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Title:	Joy Meyer - Taft Gallery - February 1 - March 31
Date:	2/1/2026 - 3/28/2026
Address:	Coliseum Museum of Art, Antiques and Americana (CMAAA), 124 N 4th St., Oregon, IL
Location:	Oregon, IL
Hours:	Wednesday-Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm
Cost/Cover:	Free
Web Page:	http://cmaaa.org
Contact Info:	For additional information call 815-595-5810, Wednesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 5:00pm.

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Joy Meyer

Taft Gallery Artist, February 1 – March 31

Joy Meyer earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Art and Art Education from Northern Illinois University. She retired in 2005 after teaching art for thirty years, the last twenty years at Rock Falls High School in Rock Falls, IL. Joy also taught many workshops for both teenagers and adults during her career and shortly after retirement. She has won numerous awards for both her painting and her teaching.

Joy has enjoyed working in many different media including watercolor, pen and ink, pencil, glass etching, stained glass, and silk painting, but the medium she has chosen to specialize in during recent years is Acrylic Painting. She enjoys working in a fairly realistic style using primarily bright, cheerful colors. Her actual painting techniques vary depending on the subject matter being painted and the mood desired, often using many techniques within a painting to better represent the details within the painting. Joy also enjoys the challenges of working in an increasingly wider variety of subject matter.