Kristen Rice

Founder | MANAGING DIRECTOR

Kristen got her creative start in the theatre, but found she was extremely passionate about the creative development of children - especially inner-city children. This led her to found Color Me Empowered, as she wanted a way to foster creativity in children while simultaneously working to improve neglected communities. She believes that art is a powerful tool that can be used to heal hearts and make the world a better place. 

Kristen grew up in rural South Texas. After finishing her BFA at Baylor University in 2002, she moved to Dallas and began teaching elementary art in Dallas ISD in 2005. After several years at Polk Elementary, she was impressed by how her students continued to rise to the artistic challenges she put before them. She did a school-wide public art project with her students and the results were so fantastic, she decided to organize Color Me Empowered, along with Chavalia Mwamba and Amy Kilpatrick, to help facilitate more student-created public art projects throughout the city.

In addition to running Color Me Empowered, Kristen is an artist who works in several mediums. She loves working on metal sculpture, and continues to draw and paint, which are her artistic foundations.

Kristen’s art is motivated by the human struggle, striving to reveal universal emotions with earnestness and distinction. She believes in the redemptive quality of all things and tries to reflect this belief in all her work. Although she works different mediums, the theme of deliverance and hope drives the composition of each piece.