The Soul of the Skill By Musia Slavin | April 21, 2021
Can art change the world? Bais Yaakov-bred artist Libby Klein is an unequivocal believer that yes, it can, and yes, it will
When artist Libby Klein put her work on display for the first time at the Brooklyn Market, her childhood friends were confused when they saw her. “Why are you here?” they asked.
“This is my art,” she said, gesturing to the large, bright canvas.
“What do you mean?”
“These are my paintings. I made them.” Most people didn’t believe her. They always knew Libby to be creative an avid dancer and lover of all things pretty but she wasn’t an artist. As a child, Libby Klein chatted to her friends with the phone on speaker, her hands busy molding clay miniatures, basketball players, ballerinas, or a likeness of someone she knew. But she was never much of a painter.