# @jillkittock on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUoJZ7GCSVi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55981595-jillkittock-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-11T18:14:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jill Kittock (@jillkittock) — https://gondola.cc/jillkittock

## Caption

Hello friends! This is a long weird painting I’ve just about finished. 💓 Update on me and mine: I put my online shop on pause a couple of weeks ago so I could ease some pressure while trying to do daily mutual aid tasks here in Minneapolis AND try to complete some paintings for an upcoming solo exhibition this summer. I’ve never closed the shop before now, even when I’ve been out of town! 🫠 My studio mate and dear friend Olly curlworks_ told me that now is as good a time as ever. :) He is right, as usual. 

We have so many neighbors right now in Minneapolis who are extremely vulnerable and need assistance. Money and groceries, yes, but also safe rides to school, work and random tasks, socialization because it’s scary and stressful to adults and kids. Etc etc etc. This has been a huge learning experience for me. Both on how to help folks in the way that they wish to be helped, and how I can try to incorporate this into my own life, around my work schedule. Gotta say, I’m not sleeping super well these days. 🙃 But we preserve!! Yo estoy practicando mis español todos los días. 😇 

***I am putting my Venmo in bio 👆because we continue to need funds to help out our neighbors. No amount is too small. 100% Will be used to assist people my neighbors and I are connected with. Off the top of my head I believe we’ve been assisting 12 families. The money has been used mostly for rent assistance and particular supplies that food shelves don’t have on hand.***

That’s my update! I hope you’re well wherever you are. My shop will stay closed for about another week. 😽❤️❤️❤️❤️

#update #artwork #dancer #dancing #painting #characters #bears #cats #artist #artiststudio

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