Featured Artist of the month

Each month we feature one artist from our Community Artists page here on our website, in our monthly newsletter, on Instagram, and on Facebook. We will also host an artist’s talk with them over Zoom so our audience can get to know them better. Check back at the beginning of each month for a new artist to learn about. And view artists from past months here.

March 2025: Ciara Ruddock

We are thrilled to introduce Ciara Ruddock as our Featured Artist of March! Read on to learn about Ciara and her work! And join us for an artist’s talk with Ciara on Monday, March 31st at 2:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register now at this link.

Artist Statement

Ciara Ruddock, b. 1991 is a Brooklyn-based visual and social practice artist originally from the Bay Area, California. Ciara has attended fine arts programs with the Leo Marchutz School, Columbia University, and Saint Mary’s College of California. She is primarily interested in the connection between social-emotional awareness and its influence in the process of creation. Much of her work focuses on gestural dynamics, using painting to express memories and sensations of emotion or environment through a distinct use of color and form. 

Ciara is deeply involved in the Arts Education and Mental Health community. She has previously developed original arts programming for artists with developmental disabilities and serious mental illness in private and public programs in both New York and California. Ciara has participated in educational exhibitions and workshops throughout NYC, including The MoMA’s ‘Become a Butterfly’ project,  The Bronx Family Court Mural, and as a Social Practice Resident with Project Art. 

My time at the Leo Marchutz School taught me the value of presence, which set the foundation for my relationship to the arts. I believe that art is a human right, and allows us to connect with ourselves and others in a way that cannot otherwise be articulated. Studying paint and drawing at Marchutz gave me the opportunity to reconnect with myself, with art as a tool, which is invaluable to my daily life as an artist, friend, and citizen of the world. 

Selected Work

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Artist’s Talk on Zoom

Join us for an artist’s talk with Ciara on Monday, March 31st at 2:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register now at this link.

Previous Featured Artists

To view featured artists from past months, click here.

  • February 2025: Barry Hart

  • December 2024/January 2025: Alan Roberts

  • November 2024: Ben Haggard

  • October 2024: Amelia Myre

  • September 2024: Becky Hagenston

  • August 2024: Paul Umbarger

  • June/July 2024: Featured Exhibition in Aix-en-Provence

  • May 2024: Sharon Rawlins

  • April 2024: Kate Butler

  • March 2024: Pauline Bétrancourt

  • February 2024: Jenna Grotelueschen

  • January 2024: Mary Leone Duffy

  • December 2023: Elizabeth Ivers

  • November 2023: Cole Carothers

  • October 2023: Grace Darden

  • September 2023: King David

  • August 2023: Chris Coffey

  • July 2023: Jim Toub

  • June 2023: Jennifer Neel

  • May 2023: Jan Brogan

  • April 2023: Sophia Hall

  • March 2023: Lucy Clare Spooner

  • February 2023: Samantha Van Heest

  • December 2022: Hilary Stein

  • November 2022: Nick Cruz Velleman

  • October 2022: Miranda Blas

  • September 2022: Samuel Bjorklund