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Plymouth artist Kay Masini credits
her mother for encouraging her love of
art.
“She used to buy me lots of paper
and an easel,” recalled the well-known
artist who holds a bachelor's degree in
arts and philosophy from Dominican
University in Illinois. “She had to keep
me busy.”
Masini had further studies at theArt
Institute of Chicago and briefly in
Oxford, England.
She said she was first inspired by
hermusic teacher's husband.
“He did a portrait of his wife. I
thought it was the most wonderful
thing,” she said. “I thought, ‘Someday.’
”
That someday has come, with her
extensive work in group and juried
shows inMichigan andMinnesota, solo
exhibitions in Belgium and here in
Michigan, numerous awards, and arts
groupmemberships.
Masini's pleased to be in the local
Three Cities Art Club, tipping her hat
to its president, Marilyn Meredith. “It's
growing,” Masini said of the art club.
“She is truly amazing,” Masini said of
Meredith.
Masini married right out of college,
had four children, and said to her hus-
band, “I think I will go back and do art
because it's going to be cheaper than a
psychiatrist. He was very supportive.
He was extremely busy with his own
work.”
Nowmarried toDonald for 62 years,
the couple has four grown children
andnine grandchildren.
“And we still like each other which
is a wonderful thing. It's been a good
life.”
She also worked in public relations
early in her career. The couple lived
for some 30 years in St. Joseph, where
she was a partner in a marketing and
communications firm.
“We were really pretty good,”
Masini recalled of the Telgroup firm,
noting pride in work with the
Community Education Group of
Benton Harbor, near St. Joseph, and
others. “It was an interesting time.”
Her art has included various medi-
Julie Brown
Staff Writer
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There is
no limit to
what another artist
can teach you.
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Plymouth artist’s work reflects lifetime of learning
