Announcing our July Illustrator

We are THRILLED to have the wonderfully talented Karen Bell providing her images and photo-collages for our July Endangered issue. I’ve been a fan of Karen’s work ever since I attended her open studio showing at VCCA where we were both fellows.

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Karen Bell received her MFA in Photography from RISD.  Her photographs and artist books have been exhibited widely including: The Brooklyn Museum, Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Arts, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, White Columns, NYC; The Alliance Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY; Phillips Exeter Academy, NH.  Public and private collections include Brooklyn Museum, New York Public Library, Ellis Island Museum, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.  She has received grants from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council/Governors Island 2011, The New School, Womens Interart Center, NYC and fellowships to Yaddo; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Karen teaches at The New School and The Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City.

When we came up with the theme of ENDANGERED, I knew her work would be perfect to grace that issue. Lucky for us, she graciously agreed to let us use her wonderful images.

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These are just a few teaser samples. Join us July 1st for the whole, gorgeous issue!

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