Heather Stivison is an award-winning visual artist whose work has been exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries across the United States and in juried shows in Europe and Asia. She believes in the importance of serving the arts community and her fellow artists. Stivison currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of South Coast Artists, Inc. She is an elected Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and serves on the Board of NAWA’s Massachusetts Chapter. She is a former museum director, who also served as president of both the New Jersey Association of Museums and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums.

Stivison is also a published author and is currently writing her second nonfiction book. She is a member of the Authors Guild and was awarded a place in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ “Writer to Writer Mentorship Program.” A recipient of a research grant from the Arts & Crafts Research Fund, she has written and lectured on various topics in the Arts & Crafts field. She also writes occasional art reviews for Artscope magazine.

She is represented at Pleiades Gallery in New York City. She holds an MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Stivison creates her work in Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA.

She is the mother of two daughters and lives with her husband of many years in Massachusetts and Vermont.