Kay Westhues was raised in Indiana and her art practice has been based in the Midwest for most of her life. She studied art at Rhode Island School of Design, and earned an MS in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and an MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY. Her work includes several long-term photography projects that incorporate video, sound, drawing, and ethnography.
Her art explores the ways in which rural tradition and history are understood, acted on, and recreated in everyday life. She approaches her projects with a sociological and narrative lens, and seeks not the most literal content but the most human and personal.
Website: kaywesthues.com
Instagram: @kaywesthues
Lake Cottage (pink), Big Barbee Lake, IN
Photography, from the series Mostly Indiana
Family Fishing, Evansville, IN
Photography, from the series Mostly Indiana
Spring at Trail’s End, Miami State Recreation Area, Grant County, IN
Photography, from the series The Specialness of Springs
