a few of the
Vernon Street artists

Heather Balchunas
Bob Ballou
Resa Blatman
Steven Cabral
Jonathan Donahue
Alison (Pruchansky) Drasner
Christine Edel
Kathleen Finlay
Jen Flores
Yildiz Grodowski
Gina Halstead
Nelly Kate
Steph Koufman
Maria LaCreta
Marja Lianko
Suzanne Lubeck
Kerri McGill
Monique McNally
Cecily Miller
Carol Moses
Bruce Myren
David Palmquist
Nathaniel Price
Sholeh Regna
Michael Robbins
Susan Sills
Bekka Teerlink
Sarah Wright
Jane Yudelman

Follow this link for a complete list of Vernon artists.

Jillian Vaccaro

Mixed Media

studio: 6 Vernon Street, Studio 52 B
email : jillianvaccaroartist@gmail.com
web: www.jillianvaccaro.com
Instagram : instagram.com/jillianvaccaroartist


  • Beneath the Seams
    2021, mixed media, 48 x 70 inches
  • Family Ties
    2022, mixed media, 36 x 78 inches
  • Sweet Dreams
    2022, mixed media, 48 x 62 inches
  • Ascend
    2022, acrylic and pastel, 30 x 48 inches
 

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bio

Jillian Vaccaro is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher. She received her BFA from Emmanuel College in 2014 and graduated from the low-residency MFA program at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2021. Jillian works across media describing memories from her past experiences. She is also a dedicated art educator, teaching art to middle school and high school students in Boston.

statement

My art is an exploration of my long-term memory with a focus on familial relationships. Each work functions as an emotional response to my past, fabricated to depict the fragility and loss that permeates the act of recollecting. Before I begin a new work, I situate my mind in a previous time. I bring myself to this place through writing, reminiscing with loved ones, navigating through souvenirs and familial archives, and revisiting significant environments from childhood and my adult life. When I arrive in the past mentally, I respond with my materials intuitively. 

The use of personal souvenirs are integral to my practice as they function as objects of remembrance and assist my recollections. I share intimate parts of my personal history so that others may feel connected through a similar sense of vulnerability, appreciation, loss, and reflection in their own life.