Chuck Stigliano, Sculptor & Woodcarver | Summer 2025
Chuck was born in 1955, the fifth of eight children. He was educated at public schools in North East, Maryland, where he learned a great many facts, most of which have been forgotten. He attended the Philadelphia College of Art, where he learned that art is hard work and requires discipline and commitment. In 1982 he married Stephanie Mahan of Lincoln, Massachusetts who taught him that sincerity in art, as in life, was rare and valuable and something to strive for. That year he became a graduate student at the University of North Carolina, where he learned that Art History was like a parent, to be treated with respect and eventually to be rebelled against. A daughter, Angela, was born in 1991, and from her he came to understand that his education was just beginning and that she would be able to teach him a lot. His son, Raphael, came along in 1996. From him he learned that some things in life are like a second chance, and that there was still much to learn. Mr. Stigliano is now retired, after more than forty years of teaching, most of it at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where he realized that, even as a teacher, he was at his best as a student, learning from his students. His children are now adults, and continue to be a source of wonder and new information. He and Stephanie remain happy partners, each still able to challenge, impress and inspire the other.