VITA

Hilary Opperman
[email protected]
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.
  • Art Assistant for Tao LaBossiere, Still Waters Pond in Voluntown, CT and Art Space in Hartford, CT. June 2015 - present.
  • After School Art Instructor, Future Picassos, Fairfield, CT. Jan. 2016 - Jan 2020.
  • Teaching Artist, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Dec 2014 - Aug. 2017.
  • Instructor, Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT. Feb. 2014 - Feb. 2015.
  • 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 - 2019
  • 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 and Distinctions
  • Tau Sigma Honor Society, Member, 2023.
  • Honorable Mention, “Homage” Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Honorable Mention, 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, 2019.
  • 3rd Place, "Memory" Juried Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, 2018.
  • Art History Award, Eastern CT State University, 2009.
  • Senior Painting Award, Eastern CT State University, 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
  • Here: a poetry journal (front cover), Eastern CT State University, Oct. 2020.
  • Journal of Progressive Human Services (front cover), Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, vol. 31, Jan-April 2020.
  • New Haven Independent, “Artists Have 20/20 Vision,” May 2019.
  • The Daily Nutmeg, “Seers,” May, 2019.
  • New London Day, “Two Exhibitions on View at Mystic Museum of Art,” Feb. 2019
  • New London Day, “Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition is on View at Slater Museum,” Jan. 2019
  • ​Hartford Courant, “Artists Take on Global Warming In ‘One Planet. One Home,” May 2017
  • 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
  • “Light," Annual Juried Show, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT. June 2022.
  • “Lost and Found," Annual Juried Show, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT. June 2022.
  • Tedx New Haven Conference, Shubert Theater, New Haven, CT. June 2022.
  • "Un+Art Show", Hartford Art Space, Hartford, CT. June 2022.
  • Love Tribe Open Hearts / Raven's Wing Yoga Art Show, Branford CT. Dec 2021.
  • 48th Annual Mark Twain Library Juried Art Show”, Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT. Nov-Dec 2020.​
  • “Collective Pause”, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, NY. Oct—Dec 2020.
  • “Into the Darkness”, Norwich Arts Center, Norwich CT. Oct 2020.
  • “Dream Big III”, Artzone 42 Gallery, Athens Greece. July—Sept 2020.
  • “Schwitter’s Army”, MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar Scotland. Jan 2020, permanent exhibit.
  • “76th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition”, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich CT, Jan—March 2020.
  • “Place/Space”, Breathing Room Yoga, New Haven, CT Nov- Dec 2019.
    ”States of Being”, Atticus Bookstore Cafe, New Haven, CT. Nov- Dec 2019.
  • City-Wide Open Studios, Yale West Campus, Orange, CT. Nov. 2019
  • “Older But Younger”, Artspace, New Haven, CT. Sept-Nov 2019.
  • “The Lovely Wild”, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, NY. Sept—Oct 2019.
  • “2020”, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT. April-May 2019.
  • “Complicit: Erasure of the Body”, Yale Divinity School, New Haven CT, March-April 2019.
  • “Homage”, 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- 2016.
  • "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, Oct. 2015
  • "Nature's Storms and Forms”, Group Exhibition, Hagaman Memorial Library, East Haven CT, Oct. 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.