Joan Albert (1943-2012) was an American artist. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York [1] and the Harvard Art Museums. [2] In 2014, two years after her death, Albert was included in a Time Magazine article about under-appreciated photographers from the Northeast United States. [3]
Joan M. Albert was born April 28, 1943, to Charles J. and Elinor (Allen) Mikulka. [4] Albert grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts. [5] After graduating from Mount Trinity Academy in 1960, she went on to attend St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana where she earned a Bachelors in English in 1964. [6] Albert later went on to earn a Masters Degree from the MFA Massachusetts College of Art in 1983. [7]
Albert died on Thursday, July 12, 2012, from a heart attack at the age of 69. [8] She was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [9]