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Kiayani “Kay” Douglas

110 Woodbury Rd. • Watertown, CT 06795
(860) 937-8383 • ARTIST_EDUCATOR@IAMKAYDOUGLAS.COM
www.IamKayDouglas.com

EDUCATION

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Interdisciplinary MFA
June 2016 – June 2018

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
BFA in Ceramics, Minor in Painting, Drawing, and Psychology
September 2007 – May 2011

TEACHING

The Taft School, Watertown, CT
Art Educator | 2021 – Present

Step Team, Weaver High School, Hartford, CT
Instructor | 2019 – 2020

Wilbraham and Monson Academy, Wilbraham, MA
Art Educator | 2018 – 2021

Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Park Art Teacher | Summer 2018

St. Thomas More School, Oakdale, CT
Art Teacher | 2017 – 2018

Trinity Academy, Hartford, CT
Art Teacher | 2016 – 2017

Grace Academy, Hartford, CT
Art Teacher | 2015 – 2016

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Center for Peace Through Culture, Housatonic, MA
Peace & Privilege: Justice as Resistance
June 27 – August 30, 2025

The Gallery at Founders Hall, Northwestern CT Community College, Winsted, CT
Women of the Antebellum
February 2024

 

50 Arrow Gallery, East Hampton, MA
Women of the Antebellum
May 11 – June 20, 2023

 

Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA
The Educated N-G-R
June 19 – July 11, 2021

 

Amy Carberry Gallery, Springfield, MA
Fallacies of a Black Identity Enthusiast
February 2020

 

Wilbraham and Monson Academy, Wilbraham, MA
Portraits: Influences of the Media (with Paul Bloomfield)
September – October 2018

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
Something Extraordinary: A Guideline for Twenty-First Century Storytelling
January – March 2023

 

Artist Building Capacity as World Citizens (in collaboration with the Seacoast African American Cultural Center), Elliot, ME & Portsmouth, NH
Afrofuturism: Exploring Justice Through Beauty
May – October 2022

 

Paper City Clothing Company and Gallery, Holyoke, MA
Abstract Black
February – April 2022

 

Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA
Breathing While Black (Virtual)
August 2020

 

The Bahai School, Elliot, ME
Afrofuturism: Exploring Justice Through Beauty
February – May 2019

 

Easthampton City Arts, Easthampton, MA
Story Lines
September 2019

RESIDENCIES / AWARDS / GRANTS

  • MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists (A4A) – Grant Recipient, January 2024

  • Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Northampton, MA – 2-Week Residency, August 2022

  • Artist Building Capacity as World Citizens, Elliot, ME – Scholarship Recipient, May 2022 & January 2019

  • Conceptions Art, New York, NY – Award of Excellence, January 2019

COLLECTIONS

Public:

  • Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA (June 2020)

Corporate:

  • Accenture, US (January 2023)

COMMISSIONS & PUBLIC ART

Private:

  • Commission for Yevonne Renee Davis, June 2016

Public:

  • Bond and Grace Publishing Company (5 portraits), January 2023

  • Commonwealth Murals, Springfield, MA – Restoration of the Heritage mural, May 2021

  • City of Northampton, MA – Utility Box Mural, August 2021

ARTIST TALKS

  • Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State University, 2023

  • Students Achieve, Virtual Lecture (Zoom), 2021

  • Studio Visit & Lecture, University of Hartford – Junior Painting Majors, 2021

  • Amy Carberry Gallery, STCC, Springfield, MA, 2020

  • Art Salon, STCC, Springfield, MA, 2019

  • New England Graduate Media Symposium, Cambridge, MA, 2018

WORKSHOPS

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

  • Fabric Dyeing Workshop, June 2021

  • Printmaking Workshop (All Ages), February 2020

  • Printmaking Workshop for Children, May 2019

PRINT MEDIA

  • AF-AM Point of View, Springfield, MA — “STCC Honors Black History Month,” Feb 1, 2020

  • The Springfield Republican, Springfield, MA — “STCC Honors Black History Month,” Feb 20, 2020 (Page C4)

  • The Reminder, Springfield, MA — “Local Artists Create New Black Lives Matter Mural in One Day,” Oct 15, 2020 (Page 14)

  • AF-AM Point of View, Springfield, MA — “Local Call for Images and Reflections of the Nelson Stevens Mural Project,” June 1, 2021 (Page 34)

RADIO / TELEVISION

  • WWLP 22 News — “Black History Month Program at STCC Explores Racial Injustice Through Art,” Feb 15, 2020

  • WWLP 22 News — “STCC Welcomes Artist-in-Residence Kiayani Douglas During Black History Month,” Feb 8, 2020

  • Connecting Point (NEPM) — “Artist and Educator Kay Douglas Featured at Pulp Gallery,” Sept 3, 2021

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