Spring — 2006

Lisa Quagliozzi

Art

“To be honest, it’s more like grad school work that I’m doing here. This is large-scale and very sophisticated art.”

She’s been at SMC—in one incarnation or another—for more than 10 years as a teacher, student, and ever-evolving artist. But the project she refers to in the above quote has been her passion for the past two years, and it’s now coming to fruition. “My print teacher—John Greco—has been a major inspiration for me,” says Lisa Quagliozzi. “He gave us an assignment in his Advanced Etching class to produce four illustrative plates for any kind of book. My choice was to illustrate the book of Revelations,” she says, musing about the past two years. “I never had any intentions to do all 24 chapters. But now it’s almost complete.”

You can easily check out Lisa’s arts and career online (www.lisaqartmania.com), or you can actually study art with her as well. “I’m a teacher at SMC in their night classes through Continuing & Community Education. I have a degree in Art from the Art Institute of Boston, but now it’s that Master’s degree and a teaching certificate that I’m after. And to do that,” she continues, “I have to study during the days, teach during the nights, and keep juggling all these schedules. I should be studying for an Abnormal Psych class right now!” she frets. “I do get exhausted from it all, at my age. But there’s just no question that I’ll get that Master’s degree and then go on teach at a university.”

As a single woman “with no trust fund, husband, or parents” to support her art, Lisa says that teaching is key to her future. “Our department chair—Maurizio Barattucci—has been very encouraging about the direction I’m taking. Hey! He’s paisan!” she says with a big laugh. “And we artistic Italians just have to stick together!”

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