About Little Paper Planes
Kelly Lynn Jones is an artist and curator from Los Angeles and living in San Francisco, California. She received her MFA in May 2010 from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Jones has shown her work all over the US and Europe.
Jones created Little Paper Planes in 2004. After graduating from art school, Jones wanted to create an online platform where she and her friends could sell the pieces they were making to help support their individual art careers. LPP was one of the first online stores offering artist editions.
Community is the driving force behind the company and houses over 70 emerging artists around the world. Little Paper Planes assists artists in their careers through prints, publishing, curatorial and licensing projects. LPP 's intentions are to facilitate dialogues and awareness around Contemporary art between both the artists and public alike. The mission is to provide the connections, engagement and momentum of collecting art ephemera in all areas. Little Paper Planes is operated in Oakland, CA by Kelly Loren, Clara,Hillary and Maggie
This is an artist run organization. This is what the LPP HQ's looks like.
As of May 2013, LPP now has a physical store in the Mission District of San Francisco! Come visit!
855 Valencia Street between 19th and 20th
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-643-4616
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Saturday: 12-7
Sunday: 12-6
Little Paper Planes has been featured in numerous publications and blogs since 2004 including Cool Hunting, Nylon Magazine, Lucky Magazine, PaperMag, Design Sponge, Apartment Therapy, The New York Times, Daily Candy and more. Visit our press section for the most current.
Learn more about Jones in her feature in the San Francico Chronicle.
Kelly Lynn Jones has spoken on a handful of panels including
Art Publishing Now in San Francisco, October 2010
http://www.creativeconferencewest.com/ in San Francisco, August 2011
Hello Etsy Summit on September 18th in San Francisco.
Portfolio Reviews at Kala in Berkeley, November 9, 2011
SPEED NETWORKING with CCA Alumni Entrepreneurs & Small Business in San Francisco, November 16, 2011
She also has given lectures in classes at Parsons The New School, NYC, San Francisco State University and the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Email info@littlepaperplanes.com if you want Kelly to visit your class or present a lecture and/or participate on a panel.
Past Events with Little Paper Planes
Rock Collection (curated pop-up shop of rocks by Little Paper Planes- 20 artists) at the Bell Jar, San Francisco, November 11- Janurary 8, 2012
The Threes Collection (curated pop-up shop of objects by Little Paper Planes- 30 artists) at Holidayland, Oakland, November 25 - December 31st, 2011
Little Paper Planes Book Release and exhibition at The Curiosity Shoppe May 19th - June 16th, 2012
Little Paper Planes Book Release and paper plane making station at Reform School in Los Angeles, June 23rd, 2012
Little Paper Planes publications was part of "Bodega Shop" at Family Business in New York, 6/26- 7/6/2012