Lina Morielli was born in Montreal, grew up in Darien, CT and is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. As an artist/arts activist she is involved in many aspects of the local art scene in the Stamford area. She was president of the Loft Artists Association and received three City Arts Partnership Program grants to produce their Annual Open Studios and Performance Series. She has created and taught after school and summer camp art enrichment programs for the I Have a Dream Foundation, the Yerwood Community Center and the South End Senior Center, all in Stamford. Morielli has also offered TV/Video workshops for high school students whose work has been aired on public access TV stations. Her award winning artwork is in over 100 private collections across the country and has been exhibited in many venues with solo exhibits in Los Angeles, New York, in Hartford, CT at the Capital Building and in Stamford at the Mayor’s Gallery. You can see her work in the permanent collection on display at the Stamford Health System’s Tully Center, The Specialty Care Pavillon and at the new State Superior Court House as selected by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, as part of the One Percent for Art Program.