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American painter (born 1964)
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Kelly Sullivan (born April 30, 1964) is an American painter known for her collaborative paintings called "Finger Smears". Sullivan combines Finger Smears and the signatures of hundreds of people on one canvas to commemorate events around the country.

Sullivan was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Her maternal grandmother, Alice Foster, taught her to paint at an early age. Her studio was in Driggs, Idaho, but is currently in Lambertville, NJ.

Sullivan estimates that over 100,000 people across the United States have made FingerSmears, including The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and many others. Sullivan's work with FingerSmears has raised over $150,000 for charities. Her FingerSmear, entitled "The Hands for Hope," was auctioned off to benefit the September 11th Fund..

Sullivan has developed two spin-off projects from her FingerSmears: Mighty Fingers Facing Change (MFFC) and Paint.Team. MFFC is a two-part experiential art project designed to engage and inspire girls around the world through a guided self-portrait that expresses their individual goals and the changes they would like to see in the world, as well as allowing them to participate in a collaborative FingerSmear called "Abundance." Sullivan has taken MFFC to Guatemala, Uganda, Haiti, India, China, and various parts of the US. Paint. The team was launched as a web-based tool, a "digital FingerSmear" app, that allows thousands to participate in one piece of art from anywhere in the world using their computers or smartphones. Sullivan enlisted a team of software and web developers to make this app available.

References

  1. ^ DeMasters, Karen (23 December 2001). "Coming Around Again in Asbury Park". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ Carabeo, Jan (May 31, 2018), "New Jersey Artist Is Transforming Finger-Friendly Art Into Collaborative Digital Creations", CBS Philly, retrieved May 29, 2019
  3. ^ Strong, Hope (May 20, 2009). "A canvas that lets everyone leave their mark". ValleyCitizen. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "Kelly Sullivan", Saatchi Art, retrieved May 29, 2019
  5. "Kelly Sullivan - Page - Artist Biography". thebabblingbrush.com. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  6. Roberts, Christine (24 October 2012). "New Jersey artist Kelly Sullivan to host finger-painting fundraiser for 'Mighty Fingers Facing Change Project' in SoHo Thursday". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  7. ^ Coulibaly, Kathryn (April 2018). "Empowering students through art". NJEA Review.
  8. ^ "Lambertville Artist Kelly Sullivan Offers a New Way to Access the Power of Art". NewJerseyStage.com. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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