Irena Kenny

The illustrations here are by our lovely friend Irena Kenny. When she was in Kindergarten, back in Czechoslovakia, she begged her Mom to take her for an audition at the local kids’ theater. She did and she failed, MISERABLY! Seeing how heartbroken she was, her mother simply ushered her next door and signed her up for art classes. No auditions necessary. Those classes ended up defining the lens through which she looks at life. 

A while later, whilst studying to become an Art Therapist at Pratt Institute, Irene was told over and over that everything happens for a reason. She took that to mean that she was destined to fail on stage and fall in love with art!

These days she lives in Brooklyn with her English husband, two spunky girls and a wish for a dog. She does not do theatre but does embarrass her family with theatrics daily.

You can find her at It Starts With a Dot.