Lori-Ann Touchette is an art historian/archaeologist with degrees from Brown, Princeton and Oxford Universities. Living in Rome since 1997, she teaches for the School of Visual Arts Rome Program. She is an author and editor of books and articles regarding Greek and Roman art, the 18th century Grand Tour, historical and contemporary ceramics, and more. In 2012, she co-founded C.R.E.T.A. Rome with Italian artist Paolo Porelli.