John Pacheco can be reached at j_pacheco@mwcc.mass.edu.

Born: July 17, 1949, Cambridge, Masschusetts
Second of five children of Vinenzia Giglio, housewife, and John James Pacheco, technical illustrator, painter.
Education: Watertown public schools; Yale College, BA, studio art (William Bailey);  Boston University, MFA, painting (James Weeks, Philip Guston)
Work: 1980 to 2015, professor of art, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Ma;  now retired, adjunct professor
2004 to 2015, Director of the East Wing Gallery, Gardner, Ma.
               Married, six children, home and studio in Gardner, Ma.

                                 Self portrait 1977,  oil on board,  18x 24"