Entrepreneurial Mindset Certificate: For Persons Living with a Self-Identified Disability Workshop 4: Meet with Jessica

Speaker: Jessica Kenney

Jessica Kenney is a Fredericton based non binary, disabled, neurodivergent artist, musician, and poet. They specialize in discovering unique and playful combinations between different mediums, including; digital art, needle felting, sculpture, illustration, watercolour, music and poetry. Not only is Jessica a college educated artist with diplomas from the Center for Arts and Technology, and the Gaming and Animation Institute of Fredericton, they are also a self taught flutist and poet. Jessica enjoys finding connections between unlikely mediums, in ways that delight both the artist and the viewer. With a motley and fun combination of techniques, Jessica explores chaotic ways of thinking and creating, resulting in the presentation of concepts and ideas in a new light. Jessica wants to make viewers question, learn, and think.

Jessica has recently exhibited their acclaimed installation “Touching Music” at the Fredericton Arts Alliance Group show at the Charlotte Street Arts Center. They also had several pieces of art, poetry and an installation included in the group exhibit and zine “Speaking Out”. Jessica received a JL Micro Bursary from the Jane Leblanc Legacy Fund for their installation “Touching Music” in September 2023. Jessica has recently been accepted to ArtsLink NB’s flagship Arts Accelerator, CATAPULT where they are honing the business side of their practise with the goal of growing their art practice.