Kimberly Carmody has been a visual artist, art administrator & art educator throughout her career. She grew up in Brattleboro, Vermont and began taking art classes at age seven at The River Gallery School with artist, Ric Campman, who was her mentor until his death in 2006. She studied ceramics and painting with Mike Moran at The Evergreen State College in Washington State and in 1994 Kimberly moved to New York City to attend The New York Studio School. While there, she deepened her ability to see-by drawing, painting and sculpting from the human figure. In 2001 Kimberly volunteered at IMBALI Visual Literacy Project in Johannesburg, South Africa, and facilitated students in making a mural representing their township. There she conducted research for her Masters thesis that investigated the role of art and art education in post-apartheid South Africa. She then earned a Masters in Art Education from Teachers College at Columbia University. Throughout her career in New York City Kimberly taught visual art to students of all ages and abilities in both public and independent schools, hospitals and homeless shelters, inspiring her students to cultivate their imagination and creativity.
Moved by the inaccessibility of art in underserved areas of New York City, Kimberly founded Urban River Arts, a community based non-profit, in her neighborhood of Crown Heights Brooklyn in 2009. By 2010 she was facilitating large scale interactive art installations inspired by Tibetan Sand Mandalas at a range of museums and galleries including, The Asia Society, The Rubin Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Michael C. Carolos Museum in Atlanta GA, and Four Eleven Studio in Provincetown, MA.
Since 2019, Kimberly has taught visual art to early childhood, elementary and middle school students at The High Meadow School (HMS) in Stone Ridge, NY. This past year she also worked as an HMS Arts Coordinator. The triad of art administration, art education and art making continue to guide her career.
Moved by the inaccessibility of art in underserved areas of New York City, Kimberly founded Urban River Arts, a community based non-profit, in her neighborhood of Crown Heights Brooklyn in 2009. By 2010 she was facilitating large scale interactive art installations inspired by Tibetan Sand Mandalas at a range of museums and galleries including, The Asia Society, The Rubin Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Michael C. Carolos Museum in Atlanta GA, and Four Eleven Studio in Provincetown, MA.
Since 2019, Kimberly has taught visual art to early childhood, elementary and middle school students at The High Meadow School (HMS) in Stone Ridge, NY. This past year she also worked as an HMS Arts Coordinator. The triad of art administration, art education and art making continue to guide her career.