ELIZABETH THACH
EDUCATION
2010- Massachusetts College of Art, Masters of Fine Art
1997 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY B.A., Fine Arts Major, 1997.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-2014 Artist Mentor, MFA Low Residency Program, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts
2012 Founded - HAMMER Collaborative
Curator - Out of the Ruins: Reimagining the Romantic Tradition, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2003-2004 Associate Director of Art School, The Art School of the Austin Museum of Austin, TX
2001-2002 Administrator, Texas Folklife Resources, Austin, TX
2000-present Art Instructor for children and adults.
1997-2000 Art Educator, Taproots School of the Arts, St. Louis, MO
1999-2000 Art Specialist and After-School Program Instructor, The New City School, St. Louis, MO
Creative Writing Instructor/Art Educator, Springboard to Learning Inc., St. Louis, MO
Art Educator, Portfolio Gallery and Educational Center, St. Louis, MO
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-2013 Instructor, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts
College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, Spring Semester
2010 Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record), Introduction to Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, Spring Semester
2009 Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Senior/Junior Painting Studio, Fall Semester
Instructor, Issues and Images, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Summer Studio Program, Summer Session
Teaching Assistant to Barbara Grad, Senior/ Junior Painting Studio, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Spring Semester
2008 Teaching Assistant to Juan Ormaza, Studio Foundations, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Fall Semester
2000-2006 Art Instructor, The Art of the Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Let the Color Begin,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Raw Emotion 2023,” Gallery Tempo at Jameson and Thompson, Jamaica Plain, MA
2022 “Raw Emotion,” Gallery Tempo at Jameson and Thompson, Jamaica Plain, MA
“Morning Room,” Doorway Gallery, Waltham, MA
“Wonder Things,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2021 “Yeah I’m Doing Great,” MassArt at Sowa Gallery, Boston, MA
“Painting,” curated by Lavaughan Jenkins, hosted (virtual) by Musa Projects, Boston, MA
2019 “Storytelling in Textiles,” CAC and the Martin Group, Boston, MA
“Amalgamation,” Wedeman Art Gallery, Lasalle College, Newton, MA
“Pattern in Place,” Scollay Square Gallery,” Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
“Immaterial World,” Musa Collectiva, Allston, MA
“Let’s Dance,” Basement Projects DTSA, Santa Ana, CA
“M+1,” Musa Collective, Boston, MA
2018 “Scale it,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2017 “Paintings about Food and Paintings,” GOogle Boston Headquarters, Cambridge, MA
2016 “When the electricity is gone and TVs are dead, people will have to look at paintings,” Vernon Street Studios, Somerville, MA
2015 “ACCUMULATION: New Work by Massart Alumni,” Massachusetts College of Arts Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
“Wintry Mix,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 “Intimate,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“All That and a Bag of Chips,” Dead Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Slugfestschrift,” an invited portfolio in honor of Margaret Simpson, Slugfest Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 Out of the Ruins: Conemporary Retooling of the Romantic Tradition,” New Art Center, Boston, MA
“National Prize Show exhibition,” Cambridge Art Association, Boston, MA
“MassArt Alumni Show,” Fountain studios, Brooklyn, NY
“Besties/Faves,” Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“AAF – Los Angeles,” Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Night in the Box,” Art Auction to benifit MassArt Graduate Programs, Somerville, MA
2011 “Black | White,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Landscape,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Painting (re)considered,” Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
“Catwalk Residency Exhibition,” Masters of Main Exhibition Series, Catskill, NY
“Chain Letter,’ Samson Projects, Boston, MA
“Earthly Objects,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010 “In-Between,” Worcester State Gallery, Worcester State University, Warcester, MA
“Elevations/Overflow,” MFA Thesis show, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
“Collective,” Galatea Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 “The Midway Show,” Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
“Small,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Boston Young Contemporaries,” 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 “Hello, My Name is…,” Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
“People and Places,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 “Out of the Darkness,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Paper, Paper,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“The Art Faculty Show,” Scarbrough Building, Austin, TX
2005 “Stillness,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Alumna Show,” Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
2004 “Holiday Punch,” Studio 107, Austin, TX
1999 “How Abstract is it?” City Hall, Alton, IL
1998 “Taproots School of the Arts Student and Faculty Show,” Pfalzgraf Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996 “Vassar Senior Show,” Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
AWARDS
2023 PAAM Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Frant
2012 Berkshire Taconic Foundation Art Fund Individual Artist Grant
2011 Catwalk Artist Residency Fellowship, Catskill, NY
2010 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont
2009 George Nick Prize
1996 Awarded Weitzel-Barber Art Travel Prize to study art history in Italy, France, and England.
PUBLICATIONS
2012 McQuiad, Cate. Neurotic Romantics. Play, Witness, Create Blog Posting, Sept. 26
2012 McQuaid, Cate. What’s up at Boston-area art galleries, Boston Globe. Sept. 25
2012 DiDomizio, Milva. Boston-Area to do list, Boston Globe. Sept. 10