C Tara Gladden

Tara Gladden is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and educator. Her artistic practice includes performance, sound, conceptual, and multimedia processes. She works independently and in close collaboration with her artistic partner and husband, David Gladden. Their work has been programmed and exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally in festivals, private and non-profit galleries, established and DIY performance venues. She holds an MFA from Brooklyn College in Performance and Interactive Media Arts, and a BM from Boston University in Voice Performance.

Tara has been an active cultural producer and educator for the past 20 years and has held posts that include gallery direction, curation, and live performance programming in higher education at Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD and at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. She began her curatorial activities in New York City, working with the NYC Anarchist Art Festival and The Living Theatre from 2009-2012. Over the years, she has developed courses and workshops in Voice, Music Technology, Social Practice, Environmental Art, New Media Art, Lens-based and Audiovisual Practices.

In 2012 for John Cage’s 100th birthday, she co-founded John Cage Memorial Park and Chance House Artist Residency with David Gladden on 4 ½ acres of land in the remote Chesapeake Bay fishing village of Chance, MD. From 2012-2018 she was a co-founder, co-curator, and collective member of W.O.R.K., a community art space devoted to adventurous art and music happenings on Salisbury MD’s downtown plaza.