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Joy Saville
Photo: William Taylor
Photo: William Taylor

Joy Saville

United States, b. 1936
Place of BirthBeatrice, Nebraska, United States
BiographyJoy Saville has been sewing since early childhood when her mother and grandmother instructed her. She turned from a nursing career to fiber arts in the late 1970s. Since then, she has been leading quilting and design workshops and has won several awards and fellowships. Her work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions, as well as in public and private collections.

Education: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1958; The Julian Ashton Art School, 1990