Kelley Lohr, Mixed Media Artist

 HOW I GOT STARTED IN 

MIXED MEDIA

You are invited to come and listen as Kelley Lohr shares the story of her evolution as an artist, resulting in her involvement with mixed media.

Kelley Lohr is an accomplished Mixed Media Artist who enjoys all types of arts and crafts, working with a vast combination of various mediums, teaching techniques, and promoting the benefits of making handmade items. Kelley has been working within the scrapbook manufacturing industry for the last five years and scrapbook retail for the last 10 years, and both exposed her to another perspective on her creations.  She has had a lifetime of being exposed to all kinds of arts and crafts, and different mediums. Kelley enjoys all aspects of art, and pulls much of her work from nature and color, working with materials found and collected.  Her nieces and nephew are also sources of inspiration—she loves being able to have craft time with them.

Kelley has a passion for teaching different classes and techniques and helps to develop projects and classes for use in retail stores, kit clubs, and class retreats. She is a "go to" person amidst many friends, when seeking a supply, vintage find, or just a source of endless ideas. One might say that Kelley’s creative mind never rests. 

Kelley was influenced and impacted at a very early age by a HUGE box of art supplies one Christmas, along with her parents’ encouragement—they could see her natural ability, and wanted to keep her creative juices flowing.  She has been "art and crafting" since a small child, beginning with learning to sew along side her mom when she was only 3 years old---Kelley cannot imagine her life with out some sort of art and creativity every single day. She resides in Akron, Ohio--near the Cuyahoga Valley National Parks with her super supportive and encouraging husband Eddie, as well as their two other family members—Riley the Dog and Boo-Boo Kitty.