Katharine (Kalo) Maloney

Kalo Maloney: A Journey from Art to Social Work and Back

During Kalo’s formative years, her father was a commercial artist for the Borden Company, and she enjoyed watching him create signs, labels and logos. Kalo often played with the art material in his studio. As a young adult she was able to save enough money to attend DuCret School of The Arts in Plainfield NJ in 1979/1980 for a year.

Kalo found a job as a color separation artist and did that for 11 years until computers extinguished that job. She went back to school and became a licensed clinical social worker in the 90s, and devoted her time to serving families that were involved in Child Protective Services, as well as Hospice patients and their families.

Kalo has recently retired and is finally able to devote her time and energy back to art. She had to become reacquainted with the concepts and application, having been away from it during my social work years. Kalo is inspired by the beauty of the Cape, as well as the art community she’s come to know and love.