"My Mother's Legacy" by Sarah Hutt

Sarah Hutt, www.sarahhutt.com, is a mid-career artist based in Boston, MA, USA. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Fidelity Investments, Boston; the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; the State University of New York, New York; the Federal Reserve Collection, Boston; and the McMullen Museum at Boston College.

As a working artist, Ms. Hutt has received grants and awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the New England Foundation for the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work has been seen in numerous solo exhibitions as well as included in more than 40 group exhibitions across the country. Ms. Hutt also serves as a panelist, visiting artist and lecturer for museums, galleries and civic arts organizations. She sits on numerous boards and community advisory groups.

Currently, Sarah Hutt is the Director of Visual Programming in the Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events for the City of Boston. Previously the Mayor's Director of Technical Assistance for Visual Arts, then Director of Public Art, she has served as an advocate and resource for Boston's visual arts community since 1995. Her duties have included coordinating special projects, pairing individual artists with organizations for funding, and spearheading the development and maintenance of artists' housing.

Ms. Hutt is a long-time resident of Boston's lively South End community. There, in 1990, she established in the first successful mixed-use artist live/work space to utilize a city-owned surplus building. She has since consulted on a dozen similar projects.