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City: Wareham State: Massachusetts Country: US  arturchin RSS Feed arturchin Personal Website		View works by this artist
Biography
Kendra D’Angora is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, as well as Aquinas College. All aspects of nature and life experience inspire Kendra’s art. She grew up near the sea, and never lost her love for it, or the wonderful organic finds she discovered there as a child. These forms, as well as lots of color inspire her. She lives on an estuary by the water, in a bird sanctuary. It is such a huge change from the Boston city life she had survived for 15 years. It has stimulated and enhanced her work. The garden in her front yard grows more beautiful every day with all of the flowers she plants together with her husband. The colors and shapes are a constant inspiration, as well as the way they grow; unwinding layers of leaf, bud, color, then flower. For many years, she taught children in the school system of Brookline, Massachusetts. She was involved in several cooperative studios, and then became the assistant technician to the Clay Tech at Massachusetts College of Art. She was responsible for rebuilding and maintaining kilns, organizing and managing studio materials and facilities, as well as assisting the students. She has participated in a large number of regional shows, auctions, and fairs throughout her years as a professional artist. Galleries as far as California have exhibited her sculptural clay work, as well as her pencil drawings. Kendra recently won first prize in sculpture and first prize for pastel at the Cape Cod Art Association, where she has als