MC Student Success ... Artist Joyce Howell

Joyce Howell earned a business degree from the University of Tulsa in 1973. That one she did for her parents. It was not until many years later, until her own kids were in college, that she got the art degree. That one she did for herself.

It's a well-known fact in the oil and gas industry that if you work for a major oil company — which Joyce's husband, Jim, does — you might be moving a lot ... the entire time, through all the moves, through all of the parenting, Joyce has been painting. "Every time I moved, I took art classes," she said.



"Private Property" by Joyce Howell

Joyce started taking classes at Midland College in the 90s (her second time in Midland) and those were with Photography Instructor Kent Moss where she learned the basics of photography, enjoying the training in the darkroom, before digital photography. "I loved Kent. I loved his classes. He is an excellent instructor. All classes that provide good structure, good design principles are helpful. If you have a good teacher ... all of these classes translate," she said.

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