Susan Altman has been making mosaics for more than twenty years. She is attracted to the permanence and solidity of mosaics, and their variable surfaces and textures. She loves colors and building things, and likes her art to serve a function. She uses discarded and used materials whenever possible: wood from construction projects, pots and pans, broken pottery, keys and hardware, discarded furniture, bottle caps, rocks, seashells, and once-loved toys. She has made wall hangings, free-standing sculptures, stepping stones, garden ornaments, and jewelry. She creates sculpture from discarded waste such as bottlecaps, plastic bags, and non-redeemable aluminum containers.

Susan is a proud member of i3c, a New England-based group of artists who are committed to inspiring awareness of—and action toward—improving the human-made environmental and climate crisis through art. She also belongs to two mosaic-focused arts organizations: the New England Mosaic Society and CMA2. Since 2018 she also has been part of the team that developed and opened Medford’s first complete arts center in 2024--Arts Collaborative Medford (www.artscollabmedford.org). Susan is currently the board president of ACM.