Kerry McAleer-Keeler

As a Fine Arts educator, I've always believed that the creative journey is just as important as the final grade. After more than 20 years of teaching, I've worked hard to create a learning environment where curiosity, experimentation, and growth are valued alongside achievement. But, I also believe we can do better to meet the unique needs and circumstances of every student.

Bio

Kerry McAleer-Keeler is Associate Professor of Art and Design in printmaking and book arts at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University, Washington, DC. She has taught at the Corcoran since 1998. Ms. McAleer-Keeler’s work has been selected for individual, group, and juried exhibitions throughout the U.S. and internationally and is represented in such publications as The Book as Art: Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women In the Arts and 500 Handmade Books, Vol. 2 by Lark Books. Her book and print work is in such collections as the National Museum of Women In the Arts, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Library, George Mason University, Fenwick Library, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, George Washington University, Gelman Library Special Collections and the Brady Gallery, Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly Library and the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library. She has served as the Executive Vice President for CBAA (College Book Art Association).

Exhibitions

• Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, 17th Annual Abstracts Art Exhibit, Photography & Digital Special Recognition Artist, April ‘26
• Site: Brooklyn Online Exhibit “Blue”, Feb. ‘26
• H2O Juried Exhibition, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA, April '26
• Loudoun Council for the Arts Exhibition, Leesburg, VA   April, '26
• 39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University: Heuser Art Gallery and Hartmann Center Gallery, Peoria, IL., February 3 – March 28, 2025
• Paper Boats Flotilla, 2020-2025, Conference Pop-Up Exhibition, Puertograbando, Southern Graphics Council International, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2025
• Landscapes and Waterscapes, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, September 2025
• 10 X 10 Invitational Exhibit, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD, November 2025
• Annual Holiday Show, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA, December 2025

Distinctions

• Eutopia Art Residency, The Gem of the Cyclades in Syros Island, Greece, May 2025
• Paper and Book Intensive (PBI), Ox-bow Residency, Saugatuck, MI, May 14-25, 2023
• Arquetopia International Artists-In-Residence Program, Oaxaca, MX, Natural Ink Screen Printing, July-August 2022
• Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist-In-Residence recipient, Orquevaux, France, 2019
• Artist-In-Residence, Rosa di Tufo, Tufo, Italy, 2019
• FreeHold Taos Artist-in-Resident, Taos County, NM, Selected for July 2018
• Arquetopia International Artists-In-Residence Program, Puebla, Mexico, August 2015
• Corcoran College of Art and Design, Pitman Study Away Program, Artists In Residency Program, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, July 2013

Collections and Publications

Work in collections such as:

• American Art and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC (2 Pieces)
• Diderot Gallery, Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
• George Mason University, Fenwick Library, Special Collections, Fairfax, VA
• George Washington University, Gelman Library Special Collections (print and book) and Brady Gallery Collection, Washington, DC
• Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Wimberly Library, Boca Raton, FL
• Kennesaw University, Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Southern Graphics Archives, Kennesaw, GA
• LA Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
• Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, DC
• National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (4 Pieces)
• Stafford Hospital Center, Stafford, VA
• St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s, MD
• University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, Berkeley, CA
• Vanderbilt University, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, TN
• University of Washington, Special Collections Library, WA

Work shown in publications including:

• Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review, Winter Ed., 2019
• Everything Is Paint, Scott Ligon, Watson-Guptill, Random House Publishing, 2011
• The Book as Art: Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
• 500 Handmade Books, Vol. 2 by Lark Books

Education

BA in Studio Art & Politics, Mount Holyoke College
MFA in Printmaking, The George Washington University

Professional Organizations

• Member, Mount Holyoke College Alumni Group, South Hadley, Massachusetts
• Member, SGC International
• Member, Mount Holyoke College Alumni Group, South Hadley, Massachusetts
• Member, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
• Member, CBAA (formally the College Book Art Association)
• Member, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
• Member, American Printing History Association
• Member, Fine Press Book Association