Lesley McTague

Lesley McTague received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003 and a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 2012. As both artist and designer, Lesley combines her training to create work that is driven by artistic vision and achieved through design methodologies. As such, she intends to focus her professional development in the field of Event Design, envisioning and fabricating immersive environments for the experience of fun, wonder, and delight. Lesley’s artistic achievements include residencies at The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH, The Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, NY, and The Maryland Art Place in Baltimore. She has apprenticed at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia and has assisted several artists with the creation and installation of their work, most notably Ann Hamilton and Do-ho Suh. Additionally, she has been awarded Individual Artist Fellowships from both the Maryland State Arts Council and the Baltimore City Arts Council. While in residence at Kohler, Lesley will test then cast hundreds of stenciled brick units to be assembled into walls and enclosures.