Meet Audra Lambert, New Harmony Friend
Audra Lambert is the Curator of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art in New Harmony, Indiana.
Looking outward from within the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art featuring works in the Residence VII show that 2024 NHP writers encountered.
Image courtesy of NHGCA
The artists, Janine Polak (left) and Sara Christensen Blair (right), whose works are featured in the gallery’s current show, Making Memory, with Audra Lambert (center).
Image courtesy of NHGCA
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Definitely sunshine, a good book or loved ones, laying on the grass, catching the sun just as it comes from behind the clouds—sun, seems to be a theme here! Being out in nature and feeling warm and happy. What's more to love? If music, theater, reading and/or public art is involved, and people I care for are there, that's not just happiness—that's heaven!
2. Which living person(s) do you most admire?
This is such a tough question to narrow down and there are lot of folks no longer with us that I definitely admire greatly. In terms of people I know, my grandmom is a resilient woman that I look up to immensely. In terms of folks I'd like to meet who are "famous" the #1 person I admire most is RuPaul Charles. Talk about a human who knows how to entertain yet still brings empathy to the table! I admire resilient, talented and down to earth folks, so these are my top 2 choices for living folks.
3. Who are your favorite writers?
Where do I begin! Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Noel Coward, Douglas Adams, Maya Angelou, Neil Gaiman, Yu Miri. They offer the perfect balance of drama, humor, and weirdness. If I had to pick one, it would be Adams, whose Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy series is my guide to irreverent living on this planet Earth that we inhabit (and if I go to space one day I'll be sure to take it with me!).
4. Who are your heroes in real life?
The women who raised me - my mom, aunt and grandmothers - who mean the world to me.
5. What does The New Harmony Project mean to you?
What I really appreciate about The New Harmony Project is the depth and sensitivity that the writers and artists in residence bring, as well as their curiosity - and flair! We love your flair, y'all, come back in 2025 and bring the flair!