Martha Hauston is a mixed-media assemblage artist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Massachusetts. In her artwork, she is interested in memory, inheritance, and what we carry with us over time, using found materials such as vintage textiles and sewing patterns.

In addition to her studio practice, Martha works as a staff psychotherapist at UMass Memorial Health and offers expressive arts–based workshops, groups, and individual sessions for public and community audiences. Her approach integrates collage, image work, journaling, and reflective creative process to support self-awareness and meaning making.

Martha’s background includes directing and curating interdisciplinary exhibitions for UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center satellite galleries, and assisting with coordination of Jazz in July Workshops in Improvisation. In addition she was an ESL curriculum designer and teacher for immigrant community organizations in the Boston area. Across these settings, her work has consistently focused on the integration of creative process, reflection, and human connection. She holds an MA in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University, where she studied with art therapist Shaun McNiff, and an MEd in Creativity and Adult Learning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

She is an active ArtsWorcester member and regularly participates in member and open-call exhibitions throughout Massachusetts.

Selected Juried Exhibitions

2026

Altered States: Transformation in Art — Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA

For the Birds — Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA

Birds! — Fivesparks, Harvard, MA

Annual Regional Juried Exhibition — North River Arts Society, Marshfield Hills, MA