About Karen Allen and Recent Projects of Note:
- — BFA in Painting from Syracuse University, and further study at School of Visual Art in NYC
- — Study with Master Printmaker Ruth Leaf at her Douglaston, Queens intaglio workshop
- — Study with painter Nicholas Wilton in the Creative Visionary Program 2019
- — Awarded by Bethany Arts Community a Virtual Residency in October 2020 to explore her "Totem" and "Under and Over the Allowable Limit" series of work
- — Participation in group and juried exhibits including the the BAU Gallery in Beacon; the Garrison Art Center, the Peekskill Arts Alliance, Bethany Arts Center, New Rochelle Art Association, Ossining Arts Council, Northern Westchester Artists, Katonah Museum Artists Association, Blue Door Art Center and the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden
- — Conception, co-curation and design of group exhibits “Transplanted Too” in November 2017 and co-curation of “Convergences” in 2018 at the Jeannette J Phillips Health Center in Peekskill.
- — Conception, Co-curation with artist Lana Yu of a group exhibit “The Art of Trees” at The Center at Mariandale, Ossining, NY. in 2018
- — Conception, design, and production for “Garden Passage”, a 60’ x 12’ mural at 1037 Main Street in Peekskill, NY. Completed in the summer of 2019
- — Completed a 96 page sketch book chronicling a year in the “Arc of the Moral Universe”; a collaborative arts project designed and produced by conceptual artist, activist and historical wit Carla Rae Johnson in 2019