Laura Iveson
About Me.
I believe making art is a powerful way to interact with our world and connect with
each other. I love a good project and I love getting people engaged in creating art.
I am always willing to give an outrageous idea a good try.
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2021 - present
Young Art Leaders
Co-created and direct Young Art Leaders, a cohort program for older teens and young adults to work collaboratively to create an arts based response to a problem or concern they have within our region.
2019 - present
Creative Community Art
Response Team (CCART)
Co-created and direct this program to bring area artists to work with local organizations on addressing problems, or areas of concern within our community using the arts.
2018 - present
ARTeens
Co-direct the ARTeens after school program, working with youth aged 12-19 to support and expand their artistic growth. Weekly prompts of new materials, techniques, or artists' work, encourage teens to try new things and to take risks with their art making. Prompts are always a suggestion and the teens' own vision and interests are always respected and supported.
2016 - present
Winter HooPla
Co-created and direct this lighted outdoor art installation event. The Winter HooPla, was created in response to a community request that we create something fun for people to do in the winter.
2015 - present
Hilltown Draw-Around
Borrowing the idea from my home city of New Orleans, I started The Hilltown Draw-Around as a fundraiser for The Art Garden's ARTeens program. To create this 12 hour drawing and mark making carnival we cover the walls and floors of a local gym and create dozens of interactive installations and prompts
2014 - present​
Green River Festival Art Tent
Co-direct a 40x40'+ tent for art making and a 20x20 tent of original artistic carnival games. Cutting out thousands of cardboard parade processionals and preparing other repurposed materials to create over 10 open ended art prompts for over 1,000 people to create at a large out doors music festival.
2012 - present
Hilltown Youth Performing
Arts Programs
Working with youth and teens to collaborative creation of all sets and props for both an outdoor traveling summer production on the mountain at Berkshire East, and an indoor winter production. I also run an open studio during the program's Recover Intensives through out the year, providing materials and support for teens to express themselves through visual arts.
2000 - present
Visual Art Works
Mixed media work, using photographs, repurposed materials, and print making.