Carter Community Artists

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Carter Community Artists have a passion for the arts, a love for our community, and a keen ability to unite the two.

Carter Community Artists, an annual initiative dedicated to supporting and working with local artists, enhances Museum events, connects the North Texas area with practicing artists, and builds a network among local artists. Every year, we select four local artists who help plan and lead events at the Museum and in the community. The yearlong commitment allows collaboration between artists and education staff on a wide array of projects and events designed for family, adult, and student audiences; related events take place both at the Museum and offsite in the community. Artists can expect to work between 20 and 40 hours over the year with the Education department at the Carter. The artists’ work planning, facilitating, and teaching will be supported by a $100/hour honorarium, with the number of hours varying per project.

Application deadline: Applications for 2026 Carter Community Artists are now closed.

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Meet our 2026 Carter Community Artists

Holly D. Gray

Holly D. Gray is a North Texas-based multidisciplinary artist whose photography and sculpture examine caregiving, emotional labor, and memorialization. Her work is deeply informed by 18 years of caring for her daughter with disabilities, shaping contemplative narratives about time and resilience. Gray earned her MFA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her work has been exhibited nationally and featured in various print and online publications. Her educational work includes local workshops, private instruction, and teaching photography at the university level.
A White woman with dark curly hair wearing a blue jumpsuit leans against an art file cabinet in a studio.

Jack Hein

Jack Hein is a ceramic artist whose practice explores memory, displacement, and belonging, shaped by his early life as a refugee from Myanmar. Now based in North Texas, he holds a BFA from Texas Christian University and an MA from the University of Dallas. Hein’s work has been shown nationally, earning awards including Best in Clay at the Materials: Hard + Soft 2025 International Juried Show and an emerging artist recognition from the Dallas Museum of Art. He also serves as the co-art director for the Summer Art Academy at the University of Dallas.
A medium-skinned man with Asian features leans against a table in a workshop, on which is displayed groupings of ceramic sculptures.

Elizabeth Maria Hudson

Elizabeth Maria Hudson is a Dallas-based watercolor figurative painter whose work translates Black American folklore through a womanist lens. Her paintings explore agency, liberation, and community care. Hudson studied painting at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and holds a BA in history and art history from the University of Texas at Austin. She has exhibited at Pencil on Paper Gallery, the Carver Museum, Big Medium, and Martha’s Contemporary.
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Carolyn Marco

Carolyn Marco is a Richardson-based multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work explores material transformation, sustainability, and creative connection. With a background in metalsmithing and jewelry, she uses reclaimed materials to create meaningful, hands-on art experiences. Marco works as a Gallery Educator at the Dallas Museum of Art and develops upcycling and wearable-art workshops through her independent practice, Kiki Knows Art. Her work encourages makers of all ages to reimagine the beauty of the overlooked.
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The Carter Community Artists initiative is supported in part by the Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation and the Building Community Fund.