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Joan Pereira
Joan Pereira's
art career began when, at the age of ten, she was awarded a scholarship
to the Albany Institute of History and Art in New York State.
Upon moving to
Provincetown she became apprentice to such masters as Philip Malicoat,
Bruce McKain, and Henry Hensche. As a reult of these studies she
was awarded a fellowship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
In 1971 Ms. Perira
was awarded a grant from the French Government at Sequret Province
for further study . Joan was a founding member of the Fine Arts
Work Center.
Her works are in
many collections in this country and abroad. They are also owned
by the towns of Provincetown and Truro, the Pilgrim Monument Museum,
and the Provinctown Art Association.
