Hara HardingHara Moffat Harding Education – Beaver Country Day School, graduated 1961 Connecticut College for Women, BA, 1965 Heartwood College of Art, ongoing studies with Janet Manyan, Norman West, Don Gorvett, S. Patricia Benson, Tom Huber and Dewitt Hardy Maine College of Art, ongoing studies with Janet Manyan, Stephen Burt Exhibits – North Haven Art Assoc., North Haven, ME Conn. Art Assoc., CONN Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CONN The Park School Faculty Show, Brookline, MA The Ogunquit Gallery, Ogunquit, ME (Chris Ritter) York Art Assoc., York, ME River Ridge Shows, Kennebunk, ME Port Gardens Restaurant, Kennebunkport, ME The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, ME Cygnet Gallery, Portland, ME River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME Maine Women in the Arts, Kennebunkport, ME Art Guild of the Kennebunks, Kennebunkport, ME 45o Gallery Group Shows, Kennebunk, ME Two 2-person shows at 45o Gallery, Kennebunk, Me Cygnet Gallery, Portland, ME Number Two Marlborough Street Gallery, Newport, RI Camden Falls Gallery, Camden, ME Ogunquit Art Association at the Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME Hara Moffat Harding 2/2 Memberships and Affiliations – 45o Gallery Art Guild of the Kennebunks Mast Cove Galleries Ogunquit Art Association New Era Gallery , Vinalhaven York Art Association River Tree Center for the Arts Faculty Sanford-Springvale Art Association River Tree Clay Guild Art Guild of the Kennebunks Ogunquit Art Association Awards – Boston Globe Editor’s Club Best of Show, First, Second, Third Places, Honorable Mention in the York Art Assoc., Maine Women in the Arts, and Art Guild of the Kennebunks’ exhibits Hara discovered her creative bent early in life. She married in 1966 and moved to Maine permanently in 1969. She continues to maintain a summer home in Vinalhaven. The creative process has always been a major force in Hara’s life as has been her need to be on or near the ocean. Although Hara was originally primarily a printmaker and oil painter, she has renewed passions for pastel, watercolor and clay, both as a sculptor and a potter. She continues to be intrigued by the human form and works often from the live model. Hara experiences great beauty, peace and joy in her natural surroundings and journeys to her heart’s source with depth of vision and bold, powerful expression. She portrays her visual and spiritual experience of color, form, and light with vitality and passion. hmharding@roadrunner.com |