Kathy and Matt celebrate a successful Master of Arts defense!

Kathy Rodriguez was born in Metairie, Louisiana, on July 16, 1980, during a heavy thunderstorm. She lived in Metairie and New Orleans before and after a brief 1998 stint in art school in Baltimore. Between 1999 and 2004, she sold fine cheeses for a living while she completed the curriculum for a Bachelor's degree in Arts, with a focus in studio art, at The University of New Orleans. In August 2005, she moved to Missoula to work towards a Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing and Master of Arts in art history degrees. In Missoula, she taught, painted, interned, and struggled to keep deer out of the garden. In late June, 2008, after graduating and teaching a summer painting course, she and her sweet husband, Matthew Kirscht, returned to New Orleans. She loves to be home.

In addition to continuing her studio practice, Rodriguez now teaches at University of New Orleans and is a contributing writer for New Orleans Art Review and NOLA Defender.