Lucy Louise Derickson is an artist, metalsmith and educator residing in Washington, DC. Currently, Lucy is the Coordinator of the Jewelry/Metalsmithing and Crafts Area at Montgomery College, Rockville Maryland and is a board member of the non-profit organization Ethical Metalsmiths (EM), where she works as the facilitator to EM Students. Having received her BFA in Jewelry/Metalsmithing along with a Teaching Certification from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Lucy taught K-12 art for two years. She then received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in the department of Craft/Material Studies.