Chapter G: BIOGRAPHY: PRISCILLA JOFFE:


Priscilla (Kern) Joffe was born in Clemscott, Oklahoma, and later moved with her family to New London, in the heart of the East Texas oil fields. At a very young age she began to participate in theatrical competitions, performed in school plays and dance performances, and also constructed stage sets. In high school, Priscilla continued with her love of performance, participating in music as a drum majorette and as an alto clarinetist. She also acted as a cheerleader.

During her college years, first at the Texas State College for Women (Denton, TX), Priscilla pursued a major in drama. She later transferred to the University of Texas (Austin, TX) where she finished her college career with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts.

Following graduation, she worked with Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones and created demonstration records for "The Fantasticks". She spent much of the rest of her life raising her children and assisting her husband Gerardo in building Haverhills, a national mail-order organization.

Priscilla started studying painting at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center, under the guidance of Leonard Breger. She continued with two years of study at the San Francisco Art Institute under William Morehouse. While at the Art Institute she also studied ceramic sculpture and installation with Bob Rasmussen and John Roloff, and painting with Robert Colescott. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at the San Francisco Art Institute (1964 and 1977), the De Young Memorial Museum (Elder Art Celebration, 2002), the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (CoLab, 2002). Priscilla is a founding member of "Women of Age Productions", a group of artists emphasizing video art performance. Priscilla Joffe's works are in private collection in Connecticut, Georgia, Texas and California.

Priscilla also was represented for five years at the shows of the Elder Arts Organization in San Francisco - in the old De Young Museum and in the new De Young Museum - also in the Yerba Buena Museum and the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Also in the following:

Elder Art Celebration Group Show, SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, 2003
Elder Art Celebration Group Show, City Hall, San Francisco, 2003
Elder Art Celebration Group Show, Napa, CA, 2004
Elder Art Celebration Group Show, 633 Townsend St, San Francisco, 2004

This website is dedicated to my family:

My husband Gerardo; my son Joseph and his wife Stephany, and their sons Samuel and Nathan; my daughter Rachel Joffe Benham, her husband Derek, and their children Zaddy, Rebecca and Jake.

Loving memory to my late son Michael.

Special thanks to Hubertus and Marlies Giebe of Dresden, Germany, for their inspiration, for their encouragement and for their wonderful friendship.




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