May 7, 2024 • Jennifer Evans Kinsley – Member Spotlight
Jennifer Evans Kinsley is a maker of books and music. An active book artist, she exhibits her works locally and nationally. Her work is included in Lark Publication’s 500 HANDMADE BOOKS.
She performs and instructs others on the Hammered and Appalachian Dulcimer. An avid contra dancer Jennifer performs with the contra dance band Firefly Trace. A Certified Practitioner of Therapeutic Music she provides Complementary Medicine methodology to bring healing tones to the ill, recovering, and hospice individuals.
“As a child I was surrounded by domestic craftswomen. The homes of my grandmothers, great aunts, and mother were filled with drawings, writings, quilts and afghans, sewn creations embellished with thread and buttons, and reliquaries containing ephemera and personal treasures. It was directly from them that I first learned to draw, paint, sew, crochet, quilt, embroider, knit, assemble.
As an adult I continued to practice domestic arts. My interests expanded to weaving, painting, ceramics, sculpture, papermaking, and surface decoration techniques such as marbling and paste-painting. I eventually discovered that the book is the perfect vessel to hold and order words and images. … ”
When:
- Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • 11:15a-1:00p
Where:
- Old Worthington Library
820 High Street, Worthington, OH 43085