Martha O’Connell

Martolao (Martha O’Connell) is a painter, muralist, and advocate for arts-based opportunities for youth and adults.  She creates large scale drawings, paintings and accompanying writings and installs them in public places in coordination with performing artists.  Mural painting was her first love.  She collaborates with pre-teens and adults on self expression through art, poetry, and costuming, and advocates for funding and support of art-based opportunities.  She is a founding member of the collective, Amber Art & Design, with which she organizes and works on publicly engaged projects and events. She received a BFA in Sculpture from Cornell University’s College of Art and was trained by the Community-Word Project’s Teaching Artist Project in NYC.