"Every time an artist dies,
part of the vision of
mankind passes with him."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Longtime local artist Joy Layson is dead at the age of 83. Layson was born in 1927 in Waukegan, Ill. She attended the American Academy of Fine Arts and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She taught art in Illinois and Colorado and co-owned an art gallery in Estes Park, Colo. She also taught art at Gila Community College and at her home studio in Payson. A special memorial service, "A One Woman Art Show," will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Church of the Nazarene on Tyler Parkway at the Beeline Highway roundabout. Rim Country residents who own pieces of Layson's work are asked to bring them to the service to contribute to a display. Lunch will follow for her closest friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Payson Art League to be used for art education in Joy's honor, or to the Humane Society of Central Arizona (812 S. McLane Road, Payson 85541) to care for the Rim Country's homeless animals.
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