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Tara Lynnsmith McConnell

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Biography

 Tara Lynnsmith McConnell was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in  Colorado.  She is now a Denver based community and participatory  artist.  She holds a Master’s of Art in Integrated Arts and Education  from the University of Montana, Missoula, and a Master of Fine Arts in  Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont.   McConnell has worked as an art teacher for nine years and is experienced  working with kindergarten through adult-aged students.  She hosts art  and worship integration workshops and created a participatory project  for 500 teen-agers in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 ELCA Senior High Youth  Gatherings based on the theme “The Wonder of it All,”  “Woven,” and “The  Pursuit.”  McConnell has exhibited publicly in Fraser Colorado, Decorah  Iowa, at the College Hall Gallery of Vermont College of Fine Arts, the  Hud Gallery in Ventura CA, Helen Day Art Center in Stowe VT, the Core  Gallery annex on Santa Fe in Denver, the Artwork Network Gallery on  Santa Fe in Denver, the Denver Seminary Gallery, and Gallery 970 in  Loveland, CO.  McConnell’s 22 foot tall interactive and theme-based tree  project was the center piece for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of  America’s Synod Assemblies for 2013 and 2014.  McConnell’s current work  explores multi-media painting and designed experiences of play to  encourage her viewers to reflect upon conditions of community connection  and habitual norms. 


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