Karen Fitzgerald

KAREN S. FITZGERALD lives and works in Newburyport, MA.  She was an art/photo teacher in the public schools for 28 years, retired and painting full time for competition and pleasure.  “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.”
AWARDS & HONORS
New England Watercolor Award for excellence in watercolor, North Shore Art Association, 2022
First Place, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, 2022
Philadelphia Watercolor Society International Works on Paper Anniversary Show, 2020
Academic Artist Association 70th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism, 2020, 2021,2022
Marblehead Art Association, “Variations” Annual Regional Show, 2020, 2021,2022
Second Place, NAWA, Washington DC, “Transparency” National Juried Show, 2019
Rhode Island Watercolor Society National Show, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Honorable Mention, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, 2019
Connecticut Women Artists, Annual National Open Exhibition, 2017, 2019
Dick Blick Materials Award II, North East Watercolor Society International Society, 2018
North East Annual International Watercolor Society’s Shows, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
Third Place, Rhode Island Watercolor Society Open show, 2018
NAWA juried Shows, 2016-2022
Adirondacks National Juried Exhibition of American Watercolors, 2017
Acceptance into the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 120th Juried Open Show, New York, 2016
Juror’s Choice Award, Arlington Center of the Arts, All Watercolor juried show, 2015
Newburyport Artist Association, Juried and member open shows 2009-2022

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/Memberships
Academic Artist Association, Artist member
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)
Newburyport Art Association; 2009-present, Master Artist member
New England Watercolor Society, Associate member
American Watercolor Society, Associate Member
Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Associate Member
EDUCATION:
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. 1999 – Certificate of Graphic Design
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston, MA. – MS in Art Education, 1979 LOWELL STATE COLLEGE, Lowell, MA. – BA, cum laude, 1973: Major: Visual Arts

www.ksfitzgerald.com
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