As an avid fiber artist, Jo-Ann Golenia has worked with fabric arts all her life. She currently exhibits in international venues, including the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana, and the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York, as well as locally in the Wayne M Burr invitational Gallery, Art Center Sarasota, and the Venice Art Center. Jo-Ann earned her BS and MS, teaching for sixteen years before devoting herself full time to her fiber art.

Her current work is in two main series. The allure of the human face, always similar yet always different, has become her Collage Portrait Series. These works consist of portraits created by laying down tiny bits of fabric to create the highlights and shadows of her subject. She either creates a soft tapestry art quilt of the portrait, or mounts it on canvas with a wooden frame support.

Observation of the world around us led to her Scenes from Life series. The images include people, plants, and everyday objects. She strives to bring out the amazing hidden beauty of these objects in her work. Hopefully, they will strike a chord of remembered joy in your life.