Kathleen Morgan was born in New Zealand, raised in upstate NY and has been living in Telluride for 28 years. Coming to America by ship set her up for a life of global adventuring and wondering about how people live, interact, create and communicate. Her family is rich with artists and creative spirits. Kathleen got involved with archival photography in high school and set up the photo archives at her small college in western NYS. She graduated as an English Lit major with minors in Spanish and fine art. These days, Kathleen enjoys taking photos and working as much as possible with natural light.
Kathleen has a master’s in language teaching and she has been working with the immigrant population in the Telluride area for over 20 years.
We asked Kathleen a few questions:
What are you up to these days?
I’m dipping my toes back into mosaic and getting excited about TAB’s Wearable Art theme LUMENS!
What inspires you the most?
The natural world and how it is reflected in human design.
Teaching or learning?
One cannot exist without the other.
Favorite thing ever created?
All of my condom creations for the Telluride Aids Benefit. Every year is a new challenge to come up with something original and fabulous.
Best thrift store or free box find?
A functioning sewing machine found in the FreeBox in the early 90’s. It led me to Robert Presley who rocked my world by teaching me how to use it and how to create without boundaries.
Why Telluride?
I moved here sight unseen from Japan with no friends and met two Kiwis my first week from my childhood neighborhood who were friends with my family. There was no leaving after that!
What are you looking forward to?
Figuring out what papercuts to put in the desk calendar I make every year to share with friends and family.