About
Kelly graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in Studio Art, with a concentration in printmaking. She is interested in a variety of media but is currently focused on printmaking processes and textiles. She has lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, NY and currently resides in Knoxville, TN. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts where she worked for two and a half years as a full-time staff member.
Kelly’s work has been exhibited at the Bascom in NC, Remarque Print Shop in NM and at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg,TN. Kelly is currently the Arts Specialist, Sr. At Knoxville Arts Center where she creates community arts programming. Kelly teaches in several locations in East Tennessee such as Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts and Relay Ridge.
When she is not teaching she is getting involved in arts organizations like the Mayor’s Maker City Council, Tennessee Crafts Commission Professional Development Committee and Printmakers Anonymous.
Exhibitions & Awards
Education
BFA, Printmaking, Magna Cum Laude, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 2003
Residencies
MudFire Clayworks and Gallery, Artist-in-Residence, 2006-2010
Shows & Exhibitions
2025
Instructors Exhibition, Sandra Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts,
Invitational, Gatlinburg, TN
Members Show, Arts & Cultural Alliance, Emporium Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2024
Crafting a Collection, Arrowmont Downtown Gallery, invitational, Knoxville TN
Art in the Airport, McGhee Tyson Airport, juried, Knoxville TN
Mayor’s Office Exhibition, Art & Culture Alliance, member show, Knoxville TN
Print & Prose, Small Press Fest Exhibition, Relay Ridge Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2023
Featured: Arrowmont Community Class Instructors, Arrowmont Downtown
Gallery, Knoxville, TN
First Friday Artist Highlight Solo Show, Able Trade, Knoxville, TN
2023 Instructor Show, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Go, Slow, Solo Show, North Wall at The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
11th Annual International Juried Print Exhibition, Remarque Print Shop,
Albuquerque, NM
Printmakers Anonymous, Relay Ridge, invitational, Knoxville, TN
2022
Let Her Speak (Conference), invitational, Knoxville, TN
Maker Exchange Grid, invitational, Knoxville, TN
2021
Southwest Print Fiesta, 3rd Annual Print Exchange, Silver City, NM
2020
Monsters Made with Love, Dogwood Arts Gallery, invitational, Knoxville, TN
2018
Pieced, invitational portfolio exchange, Curator Grant Benoit, The Bascom, Highlands, NC and SGCI Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2017
Museum of Civilization, (Sponsored by the Big Read), juried, The Central
Collective, Knoxville, TN
18th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition, juried, Sandra J. Blain Gallery ,
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition, juried, Dogwood Arts Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2016
Arrowmont Staff Exhibition, Wolpert Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, TN
2013
Colorscapes Chenango Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Norwich, NY
Nostalgia, Happiness and Saturday Morning Cartoons, invitational, Grass Roots
Gallery, Rochester NY
Winters Blues, invitational,Grass Roots Gallery, Rochester, NY
Bloom, invitational, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY
Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Syracuse, NY
2012
Colorscapes Chenango Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Norwich, NY
Salt Market, juried, Syracuse, NY
Plowshares Arts and Crafts Festival, juried, Syracuse NY
CANO Gallery, Exhibitor, Oneonta, NY
2011
The Seen Gallery, exhibitor, Decatur, GA
Pottery Fair, Syracuse Ceramic Guild members only show, Cazenovia, NY
Colorscapes Chenango Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Norwich, NY
Manlius Historical Society Fine Arts & Crafts Show, juried, Manlius, NY
ArtMart, juried, Syracuse, NY
May Memorial Fine Arts & Crafts Show, juried, Syracuse, NY
2010
8 Fluid Ounces, Baton Rouge, LA
The Seen Gallery, exhibitor, Decatur, GA
The Front Room, MudFire Clayworks and Gallery, Decatur, GA
2009
Mug Shots, invitational, St. Petersburg, FL
Dining In: An Artful Experience, juried, Houston, TX
The Seen Gallery, exhibitor, Decatur, GA
Brookhaven Arts & Crafts Festival, Atlanta, GA
MudFire Clay works & Gallery, The Front Room, Exhibitor, Decatur, GA
Fired Clay, invitational, Decatur, GA
Kirkwood Spring Fling, juried, Atlanta, GA
MudFire Holiday Show and Sale, members only show, Decatur, GA
2008
Line and Color, invitational, MudFire Clayworks & Gallery, Decatur, GA
Inman Park Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Atlanta, GA
Art-B-Que, invitational, Decatur, GA
East Atlanta Strut Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Atlanta, GA
Brookhaven Arts & Crafts Festival, juried, Atlanta, GA
Avondale Autumn Fest, juried, Avondale Estates, GA
MudFire Holiday Show and Sale, members only show, Decatur, GA
2007
Japanfest, exhibitor and demonstrator, Duluth, GA
Put a Lid on It, invitational, MudFire Clayworks & Gallery, Decatur, GA
MudFire Holiday Show and Sale, members only show, Decatur, GA
2003
Independent Study Group Show, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Spring Juried Show, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Print Exhibition & Portfolio Exchange, Southern Printmakers, Southern Graphics
Council, University of Miami, Miami, FL
BFA Exhibition, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2002
Spring Juried Show, juried, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
FAU Potters Guild Juried Show, juried, Boca Raton, FL
Awards
Third Place, Ceramics, Colorscapes Chenango Arts & Crafts Festival, Norwich, NY , 2013
Award of Distinction, Ceramics, Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival, Syracuse, NY
2013
Third Place, Ceramics, Colorscapes Chenango Arts & Crafts Festival, Norwich, NY , 2012
Second Place, Ceramics, Colorscapes Chenango Arts & Crafts Festival, Norwich,
NY 2011
Second Place in Show, East Atlanta Strut Arts & Crafts Festival, Atlanta, GA
Women in the Visual Arts Scholarship Award, juried winner, Boca Raton, FL
Teaching & Experience
Past Experience/Teaching
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Legacy Week, Encaustic Collage, TN, July 2025.
Gaudy Gold Frame Show, Juror, Knoxville, TN March 2025
Knox Small Press Fest, Co-organizer, Printmaking Festival, in October 2024
Knoxville, TN
Printmakers Anonymous, member, Knoxville, TN Nov 2023-Present
2024 Synergy Art Exhibition, Juror, Maryville, TN
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Legacy Week, Stitched Stories,
Gatlinburg, TN, July 2023.
Tennessee Crafts Commission Professional Development Committee, Committee
Member, 2020-Present
Sevier County Biennial Student Show, Juror, Gatlinburg, TN
Tennessee Craft, Presenter, Lunch and Learn Series: Teaching Workshops,
February 2023
Relay Ridge, Workshop instructor, 2023-Present
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, National Workshops Instructor, Encaustics,
Gatlinburg, TN, October 2021
Mayor’s Maker City Council, Council Member, Knoxville, TN 2020-2024
Mighty Mud, Instructor, Knoxville, TN 2020-2024
Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, Arts Specialist Senior, 2018-Present
Cancer Support Center of East Tennessee, Instructor, 2018-Present
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Community Class Instructor, 2016-Present
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Full-time Staff Member 2015-2018
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Educational Assistant, 2015
Women’s Catholic Retreat, Demonstrator, 2012,2013,2015
Arts Studio at the East Area YMCA, Art Instructor, 2012-2013
Camp Kippewa for Girls, Arts Director/Instructor, 2010 and 2011
MudFire Clayworks and Gallery, Instructor, 2006-2010
Florida Atlantic University, Studio Tech, Printmaking 2001-2003
Continuing Education & Workshops
Jake Ingram, Drypoint & Plate Lithography, Knoxville, TN 2025
Ashton Ludden, Wood Engraving, Knoxville, TN 2025
Jake Ingram, Various Printmaking Workshops (Lithography, Woodcut, Monoprint), Knoxville,
TN 2024
Nastassja Swift, Felted Family Memories, Gatlinburg, TN
Pazia Manella, Weaving & Papermaking, Gatlinburg, TN August 2024
Amanda Thatch, Legacy Weekend: Natural Dyes, Gatlinburg, TN 2023
Leslie Smith & Katie Wigglesworth, Inspired by the Past: Archives & New Work,
Gatlinburg, TN 2023
Laura Boswell, Japanese Woodblock Printing, Aylesbury, England 2022
Kevin Francis, Japanese Woodblock Printing, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 2021
Elizabeth Alexander, Hollow Paper Sculpture, Pocosin Arts, 2021
Jeff Hirst, Experimental Printmaking, Ballycastle, Ireland 2018
Jody Alexander, “The Boro Aesthetic”-Textiles Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN 2017
Grant Benoit, Monoprinting, Gatlinburg, TN 2017
Sarah Rachel Brown, Cuttlefish Casting Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN 2016
Charlie Ryland, Spoon Carving Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN 2016
Ashton Ludden, Screenprinting Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN 2015
Jeff Hirst, Screenprinting and Encaustic Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN 2015
Liz Zlot Summerfield, Clay Handbuilding Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN 2015
Diana Fayt, The Clayer E-course, 2013
Forrest Lesch-Middelton, Silkscreen on Clay Workshop, Syracuse, NY 2011
Hayne Bayless, Hand-building with Extruded Clay Workshop, Syracuse, NY 2011
Kathy King, Image Transfer and Sgraffito Workshop, Portland, ME 2011
John Britt, Glaze Formulation Workshop, Decatur, GA 2009
Liz Zlot Summerfield, Hand-building and Surface Decoration, Decatur, GA 2008
Paul Andrew Wandless, Image Transfer Workshop, Decatur, GA 2007