Kiayani “Kay” Douglas

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

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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

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TEACHING

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

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

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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

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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

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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

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COLLECTIONS

Public:

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

Corporate:

• Accenture, US (January 2023)

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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

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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

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WORKSHOPS

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

• Fabric Dyeing Workshop, June 2021

• Printmaking Workshop (All Ages), February 2020

• Printmaking Workshop for Children, May 2019

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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)

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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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