The Lynnfield Art Guild (LAG) is proud to announce that local artist Kendall Inglese will be its online featured artist for six weeks, beginning April 15.
A daughter of academically-inclined parents, Inglese was raised with a sense of curiosity and exploration. From her roots in Wisconsin to Virginia to Maine, Inglese eventually found the Boston area to be the best of all worlds: rural and historic, close to metro culture and arts, and near lakes, ocean, and mountains. A 1980 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Inglese and her husband Vince are still spending “discovery time” together outdoors and with their grown children and their families.
Inglese’s artistic style reflects the process of exploration and creating with “Originality, Outside, Often.” The dynamic of being a student and being a teacher has always intrigued her as the push and pull of her life’s calling. Inglese now teaches STEAM designs and arts activities for pre-K through grade 8=eight. (See her work at www.LarkLearningSTEM.com and Story & STEM programs on LarkStudio.podia.com).
Her career as a marketing executive honed her ability to explore the country to work on creative campaigns. The artist wrote “Discover Lynnfield A-Z” for the 300th anniversary of the Meeting House and writes “walk ‘n sketch” booklets such as “Lark’s Journey Around the Marsh,” “Around the Lake,” and “On the River.”
Inglese invented characters in these such as Learning Lark, Hungry Heron and Oggling Otter. Inglese has displayed her works in many historic spots including the 1714 Meeting House via LAG Fine Art Shows, the Umbrella Arts in Concord, and the Albion Cultural Exchange in Wakefield.
The artist is often outside creating with kids at fairs and hosts “species arts” in South Hamilton, where she shares an office inside the former farmhouse home of General George Patton. For more information, go to www.PattonHometead.org.
Now semi-retired, Kendall looks forward to working on arts grants in the area for local habitats and endangered species. Her next kids’ story booklet is “About Stranded Species Ocean to Inland.” See her “walk ‘n sketch” booklets, Lark Notes cards, paintings, and photography at Lynnfield’s Spring Arts Festival 2023 on May 6 – 7 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Lynnfield Meeting House and on the Common.
A recipient of the Gold Star Award from the Mass Cultural Council for “Building Bridges with Art and Music,” Inglese has served as a volunteer in the town of Lynnfield as LAG president, library trustee, Townscape president, Cultural Council Chair, and member of the Capital Needs Building Committee. She had a hand in the design or renovation of many buildings and public spaces in town, and enjoys seeing so much fruition from idea to implementation.
The Guild is proud to display Inglese’s paintings and photography, and invites the public to visit this gallery on its website www.lynnfieldarts.org and at https://lynnfieldarts.org/kendall-inglese/. Please also visit LAG’s Facebook and Instagram pages, called Lynnfieldarts.
