Joan Carpenter Troccoli

Background

Troccoli, Joan Carpenter was born on January 28, 1953. Daughter of Charles Lidstone and Elizabeth (Hayes) Carpenter.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, Middlebury College, 1975. Master of Arts, New York University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1984.

Career

Free-lance curator, lecturer, 1983-1989. Art curator Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, 1989-1992, director, 1992—2005. Former director & curator, Institute Western American Art Denver Museum Art, senior scholar, Institute Western American Art, since 2005.

Adjunct professor University Tulsa, 1989. Organizer, moderator Oklahoma Art Center, 1984. Speaker in field; panelist Museum and History Organizations Program National Endowment of the Humanities, 1993.

Visual arts scholar Adult Institutes in Arts Oklahoma Arts Institute, 1990. Visual arts advisory panelist Oklahoma Arts Institute, 1990-1992. Visual arts project assistance advisory panelist State Arts Council Oklahoma, since 1985.

Achievements

• Joan Carpenter Troccoli has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Oklahoma Art Center Association, 1987-1988. Co-president Committee of Twenty, Arts Place II, Oklahoma City, 1985-1986. Ex-officio trustee Oklahoma Art Center, 1985-1989.

Member Visionmakers advisory board State Arts Council Oklahoma, 1988-1989, Arts Commission City of Tulsa, since 1992. Master lecturer Tulsa Opera, 1991. Member Association Art Museum Directors, Mortarboard, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Robert C. Troccoli, April 29, 1983.

Father:

Charles Lidstone Carpenter

Mother:

Elizabeth (Hayes) Carpenter

Spouse:

Robert C. Troccoli