Talk:Joan Arend Kickbush

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Artwork in collections of "of most Alaskan museums"

Proof? The claim that a painting of hers is in the Sam McClain collection of the University of Alaska Anchorage is false. According to the collection description it includes a color slide of her work on display at the 1969 AMU Show. Sionk (talk) 20:23, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Does Alaska have any museums ? :) They didn't when Joan Kickbush was active - except maybe some touristy thing in Sitka. Anchorage was lucky to have a few paved roads. Personal observation so it doesn't count but my Mom was a big fan in 1963. There were maybe two or three Alaska artists then, if that many, and Joan Kickbush was the only one doing the eskimo children thing. She is notable but only if you care about real history, not the wikipedia kind.

Funny you'd mention AMU, too. I bet almost nobody these days even knows what that is, except for maybe a few of us old goats. Yes, Joan Kickbush is as notable as Chester Nuniak, who won the sled dog races back when they were real. Iditarod, that Bigass Fraud :D 116.231.76.237 (talk) 06:00, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

No sources

I could not find sources for this:

• Joan Arend was born on March 23, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was the second daughter of John K. and Dorothy Arend. Her siblings were Joyce, Janis, James and Jay. John Arend transported food and then was a saleman for warehouse liquor. (I got this from primary sources, like census records, and hoped to find secondary sources with the head-start)
• She attended Milwaukee State College and the Layton School of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
• They (Joan and hubby) eventually returned to her home state of Wisconsin.
• She died in Delafield near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (This is in her Social Security death record, again, a primary source)
• She influenced many later Alaska artists, such as Rie Muñoz and Barbara Lavallee.--CaroleHenson (talk) 08:10, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Life in Carefree

Joan Kickbush was a Sunday School teacher at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Carefree-Cave Creek. She lost her sight but continued to create art in sculptures. 64.119.46.55 (talk) 00:11, 10 December 2022 (UTC)