A little background…

	Photo: Andy Patrick

Lillian Sizemore has been a professional artist for over 20 years and began working in tile and glass mosaics in 1995. Since then, she has designed and fabricated many commercial and fine art commissions, and conducted  mosaic workshops for adults and children. Lillian worked extensively with Laurel True of True Mosaics and they have collaborated on many projects as The San Francisco Mosaic Studio. In 2000, Lillian completed a Byzantine mosaic course with Luciana Notturni in Ravenna, Italy.  She has traveled widely, happily photographing and studying mosaic sites, which resulted in her first book, A Guide to Mosaic Sites: San Francisco. 

Lillian has been active in the art and publishing worlds for many years and worked as a professional graphic designer for many years. She has served on several non-profit boards including the National Executive Committee for the Graphic Artists Guild in New York, for ArtSpan, a San Francisco arts organization that sponsors a citywide Open Studios Program, and for the MadHousers of Chicago, a grassroots organization that built emergency shelter for homeless individuals. As Art Director and Production Manager for THE GUILD books, she managed relationships with over 400 artists in North America and sat on the publisher's Selection Committee. Currently, Sizemore serves on the board of FiftyCrows Foundation, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that uses international documentary photography to inspire social change.

Laurel True, (left) of Oakland, CA and Luciana Notturni of Ravenna, Italy. My mosaic teachers and inspiration.

Ms. Sizemore is a member of the Society for Commercial Archeology, Tile Heritage Foundation and Community Built Association. She holds BA degrees from Indiana University in Fine Arts-Printmaking and Italian, and a Business Development Certificate from Roosevelt University, Chicago. She resides in San Francisco with her husband, Andy, and their dogs, Cali and Marcel.

My dog Cali likes mosaics too! Here, she visits a mid-century mosaic site in the Marina.