About Me

Aly Parrott was born born and raised in the heart of the Helderberg Mountains. As a child, she learned drawing, embroidery, and quilting from her mother and grandmothers, and inherited a love of fantasy and science fiction from her father.

She received her BFA with high honors in Interdisciplinary Arts and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute, and her MA in Art Education from Boston University. She frequently exhibits work across the Capital Region, including recent group shows at esteemed arts spaces including the Arkell Museum, The Bear and Bird Gallery, The Albany Barn, Paint Cohoes, The R Gallery at Arlene’s. She is a current Artist in Residence at Arlene’s Artist Materials in Albany, NY, where she teaches classes on watercolor, needlefelting, and storytelling through tabletop role playing games.

When she isn’t in her studio she serves as the art teacher at the Wildwood School, where she has helped design an immersive adaptive arts curriculum for students with complex neurological disabilities. In 2024, she received Wildwood’s Annual Values-in-Action Award for Creativity—an honor awarded by her fellow teachers and school administrators recognizing her exceptional contributions to the creative vision of the school.

She also enjoys writing, playing D&D, swimming, cooking, and hiking, and making memories with her husband and their two kitties.