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about
- bio
- CV
writings
art + process
renovations
- 1929 lubbock cottage
- hermitage + microforest
pedagogy

personal essay

I might like to have climactically screamed, instead I was left cold In The Next Room with the Vibrator Play

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11 May 2015

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John Goodman, review, spring 2015, Texas Tech, theater, VPA

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kathy

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personal essay, theatrical

I slide into a Presbyterian pew next to my once legal and loved mate. Cloistered within a small dying paper mill town situated as toe jam in Louisiana’s shaped boot. It’s Christmas Eve, 1991. The normal minimal church crowd in...

two magnets, one mom, and a refrigerator door

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10 May 2015

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death, family, flash, flash nonfiction, mom, spring 2015

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kathy

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creative nonfiction, personal essay, writings

The ivory soap bar carved into an owl when I was in kindergarten sat yellowing by the guest bathroom sink, unused, until seven months before my mom’s passing. I have subsequently culled the stashed remains of all my early art,...

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Kathy Kelley

Kathy Kelley is working toward her Fine Art: Critical Studies and Artist Practices PhD at Texas Tech University and is a practicing artist. She is involved with interdisciplinary research exploring the possible functions of the writing practices of visual artists who are prolific in art production, recognized in the art world, and sustain their art making practice through the ends of their working careers. Academically she is a recipient of the TTU Presidential Doctoral Scholarship, Helen DeVitt Jones Art Talent VPA Fellowship and CH Foundation Graduate Fellowship.

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Kelley’s research interests arose from her own art practice, involvement in the professional Houston art community, and her instrumental role in developing and implementing a contemporary art foundation program, WASH [Workshop in Art Studio + History], at Sam Houston State University. She has been selected and participated in several Integrative Teaching International ThinkTanks on contemporary pedagogical practices in collegiate art foundations.

Kelley is the founding president of BOX 13 ArtSpace, a non-profit exhibition and studio space in Houston, Texas. Her solo exhibition record includes Women and Their Work (Austin), Lawndale Art Center (Houston), Houston Art League and other venues. Kelley has also received grants from Houston Arts Alliance and Buffalo Bayou Art Park, as well as full fellowship artist residency programs at I-Park (Connecticut), Vermont Studio Centers (Vermont) and Darke Gallery (Houston).

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