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Hilary Opperman
860-710-8131
hilaryopperman@gmail.com 

Education                       
Eastern CT State University, December 2008.
B.A., Double Concentration in Visual Art and Art History. Dean’s List.
Maine College of Art, 2002-2004.​

Experience In The Arts 
  • Instructor, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT. May 2012 -present.
  • Associate Researcher, Site Projects Inc., New Haven, CT. Aug. 2015 - present.
  • After School Art Instructor, Future Picassos, Fairfield, CT. Jan. 2016 - present.
  • Teaching Artist, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Dec 2014 - Aug. 2017.
  • Art Assistant for Tao LaBossiere, Still Waters Pond  in Voluntown, CT and Art Space in Hartford, CT. June 2015 - present. 
  • Instructor, Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT. Feb. 2014 - Dec. 2014.
  • Private Art Instructor to Children, Voluntown, CT. Jan. 2011 - March 2012. 
  • Art Intern, The New Haven Public Library Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. Sept 2009 -July 2010. 
  • Art Program Facilitator to preschool aged children. Eastern Connecticut State University, Child and Family Development Resource Center. Willimantic, CT. Fall Semester, 2008.
  • STAGES Founder and Facilitator. (Seeking Transformative Art through Growth and Exploration of Self.) First Church of Christ, Mansfield, CT. Duties included leading art workshops to the public.  July 2008- Oct 2008. 
  • Art Community in Service, Maine College of Art. Portland, ME. Sept -Dec 2004. ​
Presentations 
  • “The UCC and Spirituality” Dr. David Stoloff’s World Religions class, by invitation.  
    Eastern Connecticut State University. Apr. 2009 
  • “Artistic Resistance Efforts for Peace in Israel-Palestine,” Annual Arts & Sciences Research Conference and Exhibition, 
    Eastern Connecticut State University. Apr. 2008
Voluntary Contributions
  • Voluntown Peace Trust, Voluntown, CT, 2000 - present
  • Greater New Haven Peace Council, New Haven, CT, 2009 - 2010
  • American Friends of Kenya, Norwich, CT, 2006 - 2008
  • Secretary, Cumberland County Green Independent Party, Portland, ME, 2003 - 2005
Awards 
  • Honorable Mention, “Hommage” exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Honorable Mention, 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, 2019. 
  • 3rd Place, "Memory" show, Mystic Museum of Art, 2018.
  • Art History Award, Eastern CT State University, 2009.
  • Senior Painting Award, ECSU, 2008.
  • The Virginia and Charles Prewitt Peace and Human Rights Studies Endowment, 2008.
  • Maine Campus Compact Unsung Hero Award, 2005.
  • Barbara Wiedner and Dorothy Vandercook Memorial Scholarship Foundation (Grandmothers For Peace) International Scholarship recipient, 2003.
  • President's Education Award in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2002.
  • Connecticut Scholastic Gold Key for Portfolio, 2002.
  • Connecticut Women's Painting Award, 2002.
  • Randy & Samantha Deglin Award for Writing, 2001.
  • Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Award, 2001.
  • Ann Miller Rothstein Memorial Art Award, 2001.
Press
  • New London Day, Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition is on View at Slater Museum, Jan. 2019.
  • New Haven Register (front page) Artists, Shaken and Stirred, React to Trump, Jan. 2017
  • New Haven Independent, Escape New Haven Catches On, Grows, Jan. 2017
  • New Haven Independent, Erector Square Artists Prepare for CWOS Final Lap, Oct. 2016   
  • The Daily Nutmeg Lost In Space (Photo Essay), Nov. 2016 
  • New Haven Independent, "Sound + Vision" Taps Into Music's Infinite Presence, Oct. 2015
Exhibitions
  • “Complicit: Erasure of the Body,” Yale Divinity School, New Haven CT, March-April 2019.
  • “Hommage” Mystic Museum of Art, Jan-March 2019.
  • 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich CT, Jan—March 2019.
  • Marquee Artists Winter Exhibition, Marquee Gallery, New London CT, Jan-Feb 2019.
  • “How with this Rage shall Beauty hold a Plea?,” Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven CT, April-May 2018.
  • "Beyond the Seen," The Voice of Art Gallery & Studio, Cheshire CT, March-April 2018.
  • "Memory," Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic CT, Jan - March 2018.
  • Members Exhibit, mActivity Gym, New Haven CT, Jan. 2018.
  • "City Wide Open Studios," Art Space, New Haven CT, Oct.2017.​
  • "Home," Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven CT, May 2017.
  • "Nasty Women," Institute Library, New Haven CT, March-April 2017.
  • "ArtSpace 20th Anniversary Exhibition," Hartford ArtSpace, Hartford CT, Feb 2017.
  • Group Exhibit, ESCAPE New Haven, New Haven CT, Jan. 2017- Oct. 2019.
  • "Inauguration Nation," Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven CT, Jan.-Feb. 2017.
  • City Wide Open Studios, Group Exhibition, Erector Square. New Haven CT, Oct. 2016.
  • "SAMESEX 2016," City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport CT, July-Aug. 2016.
  • "The Art of Love," Hartford ArtSpace, Hartford CT, July 2016.
  • Solo Exhibit, Balanced Yoga Studio, New Haven CT, Sept. 2015- present
  • "Reverie Unbound," solo show, Atticus Book Store Cafe, New Haven CT, Jan.-Feb. 2016
  • "Pretty Lights & Silent Nights," Marquee Gallery, New London CT, Dec. 2015 -Jan. 2016
  • "Sound & Vision: A Visual Playlist," Institute Library, New Haven CT, October 2015.
  • "Nature's Storms and Forms," Group Exhibition, Hagaman Memorial Library, East Haven CT, October 2015.
  • Solo Exhibition, Cafe Romeo, New Haven, CT, May 2015.
  • "NextGen" Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic CT, Feb. 2015.
  • Guilford Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Guilford CT, Feb. 2015.
  • Solo Show, Koffee On Audubon, New Haven, CT Nov. 2014.
  • Political Art Show, The Voluntown Peace Trust, Voluntown CT, Nov. 2009.
  • Grand Opening Group Exhibition, The Silver Circle Studio, Putnam CT, Nov. 2008. 
  • "Free Thought": 2008 ECSU Senior Art Exhibition, Akus Gallery, May 2008.                  
  • “Go Figure” Group Exhibition, Windham Arts Collective, March 2008. 
  • Merit Scholarship Competition, Maine College of Art, Honorable Mention, March 2004.                                
  • Connecticut Scholastic Art Award Show, Hartford CT. Jan 2002.