Heather Stivison is an award-winning visual artist whose work has been exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries across the United States and in Europe and Asia. She deeply believes in the importance of serving the arts community and her fellow artists. She currently serves as the president 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. Stivison is a former museum director, former president of both the New Jersey Association of Museums, and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. She is a published author and is currently writing her second nonfiction book. A recipient of a research grant from the Arts & Crafts Research Fund, she has written and lectured on various topics in the field. She is represented at Pleiades Gallery in New York City and by Imlay Gallery on Artsy. Stivison creates her work in Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA.