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Artist in Residence: Ken Castelli
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Born
December 9, 1984 in Muskegon, MI
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Kent County
High School in 2002
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Bachelor's
Degrees in History and Art from St. Mary's College of Maryland
2006
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Volunteer at
Sultana Shipyard 1998 - 2001
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Apprenticeship Vicco Von Voss Furniture Design 2001 - 2007
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Artist-in-Residence on Tangier Island, VA (through Tangier
History Museum and Interpretive Cultural Center) August 2007 -
present
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Ken Castelli, up and
coming artist and son of famed Chesapeake painter Marc Castelli, has
agreed to continue as our Artist in Residence for a third year! Ken
earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art and a Bachelor of Art in History from
St. Mary's College, worked at the Sultana Shipyard where the John Smith
Shallop was later built and was an apprentice at Vicco von Voss
Furniture Design. His work has been shown at the Carla Massoni Gallery
in Chestertown, MD, and he was a visiting artist for "Art in the 'Toon
Age" at the Delaware Art Museum.
Ken spent 2 months in Bosnia and Herzegovenia, where through Builders
for Peace, he volunteered at a monastery to clean, organize, and
catalogue antique books.
During his first two years as the Artist in Residence, Ken helped with
design and construction of the museum displays. He also taught art
classes and has become involved with the community.
You can view some of
Ken's work here
Collections, Work, Publications and Shows:
- Drawings in collection
of Kent County MD Public School system
- Participated in Smart
Growth high school art exhibition in Annapolis (submitted several
political cartoons dealing with the subject of urban/suburban sprawl
in rural areas)
- One piece from
Bachelor's Degree in Art final project selected for Purchase Prize by
St, Mary's College of Maryland, May 2006, now in permanent College
Collection
- Various posters
announcing upcoming visiting authors and poets for Bookplate LLC in
Chestertown, 2006 - 2007
- Participated in "Next
Generation" show at Carla Massoni Gallery in Chestertown, January 13 -
February 10, 2007
- Excerpts from Bachelor's
Degree in History final project (oral history of various aspects of
life on the water on the Eastern Shore of Maryland) published in the
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's Spring 2007 publication of Waterways
- Participated as visiting
artist for 'Art in the Toon Age," a traveling exhibition of art
inspired by and directly under the influence of cartooning, held at
the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, DE, April 24, 2007
- Designed Chestertown Tea
Party Raft Race graphic, 2007 - 2008
- Through group Builders
for Peace, volunteered at Franciscan Monastery in Fojnica, Bosnia &
Herzegovina to clean, organize, and catalogue books (most over 250
years old) at their library, June - July 2007
- Work from first year as
THMICC Artist-in-Residence displayed in show at Tangier History Museum
and Interpretive Cultural Center, June 5 - December 2008 (two pieces
selected for Museum's permanent collection)
- Several drawings, maps,
boat models, and displays created for THMICC, 2007 - present
- Designed T-shirts for
Tangier's Homecoming, 2008 and 2009
- Participated in "Art in
the Farm" at the Barrier Islands Center, Machipongo, Virginia, May
2009
- Work from 2nd year
as THMICC Artist-in-Residence displayed in show at Tangier History
Museum and Interpretive Cultural Center July 4th - Present, 2009 (one
piece selected for the Museum's permanent collection)
Private Collections:
- Susan and Neil Kaye,
M.D.
- Joseph Ramzy, M.D.
- Laura Vaughan
- THMICC
- Jenny Horton
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