Heather Hart facts for kids
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Heather Hart
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| Born | May 3, 1975 |
| Education | Rutgers University |
| Known for | Performance Multimedia Social practice Collage |
Heather T. Hart (born May 3, 1975) is an American artist. She creates art using many different materials. Her work often includes interactive art, drawings, collages, and paintings. She is also a co-founder of the Black Lunch Table Project. This project helps make sure that artists from diverse backgrounds are better represented on Wikipedia.
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Growing Up and School
Heather Hart was born in Seattle, Washington. Her dad, Harry H. Hart III, was a carpenter. Her parents met at an art school in Oakland. Heather grew up in North Seattle.
In 1998, she earned a degree in Painting and Video from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. Later, in 2008, she received her master's degree from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. There, she focused on art that combines different types of media.
Her Art Career
Heather learned carpentry skills from her father when she was young. She uses these skills in her art. Her artwork often mixes building shapes with family stories and different viewpoints. She also likes her art to be interactive, meaning people can be part of it.
Rooftop Oracles
One of Hart's famous art series is called "Rooftop Oracles." These are life-sized rooftops that look like they've either fallen from the sky or are growing out of the ground. People can climb on top of them or go underneath them. This makes the art a fun experience. Heather often works with her family and friends to build these large pieces. It's like a community effort to "raise the roof" together.
- In 2010, she built "The Northern Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother." This was at Franconia Sculpture Park in Minnesota.
- In 2012, her sculpture "The Eastern Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother" was shown at the Brooklyn Museum.
- "The Western Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother" was at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park in 2013. This piece included a wall made of elk-hide drums. It was built to create sounds like an oracle.
- From May to November 2017, "Outlooks: Heather Hart" was displayed at Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York.
Black Lunch Table Project
Heather Hart is a co-founder of the Black Lunch Table Project. This project aims to collect and preserve important information about art and artists. It received a special grant in 2016. Heather started this project in 2005 with her friend and fellow artist, Jina Valentine.
The Black Lunch Table Project brings people together to talk about important topics. These include race, how history is recorded, and why there aren't enough minority artists in art history books. The project often holds "edit-a-thons" where people work together to add information about underrepresented artists to Wikipedia.
Life and Home
Heather Hart lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Awards and Residencies
Heather Hart has received many honors for her art. She has been an artist-in-residence at several places. This means she was invited to live and work at an art center for a period of time. She has also won many awards.
Artist Residencies
- 2005: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Madison, ME)
- 2006: Santa Fe Art Institute (Santa Fe, NM)
- 2008: Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Independent Study Program
- 2010: Franconia Sculpture Park (Franconia, MN)
- 2014: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE)
- 2015: Joan Mitchell Foundation (New Orleans, LA)
- 2016: McColl Center for Visual Art (Charlotte, NC)
Awards
- 2006: Socrates Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist Fellowship
- 2009: New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA Fellowship
- 2011: Jerome Foundation, Jerome Travel Grant
- 2013: Joan Mitchell Foundation, Painters and Sculptors Grant
Art Shows and Exhibitions
Heather Hart's art has been shown all over the world. Her work has been displayed in many museums and galleries. Some of these include the Olympic Sculpture Park, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. She has also worked with other artists like Pablo Helguera. Her art has been part of shows put together by famous curators like Kara Walker and Fred Wilson.
- 2006: Socrates Sculpture Park (Astoria, Queens) – Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, 2006. Her piece was "Color Was Given Me As A Gage."
- 2008: Rutgers University, Paul Robeson Galleries (Rutgers, NJ) – "Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture, and Activism."
- 2012: Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY) – Raw/Cooked. Her installation was "The Eastern Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother."
- 2015: Practice Gallery (Philadelphia, PA) – Practice Oracle.
- 2015: Elsewhere (Greensboro, NC) – The Porch Project: Black Lunch Tables.
- 2017: Storm King Art Center (Mountainville, New York) – Outlooks: Heather Hart.
