About & CV

About

Haley Searcy (they/she) is a fiber artist, illustrator, and musician based in Dover, NH, with roots in Durham, NC. Their work is a playful blend of whimsy and authenticity, combining elements of nature, humor, and imagination. When they’re not creating, Haley shares their passion for community-building and education through events and workshops.

CV

SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & AFFILIATIONS

2025         Studio Assistant for Designing Patterns and Prints for Textiles, Sanborn Mills Farm, Loudon NH

2024 - Present         Mending Club Facilitator, Auspicious Brew, Dover NH

2024 - Present
         Natural Dye Study Group Member, Sanborn Mills Farm, Loudon NH

2023 - Present         Resident Artist, Sue’s Studios, Rollinsford NH

2022 - 2024             Program Manager, Arts In Reach, Portsmouth NH

2021 - 2022              Program Coordinator, Arts In Reach, Portsmouth NH

2020 - 2021              Program Development & Research AmeriCorps VISTA, Arts In Reach, Portsmouth NH

2021 - 2023              Resident Artist & Volunteer, Wrong Brain, Dover NH

 

AWARDS

2025                          NCSW Scholarship Recipient, North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT

2024                          Sanborn Mills Farm Scholarship Recipient, Sanborn Mills Farm, Loudon NH

2023                          Young Artist Scholarship, North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT

 

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024                         Featured Artist, HiFi Burritos, Dover NH

2023                        The Muse’s Workshop, Collab with Rebecca Romanoski, Bedrock Gardens, Lee NH

2022                        Grow Together, Collab with Scott Crow, Wrong Brain, Dover NH

                                 Frog Tea Party, Collaboration with Rebecca Romanoski, Bedrock Gardens, Lee NH

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024                        Big Cheap Art Show, Oak House, Newmarket NH

                                 Animalia, Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, Portsmouth NH

                                 Altered Futures, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth NH

2023                        Big Cheap Art Show, Oak House, Newmarket NH

                                 Spring Bizaare Pop Up Gallery, The Millspace, Newmarket NH

                                 Exhibit of Subversive Malcontents, Wrong Brain, Dover NH

2022                        Big Cheap Art Show, Wrong Brain, Dover NH

                                 Keep Dover Wild, Dover Arts Commission, Dover NH

2021                        Big Cheap Art Show, Wrong Brain, Dover NH

                                Housing Solidarity Exhibit, Wrong Brain, Dover NH

                                ARTPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery ME

2019                       The Eleventh Wave, Hatchet Coffee, Boone NC

                                Healing After Trauma, 3rd Place, Boone NC

 

EDUCATION & CONTINUING EDUCATION

2025                       Fiber: Plants, Prints, and Patterns on CottoN, Emily Parkinson, NCSW, Bennington VT

2024                       Designing Patterns and Prints for Textiles, Arielle Toelke, Sanborn Mills Farm, Loudon NH

2023                       Certificate in Coaching Children and Teens, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH

                                Traditional Yoruba Adire Eleko & Tie-dye with Indigo, Gasali Adeyemo, NCSW, Bennington VT

2016 - 2020           BS in Sociology (Social Inequalities), Minors in English and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, Appalachian State University, Boone NC

 

MARKETS, POP UPS, AND SHOWCASES

2024                        Auspicious Brew’s Winter Solstice Community Market

                                 Wrong Brain’s Night Bizaare, Dover NH

                                 Hive & Forge’s Back Room Artist Market, Salem MA

                                 Auspicious Brew’s Midsummer Community Market, Dover NH

                                 LunaMoth Zine Fest, Salem NH

                                 Auspicious Brew’s Spring Equinox Community Market, Dover NH

2023                        WSCA Winter Market, Portsmouth NH

                                 Wrong Brain’s Holidaze Bizzare, Dover NH

                                 The Outboard’s HoliGAY Fair, North Hampton NH

                                 Crackskulls Pop Up Market, Newmarket NH

                                 Queerlective’s Concord Art Market, Concord NH

2022                        Queerlective’s Sip and Slay, Manchester NH

                                 Wrong Brain Holidaze Bizarre, Newmarket NH

                                 The Outboard’s HoliGay Market and Campfire, North Hampton NH

                                 The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE), Boston MA

                                  Bones and Arrows Music Festival’s Bones Bazaar, Newmarket NH

                                  Queer Craft Maine’s Queer Artist Market, Portland ME

2021                          Auspicious Brew’s Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Dover NH

                                  The Outboard’s HoliGay Market and Campfire, North Hampton NH

                                  Wrong Brain's Chapel + Main Holidaze Bizarre, Dover NH 

                                  Cocheco Arts Festival Visual Arts Showcase, Dover NH

                                  Dunn Farm's Country Craft Fair, Berwick ME

                                  Hive and Forge's April & October Pop Up Artist, Salem MA

2020                         Show and Tell Pop Up Shop, Asheville NC

                                  Wrong Brain Holidaze Bizarre, Dover NH

                                 Pop Up Boone, Boone NC

2019                         Pop Up Boone, Boone NC

                                 The Willow Tree's Artists and Makers Market, Johnson City TN