Bio

Tara Carpenter Estrada is a professor of art education at Brigham Young University (BYU). As a practicing artist, she makes mixed- media and ceramic art that is shown in national and international juried exhibitions. She presents regularly at conferences including the National Art Education Association and the National Conference on Education for the Ceramic Arts and her writing has been featured in Visual Inquiry, Art Education, and the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative. She is currently editing a book called “An Artist and A Mother” with submissions ongoing for Demeter Press.

Statment

These works were created from leftover bits and pieces from other projects. As a mother working from home during a pandemic with an infant, time and resources are precious. I must act as a bricoleur, pulling together disparate ephemera to make art. I work intuitively, adding bits as I go, painting to cover some areas and sanding to expose others. Never far from my thoughts, Baby pokes her head and hands into my work.