Karly Kennedy grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Clay was a part of her life early on with art center classes and in highschool. It was here, under the guidance of her beloved ceramics teacher, Stephanie York, that she knew clay would forever be a part of her life.

Not following the typical educational timeline, she spent a number of years working alongside great mentors, Jessica Gardner (Northern Virginia Community College) and Marianne Mcgrath (California State University Channel Islands). Though not knowing it at the time, it was these women - mothers and practicing ceramic artists - who would inspire and shape the artist that she’d become. Especially once she became a mother herself.

Karly is now a studio technician at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia where she also maintains her studio practice.