I am pleased to be included in the Marquis Who’s Who in recognition for accomplishments in the arts. 

Since the 1960s I have had a diverse career as an artist/ photographer, curator of exhibitions, critic for a range of publications, and author of numerous exhibition catalogs and seven books since 2014. 

The most recent were cultural histories: Counterculture in Boston, 1968 to 1980s, and Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1870 to 2020: An Oral History. 

Since 2006, with my wife Astrid Hiemer, we have published and edited the online Berkshire Fine Arts. Managing a staff of contributors the website covers the arts locally, nationally, and internationally. 

In the past few years, legacy projects have included exhibitions as well as launching a website devoted to the books and another in progress that will make available a vast archive of images of musicians, thespians, artists, and cultural leaders.

Most notably in 1970 I coined the word Gonzo which I was the first to publish in a review of a Ten Years After a concert for the daily Boston Herald Traveler. 

Two books are in progress. One entails contemporary art in Boston and the other about coming of age in Annisquam. The latter is planned as part of the 400^th anniversary of the founding of Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is a sequel to Gloucester Poems; Nugents of Rockport.

Their Press Release Follows:

NORTH ADAMS, MA, March 15, 2022, Charles Giuliano has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Mr. Giuliano initially pursued a formal education at Brandeis University, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, with honors, in 1963. While living in New York in the mid 1960s he worked for art galleries and wrote for Arts Magazine and Avatar. An exhibition he curated was the basis for the Grove Press book Psychedelic Art. Well qualified in his field, Mr. Giuliano holds credentials in journalism and fine arts, and completed all but his dissertation toward a Doctor of Philosophy in art history from Boston University. 

Mr. Giuliano has found success as a publisher and editor for Berkshire Fine Arts since 2006. Throughout the course of his career, he has written for various well-known publications, including Art News, Art New England, the Boston Phoenix and The Boston Herald Traveler. He previously served as an adjunct professor at both Boston University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Likewise, Mr. Giuliano taught and performed duties as the director of the gallery program at Suffolk University. He was a jazz and rock and roll critic. 

Heavily involved in the arts as a critic and activist, Mr. Giuliano published “Counterculture in Boston 1968 – 1980s” in 2019 and “Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1870 to 2020: An Oral History” in 2021. The publication of this book, which consists of a compilation of interviews from all of the Museum of Fine Arts directors from the 1950s to the present, is one of his proudest accomplishments. Likewise, Mr. Giuliano received Brandeis’ Edgar V.M. Gilbert Award for his academic achievements.

Mr. Giuliano recently contributed to a major catalogue for the Toyko exhibition of Kathleen Jacobs published in three languages. In addition to his myriad of publications in a variety of journals and papers, he is the author of “Shards of a Life,” “Ultra Cosmic Gonzology,” “Topsy Turvy,” “Gloucester Poems” “Total Gonzo Poems” and more. In 1970 he coined the word gonzo which he was the first to publish. He is a member of the International Society of Art Critics and the National Arts Club. For several years, Mr. Giuliano acted as a member of the executive committee of the American Theater Critics Association.

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