Angelo Fertitta
Professional Title: Professor, Foundation Program
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Fine Arts: Sculpture, Painting
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: IArts
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Conceptual Development I and II; Visual Thinking; Drawing by Seeing; Drawing to Painting
Education: MFA, Painting, University of Colorado – Boulder (1969); BFA, Sculpture and Painting, University of Colorado – Boulder (1966)
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
Exhibition:
- Gallery East, The Art Institute of Boston (1991)
Attended every graduation since 1970; Received a Lesley U. Impact Award in 2000; Granted my first and only sabbatical in the fall of 2011; Served as Exhibitions Director, Dean of Admissions, Dean of Students, Dean of Academic Affairs and AIB Interim Dean; For several years room 411 at 700 Beacon had a sign outside the door identifying it as “Angelo’s Pizza.”
My teaching philosophy is to create an open environment in which students can grow intellectually and emotionally, so they can learn both the technical skills and the conceptual understanding that will contribute to their development both as artists and as good citizens.
www.angelofertitta.com