Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, Brings A Sense Of Play To The BMA With “Fantastic Village” - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County

Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, Brings A Sense Of Play To The BMA With “Fantastic Village” - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County

When associate professor of visual arts Kelley Bell thinks back to her childhood growing up in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, D.C., she recalls fond memories of playing in her neighborhood playground, locally dubbed as “Turtle Park.” “I remembered the concrete structures behind the turtle in the playground and it really inspired me to want to figure out how they came to be,” Bell says.  The public park, officially named Marion Park, was gi…