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Tara Hughes

a nesting artist

  • About
  • Current Work
  • Archived Work
  • Group Projects
  • Artist/Mother Regional Group

Updated 9.2022

Education:

2021                    Additional Course Work, Wearing all the Hats, Professional Artist Course,  Artist/Mother

2019 - 2020       Additional Course Work, Group Critique with Karen Dana,  Artist/Mother

2007                    BA Sculpture and Painting, Bennington College, Bennington VT

Professional Experience:

2021 - Ongoing Co-Organizer of Capital Region Artist Mother Group, Saratoga Springs, NY

2009 - 2016        Arts Instructor  - Salem Historic Courthouse, Salem NY (intermittently, Sculpture and Ceramics, ages 3-18)

2009 - 2011       Artist Program Coordinator, Salem Art Works, Salem NY

2007 - 2009        Artist Assistant, Choong Sup Lim Studio, New York, NY (assisted in fabrication of art work, studio maintenance and shipping)

Exhibitions:

2022 Spells ,C.R.E.A.T.E Studios, Saratoga Springs NY

Group Exhibitions:

2011 Staff and Student Show, Salem Historic Court House, Salem NY

2010 Nowa Soda Exhibition, Centrum Sztuki-Solvey, Kraków Poland

2007 2010  North Bennington Sculpture Show, North Bennington VT

2009 IVAW Art Show, Brooklyn NY

2009 Salem Art Works Pop Up, Troy Night Out, Troy NY

2007 2008 Faculty Show, Greenwich House, New York NY

2007 Franconia Sculpture Park Seasonal Show, Franconia MN

2006  Green Mountain Girls, North Main Gallery, Salem NY

Collaborative Projects:

2021 Breathing House,  An Artist/Mother Group Work, NY, IL, Canada, Spain

2009 Bush Garden Light Box, in collaboration with Half-Slant, Brooklyn NY

Commissions:

2011      Personal Collection Commission, Custom Ceramic Map Bowls, Shushan NY

Grants/Awards

2010        Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS) from the New York Foundation for the Arts and The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Albany NY

2006   Outstanding Student from NYC, Bennington College, Bennington VT

Residencies

2010                  Nowa Soda, Centrum Sztuki-Solvey, Kraków Poland (April-May)

2008                  Salem Art Works, Salem NY (August )

2007                  Artist Intern in Residence, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia MN (July - November)

Curatorial Projects:

2022 Re/Structure, CANO, Oneonta NY

2009 - 2011         Salem Art Works Young Artist Exhibitions (every September), Salem NY