Martha Tuttle Artist Talk

On Friday, August 28, Martha Tuttle will present a talk on her new temporary installation at Tippet Rise, Calder’s Woods, in conversation with Tippet Rise co-founder Cathy Halstead. A multidisciplinary artist based in Montana, Martha Tuttle has spent several weeks in residence at Tippet Rise over the past two years and she created Calder’s Woods during her residency at Alexander Calder’s studio in Sache, France. Comprised of several aluminum casts of natural objects found in the surrounding woods, the work examines Tuttle’s interest in varying scales and concepts of motion – both active and propelled. Guests of this event will have the opportunity to hear from Martha directly and ask questions. 

Martha Tuttle (b. 1989, Santa Fe, NM) lives and works in Livingston, MT and she received an MFA from Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. Solo exhibitions include Moody Center for the Arts, Houston (2024) and Storm King Arts Center, New York (2020-21). Tuttle has recently received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2025) and The Atelier Calder Residency (2026); she has also participated in a Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva (2019) and received a Josef Albers Foundation Fellowship (2014). Selected public collections include The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.