building bridges,

cultivating community,

finding home.

reaching beyond barriers and borderlines.

shattering the illusion of separateness.

bringing people together.

hi, i’m tara, the face behind adobe uprising. I am so glad you are here.

first and foremost, adobe uprising is about connection. it is about fostering relationships in a fragmented culture. It feels like an act of rebellion, forming alliances and tribes in a world hell bent on convincing us we need to only look out for ourselves. That is where the uprising comes from. I work in a way that fights against a culture that tells us we need to fit into boxes and that it is okay to treat people as pawns to get ahead,

i chose adobe because it symbolizes the southwest and connects us to all who have gone before us. adobe isn’t a style of home, it is the method of building the home. You need sand, clay and straw. you need water and sun. alone, these elements cannot do much to shelter and protect us. but together, they form hard walls and roofs that last hundreds of years. we are adobe, all of us. we are valuable individually, but together, we can make truly unbelievable things come to life. we are different, we couldn’t create much if we weren’t.

if my words resonated with you, reach out. let’s create something together.

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