Karen Fitzgerald

Member since 2016

"As far as I can remember, I always wanted to be an artist. I fell in love with the watercolor medium at an early age and although I have dabbled in many different media, it is still my medium of choice, my first love. Photography is a wonderful medium that I taught for 14 years and still do and love. It forces me to work with details, composition and the light/color in front of me.”

Awards and Honors:
• Elizabeth Horman Memorial Award, NAWANY, Members Annual Show, 2020, (for photography)
• Rockport Art Association and Museum, National Show, 2020 (photography)
• Honorable Mention Members Annual Show, Newburyport Art Assoc. 2019, 2020 (photography)
• Cape Cod Art Center, Online juried shows, 2019, 2020 (photography)
• NAWA Photography Light and Lens, 2019, 2020 (photography)
• Plymouth Center of the Arts Juried Photography Spring Exhibit, 2018, 2020 (photography)
• Rockport at the Whistler, Lowell, Juried, 2019 (photography)
• Brush Gallery, Lowell, Juried NAWAMA show, 2019 (photography and watercolor)
• Cape Cod Art Center, juried online shows, 2019, 2020 (photography, watercolor)
• Honorable Mention, Rockport Art Association, Photography, 2018
• NAWAMA juried Shows, 2017-2020 (photography and watercolor)
• Academic Artist Association 70th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism, 2020 (watercolor)
• Marblehead Art Association, “Variations” Annual Regional/National Show, 2019, 2020 (watercolor)
• Second Place, NAWA, Washington DC, “Transparency” National Juried Show, 2019 (watercolor)
• Acceptance, Rhode Island Watercolor Society National Show, 2018, 2019, 2020 (watercolor)
• Brush Gallery, Lowell, Ma. “ Contemporary Visions of Greece’s Golden Age” “Glen Magna Gardens” chosen for advertizing poster and postcards. 2017 (photography)
• Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank Award for work in Photography, NAA juried show, 2012 (photography)
• Juried work (photography, graphics, watercolor) accepted into Newburyport Art Assoc. member shows, 2009, 2010, 2012-2020
• Rockport Art Association Photography juried Shows, 2017-2020
• Juried Regional competition acceptance, Newburyport Art Association, (infrared film photography, 2010)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/Memberships
North East Watercolor Society, Signature member
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Signature member
North Shore Arts Association, Juried Artist member
National Association of Women Artists, Juried Artist member (NY, MA chapters)
Rockport Artist Association, Juried Photography member
Newburyport Art Association; 2009-present, Master Artist member
Publications:
NAWA, MA: Thompson Gallery, Weston, Ma, “With Eyes Open” 2018 (photography)
NAWA, MA: Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, Ma, “Breaking Point” 2019 (photography, watercolor)
NAWA, MA: Rocky Neck Colony, Gloucester, “Extremes and In-Betweens” 2019 (photography)
NAWA, Ma: Fountain Street, Boston, MA, “Lust After” 2020 (watercolor)
Newburyport Magazine, “Still a Sparkling Season” 2020 (photography)

Pleasant Street Gallery at the Vintage Chic
Founding member of Co-Op of 26 artists members, Newburyport, 2020

EDUCATION
Certificate of Graphic Design, 1999, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
MSAEd, 1979, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
BA, Visual Arts, 1973, Lowell State College, Lowell (studied watercolor under Carlton Plummer, AWS)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Methuen Public Schools, Methuen ~ Art Teacher 1973 to 1983, 1996-2014

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