Kelley O’Leary (M.F.A. ‘22) has just received a Kala Art Institute Parent Artist in Residency for 2024-2025. This is O’Leary’s second residency a Kala Art Institute. In 2022, O’Leary participated in their Artist-In-Residence (AIR) Program.

The Parent Artist Residency is a flexible tenure experience which supports working artists amidst the ever-evolving and diverse demands of family life. Each parent-artist creates an individual residency plan with Kala services that can be applied towards artist-in-residence fees, Kala art workshops, Camp Kala or other youth art programs for their children, and consulting with Kala staff about professional development opportunities.