Artistic Luminaries

For decades, three friends — Willoughby "Bill" Elliott (1943–2016), Severin "Sig" Haines (1946–2023), and Marc St. Pierre (1952–2019)— served as leading figures in the studios and classrooms of the Swain School of Design and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Their collective influence not only established a model of artistic and educational excellence but also significantly shaped the South Coast's creative identity.