The Northeast Emerging Artist Association is founded by emerging artists, for emerging artists.
Founder
Morgan Pietrorazio (b. 2003) is an expressionist painter from Middlebury, Connecticut, currently based in New England. She received her BFA in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2025, graduating with departmental honors while serving as President of the Student Government Association. Since graduating, Pietrorazio has exhibited her work throughout New England in both solo and juried group exhibitions, including her recent solo show, Behind Her Lenses at Terri’s Flower Shop in Naugatuck, CT. She has also exhibited with the New Hartford Artisans Guild, Cambridge Art Association, Wickford Art Association, as well as numerous curated and juried exhibitions at MassArt, including the MassArt Auction and her debut solo exhibition, Dissociation Station (2024). Pietrorazio is a recipient of the Kofi Kayiga Auction Award, The Phil Young Painting Prize, as well as MassArt’s Community Involvement Award and Foundation Award.
Founder
Melissa Mauri was born and raised in Kent, Connecticut. She has always loved art and has been deeply involved with art throughout her schooling. She went on to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where she studied Art and Design Education with a minor in painting. After taking a gap year, she began getting more involved in her local artist community, especially the Kent Art Association. This is where she realized the importance of community, especially in present times. Connecting with creatives is an enriching opportunity to meet friends of similar interests and to stay in touch with local events that can actualize your artistic career and capabilities. In fall of 2026, Mauri will transfer to Lesley University to study and get her degree in Art Therapy. She hopes to spread the healing abilities of expressing oneself through art to those who haven’t considered themselves artists.