” Eight Liturgical Paintings on Silk “A Bend in the River” Processional Paintings on Silk Paintings on Silk, Exhibitor Paintings on Silk Featured Presenter Six Liturgical Seasonal Sets of Paintings on Silk Paintings on Silk, Exhibitor Paintings on Silk Featured “Song of Seraphim” Four Processional Paintings on Silk Paintings on Silk, Exhibitor “Jacob's Ladder” Suspended Mobile Painting on Silk Presenter “Streams of Mercy” Processional Painting on Silk for the "Year of Mercy" Presenter Painting on Silk for Atrium Presenter Painting on Silk Featured Presenter Processional Kites in Basilica of National Shrine Four Large Scale Paintings on silk Sanctuary and Gallery Exhibit Large Paintings and Processional Kites for Worship Space Alumni of the Year, Achievement Award Recipient “Elements” Art Glass Windows Hershberger Gallery, Goshen College Abstract Expressions Contemporary Art Gallery Good Shepherd Catholic Community Retreat for the Association of Consultants for Liturgicl Space Meltdown Glass, BJ Katz Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship Princeton University Chapel Inferential Focus Corporate Headquarters First Baptist Church ofAsheville First Presbyterian Church ofAsheville Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart Christopher Dock Mennonite High School Laguna Beach Presbyterian Church Daytona Beach Presbyterian Church Church of St. Thomas More National Conference of Presbyterian Musicians Lawrenceville School Our Lady of Mercy Church Good Shepherd Catholic Community Princeton University Chapel St. James Cathedral Fort Wayne Museum of Art Meriken Church of the Holy Spirit Interchurch Center Goshen College Art Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery First Presbyterian Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Goshen College Art Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Boniface Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Ward-Nasse Gallery Greene and Greene Gallery The Peoples Place Gallery Goshen College Alumni Invitational The Spirit Celebrates The Spirit Celebrates College Mennonite Church "Voices in Dialogue" Women Doing Theology Conference Brooklyn Museum Shop Cathedral of St. John the Divine Mennonite Arts Conference Carnegie Arts Center Midwest Museum of American Art City Art The Peoples Place Gallery Genesis Gallery Painting selected for illustration of sermon by Jean-Bertrand Aristide Tarble Arts Center Painting selected for cover art Ohio Historical Society Canton Arts Center Carnegie Arts Center American Women's Club Greene and Greene Gallery Lakeview Mennonite Church Elkhart Art League Century Center Greenleaf Gallery The MMA Gallery Ivy Gallery Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts Staunton Fine Arts Association Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Inc. Signature Fine Arts Gallery Bald Knob Art Show |
PARTIAL LIST OF COLLECTIONS |
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Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Inferential Focus Corporate Headquarters, Madison Ave., NYC, New York Central Park Hotel, a boutique hotel in Sighisoara, Romania Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, New Jersey Laguna Beach Presbyterian Church, Laguna Beach, California Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, Gilbert, Arizona Church of St. Thomas More, Glendale, Arizona Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship, Cincinnati, Ohio BJ Katz, Meltdown Glass, Phoenix, Arizona Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, Lansdale, Pennsylvania Daytona Beach Presbyterian Church, Daytona Beach, Florida National Association of Presbyterian Musicians Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey Our Lady of Mercy Church, Potomac, Maryland Church of the Holy Spirit, Harleysville, Pennsylvania Good Shepherd Catholic Community, Colleyville, Texas Full Circle Family Massge and Healing Center, Cranbury, NJ Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia Interchurch Center, New York, New York Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia College Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana Private collections of hundreds of individuals and businesses throughout the United States and Europe through gallery and personal sales. |
EDUCATION |
Study and work: Haiti Art Study Tour: Italy Master of Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois HS Teaching Certificate, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ |
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