Emily Joyce is a vitreous enamelist, sculptor, and art educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a BFA in Enameling from the Cleveland Institute of Art and an MA in Education from Case Western Reserve University.
Her work merges technical precision with wit, drawing from her dual roles as artist and educator. Through meticulously crafted forms, she examines the architecture and mechanisms of playground equipment, art materials, and school environments—spaces that quietly shape our earliest understandings of risk, creativity, power, and play.
By investigating the overlooked and often under-managed worlds of childhood, Joyce reveals how imaginative playground experiences echo into adulthood, influencing how we build, balance, and navigate our lives.

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Emily Embrescia Joyce
www.emilyejoyce.com
1984 South Euclid, Ohio
Education
2008 M.A. in Arts Education, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
2007 B.F.A. in Enameling, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Teaching Experience
2025-Present, Art Studio Teacher, Hawken School, Lyndhurst, Ohio
2025- Present, Valley Arts Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
2022- 2025, Art Studio Teacher, Hudson Montessori School, Hudson, Ohio
2022, 2008-2012-Continuing Education. Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2021-2023- Flux Metal Arts, Mentor, Ohio
2010-2020- Art Studio Teacher, Hawken School, Lyndhurst, Ohio
2008-2010- Art Studio Teacher, Cleveland School of Architecture and Design, Cleveland, Ohio
Shows/Awards/Recognitions
2025 54th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Valley Art Center 
2025 Creator of Excellence in Teaching awards for the Cleveland Foundation
2025 Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition Juror
2025 Quick Grant Recipient, Ohio Designer Craftsman
2024 First Place in 3D, Valley Art Center, Art by the Falls
2024 Gallery Exhibit at Hedge Gallery
2023  F.A. Seiberling Innovation Award, Ohio Mart, Stan Hywet Hall, and Garden
2023 Best New Artist, Lakewood Arts Festival
2023 2023 Educators Scholarship Award, Touchstone Center for Crafts
2023 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2022 Valley Art Center's 51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Ohio
2022 Under Fire 4, the Enamel Guild North East International Juried Exhibition, Online
2022 Geauga Arts Council 16t Annual Juried Art Show, Third Place in Other Media
2022 Teaching Assistantship Scholarship Pocosin School of Art and Craft, North Carolina
2021 Honorable Mention Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition
2021 Marie Zimmermann Legacy Scholarship Peters Valley School of Craft, New Jersey
2020 Stefan Karfakis scholarship, Center for Metal Arts, Pennsylvania 
2019 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina
2018 Green Grant Recipient, Hawken School, Lyndhurst, Ohio