Ceramist Katie Kimmel Talks New Row DTLA Pop-Up, Her Talk Show Father’s Artistic Talents and the One Commission She Refused to Do
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Katie Kimmel says her parents – Jimmy Kimmel and his first wife, Gina – didn’t blink when she told them she wanted to be an artist. “There was no shock,” says Katie, a ceramist who is best known for her whimsical dog and cat sculptures. (Full disclosure: This reporter commissioned a vase of my pooches earlier this year.) “My dad is a really great artist.
He illustrated a children’s book, ‘The Serious Goose,’ and does a lot of illustration stuff privately. And if there’s paper on a table at a restaurant, that’s always a lot of fun. “When I left L.A.
to move to the California desert that was more of a shock than my career choices,” she continues. “But I’m back in L.A. now, so everybody’s happy.” A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Kimmel also creates T-shirts, home goods and kids and baby clothing.
On May 19, Kimmel will unveil Souvenir of the Sunday, an art studio, showroom and boutique pop-up at Row DTLA. Souvenir features works by Kimmel and other emerging and established artists as well as the latest from Clare V.
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