“I don’t know what makes someone an artist. I know that I feel renewed when I create something. I know that I find myself in it, that I am at my best when I don’t neglect it.”
Jacqualynn works in multiple mediums and platforms ranging from small pieces of pen & ink on paper to large scale sculptural installations of wood and larger-than-life painted murals. Her work has been described as powerfully feminine and haunting, always with a sense of the unfinished.
In her work as a teaching artist, she is dedicated to connecting every student, regardless of age or experience, with the human instinct of making art. She has worked with children, at-risk youth, teens, adults and seniors both as an independent artist and through programs and organizations such as Appel Farm Art & Music Center. Jacqualynn has experience in leading students through informal artistic experiences, instructing children of all ages in both short workshops and longterm programs, organizing and leading large groups through community art projects/installations and applying the principles of art therapy in both group and private lessons.
A native of South Jersey, Jacqualynn works out of her studio near downtown Woodbury, NJ and focuses most of her work in the Philadelphia region while servicing clients worldwide. She is a graduate of Boston University, a dedicated local volunteer and arts advocate in her community and co-founder of the FAF Coalition.
IN THE NEWS
- July 2015 – Get your paint on
- November 2014 – Woodbury Public Library Reopens Renovated Children’s Area
- July 2014 – Woodbury’s former fall festival coalition planning new events in city
- July 2013 – Woodbury cafe holds preview event
- September 2013 – Fall Arts Festival celebrates the arts in Woodbury
- September 2012 – Fall Arts Fest keeps arts alive in Gloucester County
- October 2011 – Blog Serves as Muse for Woodbury Artist Jacqualynn Knight
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EDUCATION
- 1999 BA in Political Science, Minor in Visual Arts, Boston University
EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS
- 2020 Public Art Commission, The Bridge, 3’ x 30’ exterior mural on cloth, City of Bridgeton, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2020 Private Decorative Art Treatment, woodgrain pattern, David Basile, Pittsgrove, NJ
- 2019 Public Art Commission, Rowan College of Gloucester County, various locations in southern New Jersey including Deptford, Glassboro and Pitman
- 2019 Public Art Commission, The Graduate, Families to College, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2018 Exterior Mural, Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, Woodbury, NJ
- 2018 Courtyard Sculptural Installation, Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, Woodbury, NJ
- 2018 Front Lobby Mural, Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, Woodbury, NJ
- 2018 Public Art Commission, Scotlan Run Tryptic, Gloucester County of New Jersey, Williamstown, NJ
- 2018 Public Art Commission, Guitar, Families to College, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2016 Commercial Art Commission, AJ, Polsky’s Corner, Woodbury, NJ
- 2016 Commercial Art Commission, Neglected History, Fiore’s, Woodbury, NJ
- 2015 Public Art Commission, Barn Dance Logo, Harvest Festival & Barn Dance, Franklinville, NJ
- 2015 Children’s Area Mural and Sculptural Installation, Celebration of the Author, Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, NJ
CONTRACTS, GRANTS & POSITIONS
- 2020 Graphic Designer, Garaguso Classical Martial Arts, Haddonfield, NJ
- 2020 Jewelry Designer, Mystic Metals Body Jewelry, Chesapeake, OH
- 2019 NJ Teens Arts Adjudicator, Appel Farm Arts and Music Center, Elmer, NJ
- 2018 Creative Arts Director and Artist for 300 Year Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, 3 year contract
- 2019 Book Series Illustration, Haduko Series, Garaguso Classical Martial Arts, Haddonfield, NJ
- 2019 Teaching Artist for Pathways 21st CCLC Program Summer School, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2019 Jewelry Design, Mystic Metals Body Jewelry, Chesapeake, OH
- 2019 Visual Arts Teacher, Creative CoLaboratory Charter School
- 2018 Instructor and Muralist for the Appel Farm Arts and Music Center and Pathways 21st CCLC Program 2D Mural class, design and installation, Quarter Mile Elementary School, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2018 Teaching Artist, Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, NJ
- 2017 Instructor and Muralist for the Appel Farm Arts and Music Center and Pathways 21st CCLC Program 2D Mural class, design and installation, Broad Street School, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2017 Instructor, Sculptor and Installer for New Jersey Artists in Education Residency, Pennsauken, NJ
- 2017 Private Art Therapy Instruction, Dr. James George, Woodbury, NJ
- 2017 Private Art Instruction, various students, Woodbury, NJ
- 2017 Teaching Artist, Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, NJ
- 2016 Instructor and Muralist for the Appel Farm Arts and Music Center and Pathways 21st CCLC Program 2D Mural class, design and installation, Buckshutem Elementary School, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2016 Teaching Artist, Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, NJ
- 2015 Instructor and Muralist for the Appel Farm Arts and Music Center and Pathways 21st CCLC Program 2D Mural class, design and installation, Indian Avenue Elementary School, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2015 Teaching Artist, McArt A La Carte, Woodbury, NJ
- 2015 Instructor and Installer, New Jersey ArtPride, Burlington, NJ
- 2015 Teaching Artist, Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, NJ
- 2014 Instructor and Muralist for the Appel Farm Arts and Music Center and Pathways 21st CCLC Program 2D Mural class, design and installation, West Avenue Elementary School, Bridgeton, NJ
- 2014 Teaching Artist, Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, NJ