We create immersive art exhibitions that teach
Kiki Connell
What we do
Kiki C Projects creates immersive, artist-led exhibitions that transform high school campuses into active sites of cultural exchange, education, and community engagement.
We collaborate with contemporary artists to design exhibitions that function not only as visual experiences, but as living classrooms—integrating workshops, artist talks, interdisciplinary learning, and student internships across the life of each project.
Who we are
Kiki C Projects emerges from a career spent moving fluidly between classrooms, studios, exhibition spaces, and production environments. From temporary art installations at the university level to teaching drawing, digital media, fashion, and motion graphics, Kiki’s work has consistently centered on how creative practice is learned, shared, and activated. Her experience founding a production company and later developing visual identities for nonprofit organizations sharpened a belief that art education is most powerful when it is embedded in real systems—real deadlines, real audiences, real responsibility. With an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a lifelong practice as a collector, Kiki founded Kiki C Projects to bring museum-quality exhibitions into schools and turn them into living cultural institutions.
The Story
Kiki C Projects is an arts-education initiative that brings museum-quality exhibitions into high school environments and activates them as teaching sites for students, educators, and surrounding communities.
Each project transforms a school campus into a temporary cultural hub, where contemporary art becomes a catalyst for dialogue across disciplines—history, literature, economics, design, and social studies—through curated exhibitions, interpretive materials, workshops, and artist-led programming.
Our exhibitions extend beyond the host school. We intentionally invite under-resourced schools, youth programs, and community organizations to participate, positioning the campus as a shared learning space rather than a closed institution.
Students are embedded throughout every stage of the process as paid or credit-based interns, gaining hands-on experience in digital media, storytelling, exhibition design, installation, merchandising, and project management. These internships are not observational—they are integral to how the exhibition is conceived, built, communicated, and sustained.
Extraordinary Artists + student experiences
Alongside the artwork, we develop interpretive materials—including video, books, and guided learning tools—that support both formal classroom use and informal exploration. Each exhibition also includes a pop-up shop featuring affordable artist works and related merchandise, reinforcing access, sustainability, and real-world creative economies.
By embedding students, educators, artists, and community partners into a single, time-based project, Kiki C Projects reimagines what a school campus can be: not just a place where art is displayed, but a place where art is made legible, participatory, and socially alive.
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