The host of Journey for the Senses
JOAN HILL
When it was suggested to Joan that she might offer an art program, she jumped at the  chance of lifetime. The development and administration of the Journey for the Senses is an exhilarating process for Joan, in that it brings together all her life’s works and passions.
Joan was born and raised in the apple country of the Hudson River Valley in New York; her father was a gentle, very tolerant, educated land surveyor and her mother was the efficient business administrator and home engineer. The youngest of four children, Joan was encouraged to pursue anything she wanted, but also to do her best. Sometimes that was very difficult, especially succeeding three very accomplished siblings.
Her Bachelor’s of Arts in German Literature afforded Joan a reason to travel, which she does often and gladly. She has had an eclectic career, including leatherwork, medical research and small business administration. Currently she has a bookkeeping business for architects and other small professional firms. During these forty years of varied work, Joan has always kept music in her life. Either by continuing to study piano, or encouraging her son on the viola, or supporting classical chamber groups, she has fostered this passion. In the last ten years, she has also developed her penchant for collecting art and, recently, created some pottery of her own under the tutelage of her friend, Gail Turner. Concurrently, another passion developed: this was a deep love of Italy, its culture, language, people and culinary aspects.
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