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.
Why People Choose Us
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Personalized consultation for bespoke experiences
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Custom workshops and talks
Testimonials
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~Gallery Director~
This exhibition is multi-pronged in that it's not just a show that's in the gallery. It sure it's that, and it's incredible. But it's a visiting artist. It's curriculum immersion. It's internship programming. It's community building. It's constituency celebration. It's also something that speaks to the power of the arts. And so it's more than just a show; it's an experience.
- Babs Wheelden
Art Department Chair
Robert Lehman Art Center Director
Brooks School
North Andover, MA -
~Resident Artist~
I was blown away by the students there level of research and the support system of the network of educators. I love that the entire community seems to support one another so well. I’m thankful the exhibit will be on display for the students do enjoy for a significant period of time it makes me feel valued as an artist.
- Roberto Lugo, artist -
~Intern~
This project was important to me because it felt like something out of my comfort zone, like, that I don't normally interact with, and as a way to meet and work with new people and do something new that I've never even thought about before.
~Jackson
Brooks School intern
Exhibition Design and Installation -
~Intern~
We were just talking to Roberto about this before we started, but the merchandise is a way for his art to be more accessible to people. So, I think it's really powerful just to remember when creating the merchandise and selecting the items that we want to convey his message through it to be able to allow people to bring it home.
-Ella
Brooks Student Intern
Exhibition Design and Installation -
~Intern~
I liked being able to make my own art with the art that we have been given by Roberto. He has many stickers and patches and designs, and we can put them on hoodies and design our own sneakers. I thought the freedom to do that was really amazing.
~Ava, Brooks School Intern
Digital Media and Storytelling -
~Founder~
The interns were empowered by working in a professional environment, but one that allowed them to learn in a very safe and supportive environment.
~Kiki Connell
Founder
Kiki C Projects -
~Intern~
I think it's really important that in a high school setting that you see something like Roberto’s art exhibit. It gives us a wider understanding of art and the world around us, and just lets us see other voices.
~Posey
Brooks School Intern
Digital Media and Storytelling
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