Margo Lemieux, Assistant Professor, Art and Graphic Design
Degrees: BFA, Boston University; M.Ed., Curry College; M.F.A. candidate, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Areas of Specialization: Fine Art, Graphic Design, Children's Book Illustration

Margo Lemieux is interested in many aspects of the arts - formal concepts, history, and contemporary practices. Her practice includes painting, drawing, printmaking, as well as new media. In addition, she is currently making handmade books. She has written articles for American Artist magazine, the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Bulletin, and for many years wrote a book review column for the Attleboro Sun Chronicle.

Prior to Lasell, Margo Lemieux was the illustrator and author of children's books, a newspaper correspondent, a graphic designer and community coordinator at an arts museum. Currently, she is Central New England Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators and a YMCA-certified exercise instructor. She has an interest in music and poetry and integrates these into her curriculum. She has traveled to Sparks, Nevada, to participate in a rock art documentation workshop sponsored by the Nevada Rock Art Foundation, where she worked at the remains of a 4000 year old Washoe Indian settlement.

At Lasell, Margo Lemieux organized the first Lasell Creative Showcase: Bringing the Lasell Community Together Through Creativity.