Education
2016: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA – MFA Studio Art: Drawing, & Printmaking.
2012: California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA – BFA Drawing & Painting
2008: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA – AA Fine Arts, & CSU GE Certification
Certifications / Continuing Education
2023: National Interpreters Association guild certification
2022: University Commercial Luigi Bocconi, Arts and Heritage Management Certificate
2022: NODE, Exhibition Texts (course)
Honors, Awards, & Grants:
2023: CERF+ Get Ready Grant, Individual Artist Grant
2021: Louisiana Division of the Arts, Individual Artist Relief Grant
2017: Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Creative Relief Grant
2016: Joan Mitchell Foundation, Disaster Relief Grant
Professional & Administration Work:
2019 - current: Baton Rouge Gallery - Center for Contemporary Art, Director of Exhibitions
2018 - 2019: Galerie Boisvert, Registrar of Collections
2016 - 2019: Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Director of Visual Arts
Affiliations / Volunteer Work/ Service:
2024 - Maine Arts Commission, Grant panelist
2024 - South Carolina Arts Commission, Grant panelist
2023 - National Endowment for the Arts, Grant panelist
2018 - 2019: Culture Candy Presents: Stabbed in the Art, Chair of Artist Development. (Volunteer Position)
2014 - 2022: The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Baton Rouge Chapter, Art Director/Curator (Volunteer Position)
Teaching and Lecturing:
2024: Louisiana State University Museum of Art, “The Artists’s Media Kit” - lecture, Baton Rouge, LA
2023: Louisiana Art Summit, “The Artists Media Kit - A Updated Crash Course” - lecture, Carry Saurage Community Art Center, Baton Rouge, LA
2023: Louisiana Art & Science Museum, “Studio Saturdays, Printmaking with Kelsey Livingston” summer adult mixed-media course, Baton Rouge, LA
2022: Louisiana Art Summit, “The Artists Media Kit - A Crash Course” - lecture, Carry Saurage Community Art Center, Baton Rouge, LA
2017: University Lab High School, Visiting artist lecture and demonstration, Baton Rouge, LA
2017: Women’s Club of Baton Rouge lecture: “Contemporary Lady Printmakers” visiting artist lecture, Baton Rouge, LA
2017: University Lab High School, Visiting artist lecture and demonstration, Baton Rouge, LA
2016: Art Instructor, Apex Collegiate Charter School, via the Big Buddy Program.
2016: Camp Director and Arts Teacher for 7elements Fine Art School, LLC
2013 - 2016: Professor on Record, & Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Recent Exhibitions:
2024: Art Fields - The R.O.B Gallery, Lake City, NC
2023: Louisiana Contemporary - Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA,
2023: Once Upon a Time…- Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2023: Memento Vivere - Eppley Art Gallery, Morningside University, Sioux City, IA (solo)
2022: Bloom! - Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2022: PROUD Families, blood, found, or made. - Shell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2022: The Mind’s Eye, Shell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2021: TAPAS - Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020: Art Flow - Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2020: The Crow Show - Arts Illiana Gallery, 23 N 6th St., Terre Haute, IN
2020: The Crow Show - The Studio Door, 3867 4th Ave., San Diego, CA 92103. Catalog.
2019: Dissolution - Galerie Vinsantos (Previously titled Funeral Gallery) - New Orleans, LA (2-artist show)
2019: (IM)PERMANENCE - Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (solo)
2019: Luna - Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2019: Art Flow - Denicola’s, Baton Rouge, LA
2019: Fauna - Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2019: Ephemeral - Kelwood Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2018: Farewell Show - Brand New Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018: Pupil - Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2018: Summer of Love - Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2018: 12th Annual Louisiana Fine Art Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond LA
2018: Pressure Points, M. Rosa Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018: The Crow Show, Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
2017: Art Melt, Capital Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
2017: Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2017, Yoshinogawa, Japan
2016: Art Seen, Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2016: Contemporary Print; An International Survey of Printmaking, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2016: A Crow & A Hanger, Firehouse Gallery & Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (solo)
Portfolios:
2021: Threshold, International Print Exchange Programme, SIR JJ School of Art, Mumbai, India
2020 - current: ART-O-MAT, various locations globally. Visit www.artomat.org for info.
2020: Lawful/Unlawful, Southern Graphics International featured portfolio, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2018: Las Vegas Pop-up Strip, Southern Graphics International featured portfolio, Las Vegas, NV
2017: Homeland, International Print Exchange Programme, SIR JJ School of Art, Mumbai, India
2017: Passions, Sponsored by Green Pea Press, Huntsville, AL
2016: You Can’t Take it With You, Portfolio Exchange, Baton Rouge, LA
2016: Borderlands, Sponsored by Green Pea Press, Huntsville, AL
2016: Letters From Home, Sponsored by Alberta Printmakers, Alberta, Canada
2016: Lightning in the Night Sky, Sponsored by The Sketchbook Project. New York, NY
Bibliography / Appearances / Public Outreach:
2019: Mocking Heart Review, Vol. 4, Issue 2, artist feature
2018: Advocating for the Arts, by Digg BR
2016 - 2019: Arts Council Radio Show, occasional co-host
2016: MFA Thesis paper - “A Crow & A Hanger”