Rebecca Kelly is a storyteller, textile and book artist. Rebecca’s work has been selected for Here & Now: LUAG Celebrates 100 Years with 100 Local Artists, to be presented at the Lehigh University Art Galleries / from September 2, 2025 – May 22, 2026. Her students’ Book Arts work was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum’s Learning through Art Exhibition. Rebecca curated the traveling exhibition of the award winning Bucks County Community College ARTMOBILE: transFORMations; Making Art with Recycled and Reused Materials. Rebecca is an experienced classroom educator and holds a Master’s Degree in Child Development from Sarah Lawrence College.
Find her on Instagram @rebecca18kelly.
The arts are important for children to grow into individuals whose lives are filled with imagination, vitality, and purpose. I believe every teacher is at her/his core an artist. I thrive on collaborating with the teachers in the students’ classrooms. I bring the rigor of discipline that every art form requires for one to achieve success. I weave social studies, literature and visual art is all of my residencies. Children find my work with them challenging, soothing and fun!
Grade Levels: 7th–12th In this provocative workshop with Rebecca Kelly, students reflect on symbols of the Holocaust, creating their own poetry and art in response.
Program Type: Workshops / Residencies
Grade Levels: 6th–12th In Gargoyles: From Gothic to Grotesque, students construct gargoyles using pinch-pot construction and basic hand-building pottery techniques.
Program Type: Workshops / Residencies
Grade Levels: Pre-K–12th Students will work with burlap fabric stretched on embroidery hoops to stitch a simple symbol.
Program Type: Workshops / Residencies
Broad Street School
Broad Street School
“The past two weeks have been a tremendous learning experience. We have been moved by poetry, art, testimonials, images, music, etc. Sitting and participating with artist in residence, Rebecca Kelly was unforgettable. Our students opened up and allowed themselves to be vulnerable in sharing their art and poetry. We began having this level of immersion just before Covid hit and it’s truly been amazing.”
Broad Street School
Broad Street School
“Thank you Ms. Kelly for all you do to ignite the student’s artistic abilities and passions. I am so appreciative of the opportunity our students were able to take advantage of with Ms. Kelly through Young Audiences. The workshop continues to open our eyes and educate us about the individual stories and the world stage in regards to the Holocaust. Ms. Kelly’s unique presentations allow us to hear the voices of the victims so vividly. The student’s work shows more depth than they even realize at this time. The incorporation of all our students was brilliant and I think we worked through the barriers that language presented rather well. ”
Fountain Hill Elementary School
Fountain Hill Elementary School
“The students were engaged and excited to make patterns, create and use an abacus, and dye hankies using natural materials. Students loved the connections to math class, their native countries, and the sensory experience of stirring the dye. "It's like I'm making noodles!"”
Broad Street School
Broad Street School
“The past two weeks have been a tremendous learning experience. We have been moved by poetry, art, testimonials, images, music, etc. Sitting and participating with artist in residence, Rebecca Kelly was unforgettable. Our students opened up and allowed themselves to be vulnerable in sharing their art and poetry. ”
P.J. Hill School, Trenton, NJ
P.J. Hill School, Trenton, NJ
“I saw the children become totally different students. Displaying a creativity that I was unaware of...”