Artist Emily J. Hara, Owner of Milquetoast Studios is an internationally published / exhibited photographer, graphic designer, visual artist, and art director living in the United States. She works both in the traditional film & digital mediums along with now watercolor & guache.

Milquetoast Studios offers the following design services: Graphic Design, Web Design, Branding, Branding & Marketing Consulting, Painting & Photography Fine Art.

Emily J. Hara is represented by Galeria Pura Vida in Santa Teresa, COSTA RICA.



Upcoming Exhibitions & Events


GRAND OPENING! May 6th, 2023



Galeria Pura Vida Grand Opening new Gallery Work Show

Santa Teresa, COSTA RICA 60111



April 2023 Work is currently on consignment through Galeria Pura Vida at Makanas Beach Bungalows, Costa Rica

200 Meters North of Flor Blanca Puntarenas, Costa Rica



Dec 2022 Group Exhibition Galeria Pura Vida

Next to Playa Cielo Hotel, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Wave Boutique Mall Shopping Complex near Banana Beach

 

Jan, 2018 Art at the JCC Presents: Exposed!

Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

 

Sept 1st - October 27th 2017, Hoyt Gallery at the U.S.C. Keck School of Medicine, PAIN 2 Exhibition

Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

Hoyt Gallery - 1975 Zonal Avenue in the Keith Administration Building
Los Angeles, CA 90033

 

Jan, 2017 Art at the JCC Presents: Exposed! An Artistic Photographic Journey

Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

  

Residencies

2012-2013 Bronx Museum of Art, Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program, Bronx, NY

  

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Mute. Art Goes on Vacation, The Gershwin Hotel, NYC

2010 Mute. Red House Gallery, New Harmony, IN

2009 Mute. Four 11 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

Group Exhibitions

2018 Art at the JCC Presents: Exposed! Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

2017 Hoyt Gallery at the U.S.C. Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

2017 Art at the JCC Presents: Exposed! An Artistic Photographic Journey, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

2016 Art at the JCC Presents: Organic Matters, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

2013 Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial Bronx Museum of Art / Wave Hill Public Garden & Cultural Center, Bronx NY

2012 Neofolk, Rats 9 Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2011 Dasein: Invitation to Hang Chase Jarvis’s Top 10, Ace Hotel, NYC

2011 Hope & Heroes Children’s Cancer Benefit, The Dash Gallery, NYC

2009 Pop-Up Foreclosure Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

2008 California Visual Artists, 2nd City Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2007 Dia De Los Muertos, 2nd City Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2007 Black & White Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO

2006 Her Name was Elizabeth, The Regent Galleries, LA, CA

  

Selected Exhibitions

2013 Soundview Art Festival, NYC

2012 Artists of SoBro, The Clock Bar, NYC

2010 Salem Arts Festival, Naimo Gallery, Salem, MA

2010 Winter Wonderland, Gelebert Studios Gallery, NYC

 

Awards

2017, 1st Place, Juror's Selection, Curator Charles Wylie, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

2010 1st Place, Juror's Selection, Artslant.com

2007, Juror's Selection, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO

Andy Abroms Memorial Scholarship

 

PRESS

2017 Santa Barbara News-Press - SCENE

2017 SBSeasons.com

2017 KEYT Santa Barbara Fox News Channel Artist Spotlight