Linda Kelly is an artist interested in discovery and exploration at all times.  She is a licensed, certified art teacher, holding a Master’s degree in Arts Education. A former art teacher at the Rockport Middle and High schools in Massachusetts, she is currently the Visual Arts Director of ArtHarbor of Cape Ann and has developed and taught art classes and workshops for Art Harbor for the past 9 years, including programs for ArtHarbor’s popular SummerArts Camp at Windhover, the Arts for the Young and Big and Messy Art preschool programs at the Rockport Community House. She has recently begun directing the newly formed ArtCorps, a program through which HS students participate in beautification and community improvement projects around Cape Ann.

Ms. Kelly is an award winning artist who’s past projects include commissioned mural painting for developmental facilities in Northern California. She has works in private collections in California, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Switzerland. Her series of portraits depicting children from all corners of the globe: Children of the World was  highlighted in a recent show, Rhythmic Figure, in New York City (December  2009) She is currently working on printmaking projects, a series of works entitled Boarder Crossings and a new series of portraits of children closer to home: Children of Cape Ann.

Recent shows include:

Balance The Little Gallery Under the Stairs

            Lynn, MA 2/2009

Sketchbook Project Tour,3   February - July 2009

Art house, Atlanta, GA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC

Chris Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

Laconia Gallery, Boston,MA

Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL

Souland Art Market, St.Louis MO

3rd Ward, Brooklyn NY

MODA, Atlanta,GA

Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago IL

Deck, Deck, Deck  APW Gallery

            Long Island, NY, 6/2009

A Postcard is Worth 1000 Words  APW Gallery

            Long Island, NY, 6/2009

Small Works  Experimental Art Gallery

             Salem, MA, 6/2009

Contemporary Interpretation  Peabody Historical Society

             Peabody , MA 6/ 2009

Important Things The Little Gallery Under the Stairs

             Lynn, MA 7/2009

New York Book Project

             Long Island, NY 7/2009

Alterations Experimental Art Gallery

             Salem, MA 7/2009

Canvas Project Vol 2

             Atlanta GA, 7/2009

Print Exchange ‘Danger’  Art House Gallery

             Atlanta, GA 8/2009

Small Works, Big Idea  APW Gallery

             Long Island, NY 9?2009

A Book About Death Emily Harvey Foundation

             New York City, NY 9/2009

A Million Little Pictures

             Atlanta, GA 9/2009

             San Francisco, CA 1/2010

10,000 people

             Atlanta, GA 10/2009

Cross Pollination Woman Made Gallery

             Chicago, Il 11/2009      

Rhythmic Figure

             New York, NY 12/ 2009

the things i dream about  Brooklyn Art library

              Brooklyn, NY 2010

Sorry Project

              Brooklyn, NY 6/25/2010

A Million Little Pictures Vol. 5 ‘Time Capsule’

              Brooklyn, NY 7/9/2010 + 2 other galleries in US

Print Exchange ‘It will be fun...Really’

              Brooklyn, NY 7/16/2010

Getting an Eye Fool: The Art of Looking 

               PEM &Salem Arts Association

               Salem, MA 9/3/2010

Upcoming:

Canvas Project 3

              Brooklyn, NY 12/3/2010

Sketchbook Project Tour 2011

              Brooklyn,Ny

              Austin, TX

              San Francisco, CA

              Atlanta, GA

              Portland, ME

              Chicago, IL