Meg Hahn, Border Patrol Co-Founder
March 3 - March 18, 2024
Photo courtesy of Surf Point Foundation
Border Patrol Co-Founder Meg Hahn joins our Bakersfield, CA outpost as we prepare for April's launch of Book Store, a publication studio focusing on the works of formerly incarcerated and detained artists. In addition to producing texts by artists across the country, Hahn will be making work for Border Patrol's summer exhibition that explores the material history of khaki and its links to military and corporate ideologies.
Meg Hahn is a painter and arts worker in Portland, Maine. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME; the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME; BUOY, Kittery, ME; Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME; Dunes, Portland, ME; SOIL, Seattle, WA; Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; and Collar Works, Troy, NY, among others. She has attended residencies at Surf Point Foundation, York, The Golden Foundation Residency Program, The Vermont Studio Center, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and the Monhegan Artists’ Residency. She has also been a co-director at Border Patrol, a curatorial collective, since 2017. She received her BFA in Painting from Maine College of Art & Design.
Meg Hahn is a painter and arts worker in Portland, Maine. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME; the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME; BUOY, Kittery, ME; Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME; Dunes, Portland, ME; SOIL, Seattle, WA; Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; and Collar Works, Troy, NY, among others. She has attended residencies at Surf Point Foundation, York, The Golden Foundation Residency Program, The Vermont Studio Center, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and the Monhegan Artists’ Residency. She has also been a co-director at Border Patrol, a curatorial collective, since 2017. She received her BFA in Painting from Maine College of Art & Design.
18th Street Arts Center California Creative Corps is a pilot program funded by the California Arts Council as an engagement campaign designed to increase public awareness about issues of public health, water and energy conservation, civic engagement, social justice, and more. This activity is funded by the California Arts Council, a state agency.
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