Leahy Ardon (Ish-Shalom) is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator.
As a musician, Leahy has played with and performed for artists such as Lionel Ritchie, Lucinda Williams, and Sarah McLachlan. She has also written and directed several plays for children and adults, most recently receiving a “Best of Fest” Award for her one-woman play, Conflict Zone, at the Whitefire Theater Solofest in LA.
She earned her bachelor's degree from Berklee College of Music in 2017 with top honors, and a master's degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2021.
Artist Statement​
I believe in people and I believe in art. My passion lies in combining different art forms as a means of cross-cultural collaboration, advocacy, and community-building: be it in a local neighborhood or as a global, inter-web sisterhood. This is the fire that burns within me, perhaps because I grew up in a place that is so torn: Jerusalem, Israel.
Through my art I aspire to inspire people, illuminate feelings and ideas, raise awareness and provoke thought; celebrate the here and now, connecting us through what makes us human- reminding people that in our human experience, we are not alone.
