Open Studio with Karen Rich Beall
Changing Landscapes Artist-in-Residence
Works in progress: Lichen (Ramalina montagnei), felted sculpture (left) and watercolor (right)
Join Karen as she reveals work in progress based on lichens and ferns found in our forest at A Studio in the Woods. Karen has collected samples from the woods and sketches them in detail using a microscope. Working from life, she references the specimens and her drawings to render them in three dimensions using felted hand-knitting, papier mache and other mixed media.
Open Studio with resident artist Karen Rich Beall
Saturday, January 30, 2010
12-3pm at A Studio in the Woods
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Karen Rich Beall was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from the University of Florida in 1986, Beall moved to New York City and worked as a studio assistant, wood restorer, and Circulation Director for Artforum Magazine while pursuing her own art work. In 1992 Beall left New York to attend graduate school at the University of Tennessee, where she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture in 1995. Beall then moved to Atlanta where she worked as the Public Art Assistant for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. She also worked for several years at the Fulton County Arts Council as the Public Art Coordinator. In 2002, Beall and husband Michael Pittari moved to Lebanon, Pennsylvania where Pittari accepted a full-time teaching position. Beall is currently teaching Ceramics and Sculpture as an adjunct instructor of art at Lebanon Valley College.
Changing Landscapes are 6-week residencies based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with the natural world. We ask artists to describe in detail how the region will affect their work, to propose a public component to their residency and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community. Four accomplished artists have been selected to participate in this year’s program, funded in part by the Ford Foundation, the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The artists in this round of residencies are Tory Tepp of Los Angeles (September-October 2009), David Sullivan of New Orleans (November-December 2009), Karen Rich Beall of Lebanon, PA (January-February 2010), and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts of New York (February-April 2010).
For more information about Karen’s work please visit www.karenrichbeall.com
