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Gwendolyn Kelly Who am I? - a 3rd person bio

Gwendolyn LeJune Kelly was conceived in South Carolina but born/raised in Louisville, Ky. She learned to read at Dan C. Byck Elementary (the most important event of her life!) then attended John B. McFerran Elementary and Samuel V. Noe Middle. She graduated from Ballard High School in 1981 (still carries a grudge). She earned MA & BFA degrees from the University of Louisville.

Gwendolyn Kelly is a Kentucky based feminist artist

Gwendolyn's been an artist since second grade when Mrs. Mattie White taught her to crochet. She has work included in Fiber Arts Design Books 6 and 7 published by Lark Books and has received Artist Enrichment grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. She had a one-woman exhibition in the Spring of 2009 at Spalding University's Huff Gallery.

Previous group exhibitions include the Water Tower Annual, the African American Invitational Art Exhibition at Actors Theatre, and the Small Works International at Amos Eno Gallery in New York,

In addition to her studio work, Gwen facilitates creativity

Gwendolyn has provided many art and creativity workshops and classes around Kentucky. She has worked with the Speed Art Museum, the Kentucky Center for the Arts, the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, the Kentucky Arts Council, Louisville Visual Arts Association's Open Doors Program and Children's Free Art Classes, and other organizations.

Strangely, Gwendolyn loves labels

Gwen is a serious self-help junkie. She reads all the books and takes all the tests. Here are some labels that she doesn't mind having attached to her ....

  • global financier
  • INTJ
  • intrapersonal learner
  • pet parent (I had to adopt Magnificent Animal Girl aka M.A.G. when my daughter when off to college)
  • scanner

Community Art & Micro-enterprise

Since October 2006 Gwen has hosted a weekly open-to-the-community Jewelry Making studio in the California Neighborhood of west Louisville where she has lived since 1992.

Present and Future Goals

Gwen has dreams and plans to write and publish a series of novels. Many years ago, she was awarded a two-week residence at Hedgebrook Women's Writers Retreat on Whidbey Island. She stayed in Oak Cottage, ate great food cooked by a Louisville chef named Ella, met some amazing women writers, and did a lot of thinking and sorting of papers and ideas. She needs to return to Hedgebrook.

Gwen is a MultiPurposeWoman

She loves reading and walking with her dog, M.A.G. (Magnificent Animal Girl). Reading is the great passion of her life and because of all the input her mind produces a lot of output in the form of ideas and possibilities. She thinks too much and sometimes believes she suffers from hypergraphia. Anyway, she's tired of talking about herself in 3rd person and will blog here while working on the MultiPurpose-Woman website, GwendolynKelly.com and many other projects.
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By Admin - 7/20/2010 got a goggle alert from Hello Louisville (http://www.hellolouisville.com) - will check it out thoroughly later.

Fuzzy brain on overdrive
By Admin - 7/7/2010 I'm doing too much yet not really getting any one thing done. It happens. Anyway, soon I'm going to have an iron infusion. Been putting it off but really - this anemia situation has gone on for too long and I've probably lost millions of brain cells and fan-tab-ulous ideas while lost in on of these fuzzy brain fogs. The real Gwendolyn Kelly has a very sharp mind and can focus. This tired, low iron Gwen is alert enought to know she must try something drastic. I'd say 2 hours+ with an IV is drastic.

Reminder from my cosmic fairy godfather
By Admin - 6/29/2010 I consider Rob Brezsny of Free Will astrology one of my most trusted Allies. Learn more about Allies and why you want your own at my page about another ally, Barbara Sher. I'm a SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) born 2 November (All Souls Day). Here's my Free Will Astrology horoscope for the week beginning 1 July.

photo of Gwendolyn Kelly by Savio P. Menezes

Woman's Serenity Creed

When a woman is free
to study, surrender,
and serve
without hindrance,
to embrace silence, simplicity
and solvency
without question,

When a woman is free
to do these things
she will naturally
and supernaturally
live in a State of Serenity.

The State of Serenity was the name of my first website. It was at some free space and they folded. The above quote is obviously were I got the name for the site. The quote is also the goal for that earlier site and Multipurposewoman.

I rediscovered the Serenity Creed while sorting and purging a container of health related papers. The source is not listed and I don't remember. If you know the source or have a lead please leave me a note.

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