Overview
Katherine believes that everyone has something to give, something they can contribute to society, and that it's just a matter of figuring out what that something is and actually DOING IT. She challenges her audience to imagine what our community could look like if everyone attempted to live up to their full potential.
Listen as she tells her story, complete with both physical and emotional challenges, and how finding her place in the art world helped her navigate every obstacle thrown her in her way. From the get go, her parents taught her to never feel sorry for herself and never enabled her in any way, and today Katherine's art is the basis of her successful business, KAK ART & Designs.
Katherine's story will motivate you to try new things, set personal goals, and commit to them. Find your "something" as she did, and not only better your own life, but enrich the lives of those around you.
Why you should Attend
Fear, uncertainty, feeling stuck, need direction, trouble coping with life's challenges
Areas Covered in the Session
- Motivation to do something with your life
- Evolution of an artist
- Finding that special something that you have to give to society
- Changing your mindset
Who Will Benefit
- All adults and older kids (16 and up)
Speaker Profile
Katherine Klimitas is a New Orleans-based artist and designer who sold her first watercolor at age 10. As the daughter of veterinarians, Katherine expresses her family’s life-long love of animals through her meticulous life-like paintings. She earned a B.A. from Loyola University in 2011, and today at age 35, runs her multifaceted business KAK ART & Designs from home. When clients learn that Katherine has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, they are captivated by her unique perspective. She and her parents stopped counting her broken bones at 500 at age 10. She’s 2 feet 7 inches tall, gets around in an electric wheelchair, and creates all of her art, jewelry and commercial graphic design while lying on her side.
“Looking Up” is a glimpse into Katherine’s world, a world unlike most. Because she spends most of her time in an electric wheelchair due to her physical condition, she spends a lot of her time looking up. Though the book began as her college senior project, it evolved shortly thereafter into her story, complete with anecdotes, humor, and powerful photography.
Katherine speaks to a variety of audiences, including high school and college students, medical professionals, and education professionals, spreading her message of perseverance and creativity.
Instructor
Katherine Klimitas