Karen Howse - Artist Explorer

MA in Fine Art, Contemporary Practice, Falmouth University. 

BA Hons in Textile Design, Winchester School of Art 

Foundation Course in Art Therapy, Insider Arts, Exeter, Devon. 

National Trust Artist Residency at Dunsland North Devon. Poetic mapping of place, throughout one year. 

Cyprus Well Residency for the Causley Trust. Artist Residency at the home of Poet Charles Causley in Launceston during his centenary celebrations. 

David S. Smith Packaging Company - 3 month residency in a paper factory, Year of the Artist funded Project. 

2020

‘A Space For Dreaming’ Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun, North Cornwall (group show)

2019

Evolving the Forest, Dartington Space as part of Art.earth conference June 19th - Sept 2nd 2019 (2 installations of drawings)

Nature, Our Nature, Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun (group show)

Closely Observed Nature, Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun (group show)

Open Studios Cornwall

Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro. “Maps for the Millennium”. North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, 2 person show, with Printmaker Mary Gillett.

The Museum of Textile History, Boras, Sweden. ‘Wild Beasts!’ Exhibition from Fibre II workshop at the Nordic Ark, Sweden

The Ice House Gallery, Holland Park, London (solo show)

Riddle 57 - printmaking, poetry and animation. Contributor to this Double Elephant Printworkshop project

https://www.doubleelephant.org.uk/riddle-57

National Trust interview - Dunsland Artist Residency

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dunsland/features/

 Artist Newsletter blogger interview 

https://www.a-n.co.uk/resource/blogger-profile-karen-howse/

World of Embroidery magazine review ‘River lines and Waterworks’ Exhibition, The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington (vol. 53)

The Art - BBC2 schools programme. The Art of People and   Places. (featured artist)

The World of Embroidery Magazine Article, ‘Inspiration and Intuition - Karen Howse’ (Autumn 1995 vol.46 no.3.)

Artists Newsletter Magazine. Front Cover Image, May issue 1994

Re-ignitian funding from FEAST for Young Peoples Journals & Zines Project in Cornwall July-October 2020

Awarded Bright Sparks funding (FEAST and Cornwall Museums Partnership) for the People's Herbarium Project

2 Monoprints purchased by the Charles Causley Trust for Cyprus Well

Charles Causley Trust, Art work installed at Cyprus Well, Cornwall

2007-19

Art for Life, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust 

South West Tourist Board offices, Exeter, purchase of ‘Corrie’

D.S. Smith Ltd. Launceston. ‘Artist Factory Map’ for Company Foyer

1997

South West Arts Grant to attend Northern Fibre II workshop/exhibition, Sweden

The People's Herbarium at Home -  Drawing Weeds Workshop with Karen Howse (free online) as part of the 2020 Causley Arts and Literary Festival 

 Journals & Zines Project in Cornwall July-October 2020 (online and FEAST funded)

 The People's Herbarium. A series of walks, printmaking and drawing workshops throughout the year in partnership with Lawrence House Museum, Launceston. Creatively connecting people with plants, place and culture, through printmaking. (A Bright Sparks project)

Art Teacher, part time, St Josephs School, Cornwall

Drawing Exploring workshop for the Big Draw at Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural  World, Haldon Forest

Appledore Visual Arts Sound Mark Tour: Artist led participatory event

Drawing from the Land - Walkshops in mindful drawing 

Drawing in Causley’s Footsteps, poetic drawing walk

Moments to See - Mindful drawing workshop and exhibit with D. Moss. Part of Thinking Tantra exhibition, Peninsula Arts Plymouth University 

365 Days in Moments, a year trying to notice

Collaboration with Duncan Moss, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and mindfulness tutor, Plymouth University

https://flic.kr/g/nspSr