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ART BY .E LEWIS
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ABOUT
GALLERY
  • Adinkra Symbols
  • save COLORED men
  • SAPPHIRE SERIES
  • FASHION AND FIBER
  • CROWN
  • faces
  • SCRAPS
  • RBG ON CANVAS
  • Our Ancestors unFINISHED
  • MUSICAL LOVE NOTES
  • TEXTILE PANELS
STORYTELLING
  • Women in Jazz
  • Zora's Journey
  • Ida's Journey to save...
  • Author and Artist Chat
  • Artist Conversation
  • " unFINISHED stories"
  • 777@7 Part 1
  • 777@7 Part 2
  • A is for Africa 2020
TAMMIE HOLLAND SHOW
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    • Ida's Journey to save...
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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.  


 

If you would like to learn more about my artwork, exhibits or upcoming exhibits, please share your email address.

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Events

June 4th

"First Friday"

6PM

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9PM

Bunker Center for the Arts 1014 E. 19th Street KCMO

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June 4th

"First Friday"

 Mark your calendar First Friday of every month.

Tour the gallery, meet new people and enjoy the art. 

Open studio tour. 

6PM

-

9PM

Bunker Center for the Arts 1014 E. 19th Street KCMO

June - July

Change is God-Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest

1PM

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6PM

Soo Visual Arts Center 2909 Bryant Avenue South #101 Minneapolis, MN 55408

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June - July

Change is God-Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest

 "Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest" is an exhibition that will illuminate new approaches and strategies for Black...

Event Details

1PM

-

6PM

Soo Visual Arts Center 2909 Bryant Avenue South #101 Minneapolis, MN 55408

I am a artist. I am a storyteller. I am a educator.

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 Sew 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 Exhibitions

·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

· 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

· Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City  2019

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