MFA VISITING ARTIST – CATHERINE HAGGARTY, PAINTER: The campus and public are invited to this free talk by painter Catherine Haggarty at 11 a.m. in room 144 of the Visual and Performing Arts Center. Catherine Haggarty is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her MFA from Mason Gross, Rutgers University, in 2011. An adjunct professor at School of Visual Arts, she has also taught painting and drawing at FIT, Hofstra University, and Rutgers University. Additionally, she is the Executive Director and co-founder of the NYC Crit Club.

Haggarty’s paintings and curatorial work have been reviewed and featured in The New York Times, The Observer, Bomb Magazine, Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Magazine, and Sound and Vision Podcast, among others. Her recent solo & two person shows include: Untitled Miami (2022), Lorin Gallery (2022), Geary Contemporary, NYC (2022), Massey Klein Gallery, NYC (2020), Bloomsburg University, PA (2018), and Look and Listen in Marseille, France (2016). Her work has been in group exhibitions throughout the U.S., as well as in Berlin and Montreal. A recipient of several residencies in the US and France, she was awarded grants from Vermont Studio Center and Mana Contemporary, NJ.

As a visiting artist and lecturer, Catherine has worked with many MFA programs including: UAlbany, Rutgers, MICA, UCONN, University of Oregon, BU, Hunter, Purchase, and Brooklyn College. In 2018, she was the Anderson Endowed Lecturer at Penn State University.