By Brienna Lahti | Observer Contributor
Photo by Cheyne Ordonio
Lisa Williams, Assistant Director of Strategic Enrollment here at Mount Wachusett Community College, dreams of one day opening and running an art gallery or a cultural development center. Williams is currently enrolled at UMass Amherst for a degree in art management.
“Do what you love” is the advice she would give to students who are just starting out in education and careers. This is also the advice she seems to be following. Williams has held a variety of titles at the college over the past twenty years but insists that they are all just jobs, something to help provide for her family, rather than a career. She enjoys getting to work with the students while she is here, but she still considers it just a job.
Lisa paints in her spare time because it is what she loves doing. She wants to incorporate her talents into her career in order to development a cultural development organization or an art gallery where she can display her work either in California or Washington D.C.
When Williams was younger, she was enrolled in art school but her mother did not encourage it because art was no way to make a living according to her. However, Williams insists people should “follow your passion. If you love it, it will work.”
Her favorite things to paint are landscapes, ocean scenes, and sometimes she works from pictures. Lisa also takes enjoyment in calligraphy and working with different mediums, such as acrylics, pastels, and watercolors.
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