Kelli Schollard, BFA
Adjunct Faculty Member
She/Her
kschollard@callutheran.edu
2023806201
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Kelli Schollard-Sincock is a native Californian artist and educator known for her prison arts programs. She founded "Inspiration Matterz" a program that brings art instruction to incarcerated individuals and those transitioning in halfway housing. She taught art at the Alexandria Detention Center and Fairfax County Detention Center, helping inmates express themselves creatively while fostering personal growth and life coping skills.
Kelli considers herself to be an interdisciplinary artist who enjoys working in a variety of mediums with Printmaking and Metalsmithing/Sculpture being her core areas of study. Drawing and Painting are also considered an integral part of her artistic dialogue. She considers herself to be an eternal student working to continuously build on her repertoire of creative skills. Science and the metaphysical play a large role in Kelli's work as she considers herself to be a deeply spiritual person fascinated with exploring her place and role within this mortal coil.
Education
George Mason University, BFA Printmaking, Fairfax, Virginia (Honors)*
University of Washington, BA Interdisciplinary Art / Metalsmithing / Sculpture, Seattle, Washington
North Seattle Community College, AA - Metalsmithing, Seattle, Washington
California College of Arts, Film & Video, Oakland, California
Continuing Education:
2022 "Textile Surface Printing" Fabric Dyeing and Printing with Padma Rajendran, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO.
2016 "Investigations in Relief & Intaglio Printmaking" Karen Kunc, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO.
2016 "Welding" with Donna Reinsel, The Art League, Alexandria, VA.
2013 "Thinking, Working, Space" with Judy Pfaff, Truro Center for the Arts, Castle Hill, MA.
2013 "Forensic Facial Reconstruction" Sculpture with Joe Mullins, Art League, Alexandria, VA.
2012 "Layered Images, Layered Form: Collage & Assemblage" with Barbara Cooper, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO.
2012 "Stone Carving" Workshop with John Sonnier, Corcoran College of Art & Design, DC.
2011 "The Nature of Abstraction" Drawing Workshop with Barbara Cooper, Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC.
2011 "Intuition and Chance: A Playful Approach to Printing Books on the Vandercook" with Barb Tetenbaum, Wells Book Arts Center, Aurora, NY.
2010 "Material As Metaphor" Metalsmithing Workshop with Kiff Slemmons, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2005 "Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement" Forensic Drawing Certification Course, Stuart Parks School of Forensic Drawing, CA.
Awards & Accomplishments:
ArtsFairfax, Art Educator of the Year Award, Fairfax County, 2021
Fairfax DAR Community-Service Awards, August 2020
Volunteer of the Year, 1st Annual “Faithful Servants Awards,” Alexandria, Va. October 27th, 2018
Thomas J. Long Foundation, Grant for Prison Arts Program 2018
Certificate of Appreciation, Alexandria Sheriff's Office, October 2017
2nd Place award, “Line Upon Line” Juried Exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery 2016
Golden Key International Honors Society Invitation & Membership 2015
William Randolph Hearst Fellowship 2012
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship 2011
Wells College Book Arts Center Scholarship 2010
2nd Place Award Honors Exhibition, The Center Gallery, CCAC 1995
Expertise
Instructor/Organizer Experience:
2018- 2020 Program Developer & Instructor for “Inspiration Matterz”
Volunteer Art Instructor to incarcerated at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center,
Fairfax, VA.
2017- 2019 Program Developer & Instructor for “Inspiration Matterz”
Volunteer Art Instructor to incarcerated at William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center, Alexandria, VA.
2017- 2019 Program Developer & Instructor for “Inspiration Matterz”
Volunteer Art Instructor to women transitioning out of prison at Friends of Guest House, Alexandria, VA.
2013- 2017 Founder/Organizer of the NOVA Printmakers Guild, Metro Washington DC
Curatorial, Docent, Assistant Experience:
2019 "(No) Comfort Zone" Group Exhibition, Co-Curator, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2018 "Inspiration Matterz" The Mason District Governmental Center, Annandale, VA.
2018 “Off The Grid” Inmate Portrait Drawings, Torpedo Factor, Gallery Site 2, Alexandria, VA.
2017 "Process Logs: Prints, Plates, and Sketches from Navigation Press at Mason" Assistant Printmaker, Fenwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2017 “Prints, Prose & Poetry" Group Exhibition, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, VA.
2016 “TRANS/FORM.ATION PROJECT” Co-Curator, Artists & Makers, Rockville, MD.
2015 “The Painterly Print” Printmaking Invitational, Artists & Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD.
2014 “Causeways, Pathways & Interfaces: Bridging the Unseen” SGCI Portfolio Exhibit – Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA.
2012 "Multiplicity" Smithsonian American Art Museum, Docent Speaker in conjunction with "Identifying and Collecting Fine Prints” lecture by Helen Frederick.
Exhibitions:
2018 “National Print Invitational” Printmaking, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA.
2017 “Prints, Prose & Poetry” Printmaking, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, Falls Church, VA.
2017 “Falls Church Arts All Members Show” Printmaking/Painting, Falls Church, VA.
2016 “TRANS/FORM.ATION PROJECT" Print/Sculpture, Artists & Makers, Rockville, MD.
2016 “Line Upon Line” Juried Exhibit, (2nd Place) Printmaking, ArtSpace, Falls Church, VA.
2015 “The Art of Printmaking” ArtSpace, Printmaking, Falls Church, VA.
2015 “GREEN” Juried Exhibition, Printmaking, Artspace Gallery, Falls Church, VA.
2015 “Threshold” Invitational Exhibition, Printmaking/Sculpture, Olly Olly Gallery, Fairfax, VA.
2015 “Captive” Invitational Exhibition, Printmaking, Epicure Café, Fairfax, VA.
2015 “The Painterly Print” Printmaking, Artists & Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD.
2014 “Causeways, Pathways & Interfaces: Bridging the Unseen” SGCI Printmaking Portfolio Exhibition – Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA.
2013 “The Illustrated Popul Vuh” Juried Exhibit, Printmaking, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
2013 “Conform/Confront” Juried Exhibition, Printmaking, Hong Kong Open Print Exhibition, Hong Kong
2013 “Water Works” Juried Exhibition, Printmaking, Duluth Art Institute, Morrison Gallery, Duluth, MN.
2012 “Artists’ Books as Visual Language” Book Arts, Group Exhibition, Fenway Library, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
2012 “End of the World” GMU Print Guild & Kent State Univ. Exhibition, Printmaking, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
2012 “After Images” Call & Response Invitational, Printmaking/Drawing, 123 Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
2012 “Candy Factory 5th Annual Juried Exhibit” Printmaking, Juror: Hank Harmon, Center for the Arts, Manassas, VA.
2012 “Excellence in Printmaking” 2nd Annual Juried Exhibit, Printmaking, Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Printmaker’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2011 “Traditional and New” International Print Exchange Sichuan Normal University, China.
2011 “Envisioning Otherness” Call & Response Invitational, Printmaking & Sculpture, 123 Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
2010 “Call and Response” Invitational, Printmaking, 123 Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
1998 “Annual Juried Student Exhibition” Metalsmithing, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1997 “Earth” Group Exhibition, Metals / Mixed Media, Hannah Gallery Eugene, OR
1996 “CCAC Honors Exhibition” (2nd Place Award), Sculpture, The Center Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA.
Publications
Press & Interviews:
Fairfax County Times, article by Noelle Riddle, "Fairfax Inmates Create Art With Help of Volunteer Art Teacher" August 13, 2021 (pages A1 & A4)
Arts Fairfax, Art Educator of the Year Award, Fairfax County, October 2021
Inside Nova, "Fairfax DAR Presents Community-Service Awards" August, 2020
Zebra Press, article by Kelly MacCanomy, "Visionary Educator Pioneers Alexandria Inmate Art Program" June 3, 2019
ARTBOX DMV Interview, Radio Talk Show, 2019
Ghana Web, "Faithful Servants Awards" presented by Bishop Adonteng Boateng, November 2, 2018
Washington Post, interview with Dana Hedgeth, “Artwork From Inmates at Virginia Jails Goes on Display at Torpedo Factory” July 20, 2018
Fairfax Times, interview with Hanan Daqqa, “Can Prisoners Make Art?” July 27, 2018
Alexandria Times, interview with Jordan Wright, “Arts: Helping Alexandria Inmates Find The Beauty Within” July 19, 2018 (Page 25)
Zebra Press, interview with Jordan Wright, "Kelli Schollard-Sincock Creates Prison Arts Program for City of Alexandria and Fairfax County" July 16, 2018:
Falls Church New Press, Column: A Penny for Your Thoughts" by Penny Gross. “News of Greater Falls Church" 2018
Publications:
2013 “Resonance” Collagraph Print, “Conform/Confront” Hong Kong Open Print Exhibition Catalog, Hong Kong, China
2012 "I Carry My Calm" bronze & sterling silver rattle, "Out of the Box" a group metalsmithing digital exhibition and publication. Published by Metalsmith Kiff Slemmons
2012 “Moment” oil painting & “Betta Splendens Magnificus” relief print, featured in "Volition Magazine" GMU Annual Arts & Literature Publication
2011 "Teapot" oil on hardboard painting featured in the GMU School of Arts Calendar of Events
2011 “Zoe Pendant” sterling silver, walnut shell, mica, paper and ink pendants featured in "So-To-Speak" Feminist Women's Journal
Grant Funding
Thomas J. Long Foundation, Grant for Prison Arts Program 2018
William Randolph Hearst Fellowship 2012