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{{short description|American sculptor}}
{{Infobox artist
| name             = Lori Kay
| image            = Lori Kay portrait.jpg
| caption          = Lori Kay in her Hunter's Point Shipyard studio, San Francisco, California, USA
| birth_name       =
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1962|5|1|}}
| birth_place      = [[San Diego]], [[California]]
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| nationality      = American
| field            = [[Sculpture]], Public Art
}}
'''Lori Kay''' (born May 1, 1962) also known as '''Lori Kay Stout''', is an American artist, educator and activist based in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. She is known for her sculptures made of bronze, [[mixed media]] and recycled materials.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=031333451X|title=Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists, Artists of the American mosaic|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2007|isbn=978-0313334511|via=Google Books|last1=Hallmark|first1=Kara Kelley}}</ref> Her work sometimes addresses issues of racial identity or mixed racial identity or issues of environmental awareness.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Half-Breed or Whole Person?|last=Tuchman|first=Lara|date=1995-12-15|work=San Jose Mercury News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ALONG-THE-EL-CAMINO-Searching-For-a-Whole-3017517.php|title=Along the El Camino -- Searching For a Whole Identity|last=Workman|first=Bill|date=1995-12-08|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|newspaper=SFGate|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> She is also the owner of the Lupin Lodge of [[Los Gatos, California|Los Gatos]], a clothing-optional resort.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2015-12-03 |title=Glyn Stout Obituary (1937 - 2015) - Los Gatos, CA |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercurynews/name/glyn-stout-obituary?n=glyn-stout&pid=176729333 |website=Mercury News}}</ref>
== Career ==
Kay was born May 1, 1962, in [[San Diego]], [[California]], to a Filipino father and a Euro-American mother.<ref name=":0" /> Some of her work addresses her childhood and racial identity.
[[File:Running chair.jpg|thumb|''Running Chair'' exhibited at Yerba Buena Garden, San Francisco, California]]
In 1986, she received a B.A. in Art and Art History from the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] with additional studies at the [[University of Geneva]] in 1984 and the Muttenz Gymnasium in [[Basel]] in 1980–81.<ref name=":0" /> She then spent a year in a foundry and a marble studio of [[Pietrasanta]], Italy. After working on both large-scale and pedestal-sized pieces, her experience culminated with her first professional exhibit in Italy. After returning home, she apprenticed to a foundry master in San Jose, California.
From 1990 until 1999, Kay taught art classes with [[ArtsEdConnect]] through [[Arts Council Silicon Valley]].<ref name=":0" /> From October 2003 until January 2004 she served as an artist in residency at San Francisco [[Recology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfrecycling.com/index.php/lori-kay|title=Artist in Residence - Lori Kay|website=Recology SF|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>
Kay's public art has been exhibited in San Francisco ("Running Chair", Norcal Sculpture Park and "Broken Wishbone", [[San Francisco State University]]), [[Seattle]] (Harborview Hospital), Fremont ("Flight IV (dog)", Fremont Fire Station No. 5), [[Half Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]] ("Broken Wishbone", Pilarcito City Park), [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]] ("Broken Wishbone", Mountain View Center for Performing Arts Plaza), Los Gatos ("Broken Wishbone", Lupine Lodge) and [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue, WA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peninsulamuseum.org/exhibits/lori-kay-recycle-reuse-create#.WGXMk7YrK2w|title=Lori Kay: REcycle, REuse, cREate|date=2013|website=Peninsula Museum of Art|access-date=2016-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fremont.gov/1367/Flight-IV|title=Flight IV|website=City of Fremont Official Website|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Making a Wish Artistically Sculptor Creates an Image of Nostalgia with Simple Wishbone|date=1996-06-21|work=San Jose Mercury News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magazine.sfsu.edu/archive/winter_04/campus2|title=SFSU Magazine Fall/Winter '04 Campus Beat: Wishbone Makes a Break From Campus|date=2004|website=SF State Magazine|publisher=SFSU|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Coastside-sculpture-unveiling-3150493.php|title=Coastside Sculpture Unveiling|date=1995-03-10|publisher=Examiner News Services|newspaper=SFGate|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lupinlodge.com/welcome-to-lupin/lupin-history-75th-n-magazine/|title=Lupin History (75th - N Magazine)|date=2011|newspaper=Lupin Lodge|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref>
She was married to Glyn Stout until his death in 2015.<ref name=":1" />
[[File:Broken Wishbone.jpg|thumb|''Broken Wishbone'' exhibited at Oakland Museum of California]]
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[[Category:20th-century American women sculptors]]
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