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2023 Marci Tackett
Monday, 7 August 2023
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Printmaker Marci Tackett was Marsden's Artist in Residence for 2023. Highly accomplished and with a wealth of experience in teaching and artistic practice, Marci was born in Denver, Colorado, and has lived and worked in New Zealand since 2006. She has received numerous awards and artist residencies in both New Zealand and the USA, including the Annual Fellowship Award from Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California, and the Merit Grant Recipient for a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Marci's work has been displayed in exhibitions around the world and in 2019, 2020 and 2022 she was a finalist for the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award. In addition to her impressive artistic accomplishments, Marci has also taught at The Learning Connexion in Lower Hutt, where she developed and expanded her interdisciplinary art practice. Her collaborative, interactive exhibition entitled Selective Memory, which she created with fellow printmaker Toni Mosley, was shown at Railway Street Studios in Auckland in 2019. Marci loves the process of making art and being a member of a culture and community invested in nurturing the development of the creative process in all people. During her 6-week residency at Marsden Marci used our designated studio space in the Art and Design department while mentoring students and completing a body of work for an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts on 23 June. One of the key messages that Marci tries to instill in her students is that "they are in charge of their own creative journeys ultimately and that by learning to observe and analyse their processes they will improve their outcomes and they will have an exciting time doing it!" |