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Joan Coleman's wxjfk has iafcm her dll over the United States but home is the quiet anci sevene wx*kl sin* has created for herself in Bay St. Louis. For 25 years. Joan (teamed at feting in Waveland where she spent her summers as a child. Her cfeeam was realized for eight years until Hurricane Katrina displaced her once agan
in the 1980s. Joan wy- a icensed regular at Jackson Square in New Orleans bta also sofcl	siiows and galleries in the city. 1 ler work
at that time was pnmartv « waiercolors and acrylics. Joan received many awsite (or her wtwfc while in New' Orleans including “Best of Show’ from a junrd show wnh the New' Orleans Art Association.
Joan was lo s&n a lease September l, 2005, to open a shop in Waveland fcautnft her wufk in watercolors, small wire sculptures, caricatures and beaded i*«iio jewelry All that was left after Katrina were a kr.v wire sc&^xures lound in the debris and her determination to fulfill her <kam of opeiwig a special place for artists to showcase their wortc On March I. 2008. Joan and her business partner, Judith Blaize. opened fie MosquHoHawk Market. The Dragonfly Cafe opens soon and wfl conyfcneni :he market that offers farm-raised produce, art lessons and a showcase for local artists.
“When ihe cflflBmy came lo draw something that would be forever installed on the Day of 3l Loiris Bridge, it was fun to think of my childhood and the fishing we <ld to tfie Bay Of course, l mostly caught catfish while fishing for sometfingdsc. So tiai was an easy choice for my drawing."
“1 am vcty hOOTCd and pleased to be included in this project and hope the an and tie tafctpe wfl stand forever. ”