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Hello and welcome to my art and entertainment gallery.
My name is Karen E. Griffin, I am the artist Art by .E Lewis
I am a creative, proactive and transformative textile and performing artist possessing the innovative ability to formulate fabrics and seams into wonderful stories. My visionary process evokes and informs viewers by exploring tangible and verbal artforms.
Portfolio
Education
· Certified National Storyteller, Mid-Continent Public Library 2021
· Certificate of Completion in Mastering Public Speaking, Mid-Continent Public Library 2021
· Certificate of Completion in Art and Crafts Business, Mid-Continent Public Library 2020
· Certified International Tour Manager, International Guide Academy 2019
· Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Phoenix 2013
Art Studio
· The Bunker Center for the Arts- Kansas City, MO 2019 - Current
Solo Exhibitions
· Red, Black and Green on Canvas, Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City, MO 2021
· SCRAPS at Pierpont’s at Union Station, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Sapphire, Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Ida’s journey to save COLORED men in america, Black Archives Mid-America,
Kansas City, MO 2021
· Peace of Me, Holsum Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Fashion and Fiber, Do Good, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Faces, Do Good Co., Kansas City, MO 2021
· Seams & Stories, The Sewing Labs, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Our Ancestor’s unFINISHED stories in america on the LINE,
The Black Archives and The Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO 2019 - 2020
Group Exhibition
· Rhythm and Reveal, Buttonwood, KCMO, 2022
· Change is God-Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest
Curator and Visual Artist Gregory J. Rose, Minnesota, MN 2022
· Her Art / Their Art, Interurban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS 2022
· Abstract: heART for All, Buttonwood, Kansas City, MO 2022
· Art Exhibitions, Johnson County Public Library, Gardner, KS 2022
· The Essence of a Black Woman, Motor House | Blk Arthouse- Baltimore, MD 2021
· Site One, The Erku Project, Kansas City, MO 2021
· 12 x 12, Interurban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS 2021
· Flat File and Digital File, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Stupid Cupid/Eros Unbound, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Tangled Roots, Interurban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS 2021
· Run run quiet, plug, Kansas City, MO 2021
· RACE, Museum at Prairefire, Overland Park, KS 2021
· Her Art as Life, University of Missouri Kansas City | Kansas City Community Church of Christ Kansas City, MO 2021
· Juneteenth, St. Louis Art Chamber, St Louis, Missouri 2021
Publications and Reviews
· Guildit https://guildit.org/blog/ 2022
· Missouri Arts Council https://www.facebook.com/missouriartscouncil 2022
· SCRAPS KC, February 2022
· core. issue 3. Dec. 2021. pp.11-17 2021
· The State Historical Society of Missouri; Winter 2021-2022 Missouri Time p.14 2021
· “The Life, I Love” National Best Seller, Co-Author pp. 31 -36 2020
Workshops and Education
· Playing Dress Up, Fringe, Kansas City, MO 2022
Make’n HERstory, The Sewing Labs, Career Presentation, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Seams and Stories, The Sewing Labs, art class and storytelling, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Fiber and Fashion, Do Good Co. Art show and storytelling, Kansas City, MO 2021
· Jazz Appreciation Month, Virtual Art and Jazz Presentation, Fort Wayne, IN 2021
· Jazz Storytelling, Australian Jazz Museum, Melbourne, AU 2015
Collections
· Bunker Center for the Artist, 2019 – present
· Grandma’s Dress Pattern on Display at Museum at Prairiefire, June 2021 – June 2022
· Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City 2019
