Tara Gladden is a cultural producer, curator, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Boston University, and her Master of Fine Arts in Performance and Interactive Media Arts from Brooklyn College.
Gladden served as Director and Curator for the Kohl Gallery at Washington College (2019-2023) where she also taught in Art + Art History department. She is a previous Salisbury University Art Galleries Manager (2014-2019). At SU, Gladden also taught in the Music, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Art departments.
For the past 10 years Gladden has been crafting exhibitions, performances, special events, and diverse community engagement programs in higher education. At Washington College her interdisciplinary approach to directing and curating the Kohl Gallery included collaborations with the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, the Rose O’Neill Literary House, the Center for Environment and Society, and the McLain Program for Environmental Studies.
She serves on the board of the Hedgelawn Foundation and is a member of the curatorial committee for the Adkins Arboretum Art Program.
As an artist, her practice merges conceptual, multimedia (sound and visual practices), and performance strategies. She works both independently and in close collaboration with her artistic partner and husband, David Gladden, SU Associate Professor of Art. Their work has been programmed and exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally in festivals, private and nonprofit galleries, established and DIY performance venues.
