Hold Graveside Services For Joan M. Goldsmith

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Hold Graveside Services For Joan M. Goldsmith

Joan Morrison Goldsmith of Livingston, died April 16 of pneumonia. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Goldsmith was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1930 and was raised in both Buffalo and in Birmingham, Alabama. She was a professional artist for most of her adult life. She trained at the Moore Institute of Art in Philadelphia, the Art Students’ League of New York, and the New School for Social Research. Early in her career, she worked as a shoe designer in New York City. From 1978 to 1987, Mrs. Goldsmith was on the faculty of the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts in Summit. During the early 1990s, she was an artist-in-residence at the Newark Museum and was on the Museum’s Arts Workshop faculty. She was a member of the Phoenix Gallery in Soho, and had solo exhibitions there in the 1980s and 1990s. Her work was featured in solo and juried group exhibitions throughout the northeastern United States as well as inAlabama and Washington State, and is included in public collections in New York, New Jersey, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Mrs. Goldsmith is survived by her husband, David L. Goldsmith; her children, Amy Charmatz, Peter Goldsmith, and Jane Davis; and two grandchildren. Aprivate graveside service was held for close family members. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Mental Health Association of Essex/Morris County (mhaessexmorris.org/donate/). ...

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