Laraine Armenti is a visual artist and designer who lives and works in Massachusetts. She has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, RISD Printmaking, 1980, and an MFA from Boston University, BU Painting, 2013.
Awards and residencies include the Beijing Inside Out Art Museum, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and The Artists Valentine.
Laraine taught art in several schools, adjunct status—painting, drawing, and color—including Boston University, Danforth Museum School at Framingham State University, Cambridge Center Studio School, and Wheaton College Massachusetts. She has been a visiting artist for painting critiques at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
She began working as an illustrator for Concord Public Schools while in high school. In college, she was employed summers as a technical illustrator by Digital Equipment Corporation, then full-time for 8 years as an artist and graphic designer. Between 1989 and 2007, she was self-employed designing marketing materials and managing conference graphics for US and international corporate meetings.