Elizabeth Kelly
Born in Houston, TX
Elizabeth Kelly is a photographic artist and art educator living and working in Philadelphia, PA. She seeks to explore the relationship between image and identity within herself and children living in the digital age. Focusing on addressing the importance of art education on early expression and sense of self in children who live in communities with limited access to the arts. Kelly creates environmental portraits, self portraits, and collaborative works with students using varying traditional photographic processes.
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Education
2020 - Current
M.F.A. Candidate Moore College of Art and Design, Socially Engaged Art
2015 - 2017
M.Ed. University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Secondary Education, Art
2011 - 2015
B.A. Hendrix College, Photography Major/ History Minor
Teaching Experience
Current
Off Site Art Coordinator, St. Theresa Catholic School, Little Rock, AR
Instructor of Photography, SADI and YAW programs, Moore College of Art and Design
2018 - 2020
Pk-8 Art, St. Theresa Catholic School, Little Rock, AR
2017 -2018
Pk-8 Art, St. Edward Catholic School, Little Rock, AR
2015-2017
Lower elementary Art, Village Montessori School, Little Rock, AR
Grants
2020
CASA grant, Retraction of Identity
Exhibitions
2021
Privilege and Consequence, group exhibition, Colorado Photo Arts Center, Denver, CO
Inspired By Words, group exhibition, Millepiani Gallery, Rome Italy
Visualizing the Past, group exhibition, Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY
Big Day Film Collective, Collingswood, NJ
A Wave, Still Here, group exhibition, Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
2020
Catharsis, group exhibition, Play + Inspire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Private exhibition St. Theresa Catholic School, Little Rock, Arkansas
2015
Elucidation group show, Hendrix College
Permanent Private Collections
St. Theresa Catholic School, Little Rock, AR