Other Notable Sculptures by Chippie Kennedy
Beyond her well-known public commissions of Viola Desmond (2021) and Wanda Robson (2024), Chippie Kennedy’s body of work focuses on classical realist figurative sculptures and
Unveiling of Wanda Robson bust at Cape Breton University Library
The late civil rights activist helped raise awareness of the contributions of her sister, Viola Desmond, to Canadian civil rights. Chippie Kennedy, NSS was on
Interview for “Where Women Create” magazine.
Chippie may be the silliest of names, but I curse myself for not having legally adopted it instead of Karen, the name given to me
Three artists shortlisted for Viola Desmond monument that’s coming to Gottingen Street
Chippie Kennedy, Marven Nelligan and Tonya “Sam’Gwan” Paris are in the running to create a tribute that will be unveiled later this year. By Morgan
Viola Desmond Bust Unveiling (November 8, 2021)
On November 8, 2021—exactly 75 years after Viola Desmond’s historic act of defiance against racial segregation at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia—a
Spotlight – Contemporary Art Magazine | 15
This is Modal Title Spotlight – Contemporary Art Magazine | Issue 15 Dear Karen, We are very excited to announce that your art has been published
Ana + Zac's Q&A with Chippie Kennedy
by Anna Gilkerson | October 29, 2023 | 3 min read
Canadian born and New York Native, Chippie Kennedy, is an award-winning sculptor trained in Florence, Italy where she studied the great masters, pushing herself in her later years to become one in her own right.
Three artists shortlisted for Viola Desmond monument that’s coming to Gottingen Street
Chippie Kennedy, Marven Nelligan and Tonya “Sam’Gwan” Paris are in the running to create a tribute that will be unveiled later this year. By Morgan Mullin
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Lighthouse Now, ‘Lunenburg artist wins top portrait award’
National Sculpture Society, ‘Sculpture For A New Century’
Millbrook Magazine, ‘Chippie Kennedy, The Sculptor’
Naples Art Association, ‘Founders Exhibition at von Liebig Art Center in Naples’
Lighthouse Now, ‘Sculptor puts down roots in Lunenburg Academy’
The Millbrook Independent, ‘From Cloth to Clay’