Heather Stivison is an award-winning visual artist whose artworks have been exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries across the United States and in juried shows in Europe and Asia. Her paintings and drawings straddle the threshold between abstraction and realism. She holds an MFA with distinction from the University of Massachusetts. Stivison is an elected Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and serves on the Board of Directors of their Massachusetts Chapter. She also serves as the chairman of the board of South Coast Artists, Inc. Stivison is a former museum director, former president of both the New Jersey Association of Museums and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. She creates her work in Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA and is represented at Pleiades Gallery in NYC.