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DONE! My 250 Origami Folds

10/7/2020

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250 Origami Folds for 100,000 Folds Project
In participating in Joanna Hutchinson’s 100,000 folds community art project, I am excited to share that I have completed and mailed my 250 origami folds to her.  

Joanna conceived of this community art project to help people visualize the scale of the first 100,000 deaths by COVID-19 in the United States as well as a way to mourn these deaths that continue to grow.

She invites anyone who is interested to participate.

These folded origami paper shapes will be assembled into an art piece.

Find out more here.
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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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The Gifts of Limitations

7/10/2020

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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Celebrating Women's Right to Vote!

6/1/2020

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Resonating Truth by Kathryn V. White
This is the centennial year for women getting the right to vote in the USA.

Yes, it has been 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which ensured the right to vote for women!

Washington State was the 5th state in the nation where women won the right to vote (before the amendment was ratified nationally in 1920).

I'm grateful to the suffragettes and the many other people that worked hard, struggled, and sacrificed so women have the right to vote today!

I'm also excited to share that my art, "Resonating Truth," has been juried into a beautiful show celebrating the 2020 Suffrage Centennial in Washington at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington.

This engaging exhibit was organized by the Washington State Historical Society.  All the collages in the exhibit relate to women getting the right to vote. 

The show runs April 9 to November 8, 2020, but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it's not clear when the show will open and close as a physical, in-person event.

For now, you can enjoy the online exhibit by clicking here. 

Be sure to click on the photo for each artwork to read the artist's statement about their piece. Many of these works were inspired by courageous suffragettes and fascinating suffrage history, so you don't want to miss this aspect of the show.

​Click here to view and download the exhibit's announcement postcard.

In addition, the Washington State History Museum is hosting a live, streaming event via Facebook on June 4, 2020 at 6PM to 6:45PM PST which will include looking at some of the collages in the exhibit and discussing how you can make your own suffrage history collage with images from the Historical Society’s collection.

You must have a Facebook account to attend. 

You can access the Facebook event by clicking here.
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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Celebrate World Collage Day 2020

5/5/2020

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  • Bored?
  • Want something different to do?
  • Create a collage!

All you need is paper, images from magazines or other periodicals (or even the web), a glue stick, and scissors.

It's easy. It's fun. Anyone can create cool art!

In support of the World Collage Day celebration on May 9, 2020, I'm the happy recipient of a wonderful little packet to create collages as well as an uplifting mini (2.25" x 3.5") collage by artist, Elsa Bouman.
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Front and Back of Mini Collage by Elsa Bouman
Combining my new stash of images with some of my own, I got right to work. Below are a few of my creations, including a mini "totem" made of colored paper.
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8"x5" Peaceful Forest and Dino Celebration Collages
​by Kathryn V. White
A big thank you to the Shoreline-LFP Arts Council along with the Gallery at Town Center in Lake Forest Park and Elsa Bouman for brightening my day.

So join in the fun and celebrate World Collage Day with your own creations!
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Post Card Sized Cowboy Collage and
​Mini Totem Collage by Kathryn V. White
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Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Art & Writing: An Inspiring Combination!

1/9/2020

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"I Got This!" By Kathryn V. White
​Read Between The Lines: Collage + Writing Art Show returns!
 
Stop by Cancer Lifeline and enjoy an inspirational, multi-media collaboration of artists from the Northwest Collage Society and writers of Cancer Lifeline writing classes.  My collage, “I Got This!” is at the show.
 
The exhibit is located at the Dorothy O'Brien Center at 6522 Fremont Avenue North in Seattle, WA 98103.

Art and writings are on display from November 21, 2019 through January 16, 2020 with viewing hours for the public from Monday through Thursday, 11am to 3pm. The show is closed on November 28, December 24, 25, 26, 31 and January 1, 2020.
 
Enjoy!
Photos from the Read Between the Lines Exhibit
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​Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com.
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Traveling Art – Places in Paper

12/20/2019

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Places in Paper exhibit photo by Melanie Kehoss

I'm thrilled to announce that my artwork, “Summer Interlude” has been included in the Guild of American Papercutters (GAP) juried show, Places in Paper.

The 34 included artists use papercutting to explore where we live, where we come from, and where our dreams take place. The show is curated by Melanie Kehoss, Co-VP of Membership of GAP and is juried by Anne Burton of BlackRock Center for the Arts and Tamar Shadur of Shadur Arts.
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This traveling exhibit can be seen at two locations in Virginia:

From September 9, 2019 through December 8, 2019
  • Gallery 3700 – 3700 Four Mile Run Dr. Arlington, VA

From December 17, 2019 through February 18, 2020 
  • Westover Library – 1644 N McKinley Rd Arlington, VA 

Enjoy the show!

(Note: I've updated my earlier post to include new photos from the Westover Library exhibit).

Places in Paper Exhibit at Westover Library.
​Photos by Melanie Kehoss.
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Places in Paper exhibit at Gallery 3700. Photo by Melanie Kehoss
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"Summer Interlude" by Kathryn V. White
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​Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com.
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Juried Art to Enjoy

2/11/2019

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Kathryn V. White's art, When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?, is in the middle.
The Northwest Collage Society’s juried art winter exhibit is currently at the Washington State Convention Center’s Phyllis Lamphere Gallery in downtown Seattle, WA. Alfred Harris is the show’s juror.  It includes a wide variety of collages for your viewing delight.

I’m proud to share that my collage, “When I’m Gone, Who Will Remember Me?,” is included in the show. It’s about my despair regarding the large number of endangered species as well as those that have become extinct due to human actions (including certain species of rhinos). It’s also a reflection that with our own death, there will come a time in the not-so-distant future when nothing of us or our achievements will be remembered.

​The exhibit runs from January 12 to March 31, 2019.

​Don’t miss this lovely art exhibit and learn more about collage as an art form!
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​Kathryn is an award-winning author and artist. Her book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness is available on Amazon. Her art is available as canvas and fine art prints. Learn more at www.kathrynVwhite.com.
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Spring into Mukilteo for Marvelous Collages

4/14/2018

 
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"Phoenix," Award-Winning Collage by Kathryn V. White
The Northwest Collage Society’s spring juried art show is currently at the beautiful Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA. There’s a wonderful variety of collages that run the gamut from amusing, entertaining, perplexing, colorful, and amazing.

I’m proud to share that all three of my collages, “A Garden for Yayoi,” “Finding My Way,” and “Phoenix” were juried into the show. In addition, “Phoenix” won the Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award!
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"A Garden for Yayoi" by Kathryn V. White (center) surrounded by additional collages
The exhibit runs from April 3 to June 24, 2018.

​So, get out of the rain and admire some wonderful collages this spring!
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"Finding My Way" by Kathryn V. White
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Kathryn is an author and award-winning artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness  is available on Amazon.  Her art is available as fine art prints. Learn more at:  www.kathrynVwhite.com

Kathryn's Art in 2018 GAP Calendar

12/1/2017

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Kathryn V. White's Art in 2018 GAP Calendar
Need a special gift for the holidays?
The 2018 Guild of American Papercutters' (GAP) calendar is now available and contains beautiful papercuts by a variety of talented artists.  Each month includes a unique artwork as well as information about the artist's inspiration.

It's a perfect gift for almost anyone on your list!

As shown in the above photo, I'm thrilled to share that I'm the December 2018 featured artist. 

More information on ordering the calendar can be found by clicking here.

Don't wait, place an order today!

                  Happy Holidays!
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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Kathryn's Art at the University Business Center

11/4/2017

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Artworks from Kathryn V. White's Solo Art Show
Autumn in the northwest often includes rainy, grey days.  It’s probably one reason why so many people are coffee addicts in this area of the country!

Yet, there’s an antidote to all this dreariness. Drop by the University Business Center to see a solo exhibit of 20 of my artworks in mixed media, collage, watercolor, and acrylics.
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  • Bright and bold colors!
  • Cheerful themes!
  • Unique inspirations!

People often tell me my art makes them feel happy. 

The University Business Center is located at 4500 9th Avenue NE, Suite 300 in Seattle, WA. My art is in the main reception area from October 16 through December 7, 2017. 

Hours for viewing are Monday to Friday from 9AM to 5PM.
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Early Autumn by Kathryn V. White
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Gallery 4500--Kathryn's Solo Art Show
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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Collages Celebrating Summer, Seattle, & Beyond

8/13/2017

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Juried Collages at Seattle City Hall
The Northwest Collage Society’s summer juried art show is currently in the lobby and the Anne Focke Gallery at Seattle City Hall. It includes collages celebrating summer, Seattle, and beyond. These beautiful works include representations and abstracts, minutely-detailed, as well as the boldly colorful.

My collage, “Welcome to My Universe,” is playful and boldly colorful.

​The exhibit runs from July 7, 2017 to August 30, 2017.

​So get out of the summer heat and into Seattle City Hall to enjoy some very cool collages!
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Kathryn V. White's Collage, "Welcome To My Universe"
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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Search for Meaning Festival & Kathryn’s Art

2/3/2017

 
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Broadway at Times Square by Kathryn V. White
Once again, Seattle University is hosting its Search for Meaning Festival. It takes place for a full day on Saturday, February 25, 2017.

A host of authors will provide provocative and varied presentations ranging from The Case for Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World to The Spirituality of Life on the Margins to The Untold Story of the Black Woman Who Helped to Win the Space Race along with many other fascinating topics.​
Find out more click here.

In addition, Seattle University’s Vachon Gallery will be exhibiting art from February 16 to February 25 that “explicitly explore[s] the meaning of life.” This exhibit is “augmented with several regionally and nationally renowned artists who are also authors.”

I’m excited to share that my large collage titled, Broadway at Times Square, was juried into the Search for Meaning Art Exhibit!
The Vachon Gallery is open Monday to Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM and will be open all day on Saturday, February 25 to coincide with the Search for Meaning Festival. 

Information on the art exhibit can be found here. 

Information on each of the artists can be found here.

Be sure to go as it’s a unique and wonderful festival that has much to delight your mind, heart, and spirit!
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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

Exploring NW Art: Past Paintings & Contemporary Collages Inspired by Them

1/21/2017

 
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Cannery Buildings, 1936, b&w block print by Fay Chong from Wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Chong
​Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene, 1930-1950 is the new exhibition on view from January 19 to March 26, 2017 at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA.
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The show focuses on several Northwest artists and their works from the Great Depression to post World War II.  Many of these pieces are social commentaries on racial and class inequities of the period.

Running in parallel at the same museum is an exhibit of recent collages inspired by artists and/or artworks in the previously described show. It's titled, Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene 1930 – 1950. 

I’m grateful that one of my collages (which includes paper cutting), Indra’s Net, was juried into this show.  My collage was inspired by the bold graphic style of Fay Chong and by a Buddhist metaphor of our interconnectedness.
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Indra's Net by Kathryn V. White
Don’t wait! It’s a great way to learn more about Northwest art and see some amazing collages!

To find out more, click here. 
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Kathryn V. White is an author and artist. Her book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her art is available as fine art prints. Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com

Let’s Celebrate—Northwest Collage Society Collaborates with Cancer Lifeline

11/22/2016

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Let's Celebrate! (Housework Can Wait) collage on the right by Kathryn V. White
This year, Cancer Lifeline contacted the Northwest Collage Society (NWCS) about partnering together for an art show. ​

​This collaboration entailed NWCS members volunteering to read short prose and poem pieces by Cancer Lifeline writing class participants and choosing one to create an inspired collage.

The art show, entitled “Read Between The Lines,” was a great success with 42 written pieces to select from and over 30 NWCS members deciding to collaborate.

I chose Judy Slonicker’s “Now” a cheering poem highlighting the beauty of nature and which also validated my proclivity for “letting curiosity take over” and doing what I love instead of housework.

​Hence, my collage “Let’s Celebrate! (Housework Can Wait)" includes a huge cupcake, confetti, and vacuum cleaners with the no symbol of red line/red circle over them.

And, of course, because I committed to creating the collage I had one more reason to let my own housework wait!

Don't miss this show at Cancer Lifeline in Seattle, WA.  It includes a great diversity of beautiful collage and powerfully written pieces.

The show runs from October 27 to December 16, 2016.
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For more information, click here.

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The other powerful inspiration for my collage!
Author and artist, Kathryn V. White's most recent book, Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Her art is available as fine art prints.  Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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Fantastical Wearable Art

9/5/2016

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World of WearableArt
​Currently, the Experience Music Project (otherwise known as the EMP) in Seattle has several fun exhibits:
  • Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds 
  • Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction
  • Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic. 
My favorite is the World of WearableArt (WOW). ​
The craftsmanship detailed in this exhibit is extraordinary—the designers used wood, fabric, fiberglass, paint, plastic, leather, and other materials in incredibly imaginative ways. 

Wood is shaped into big hoop skirts; leather into a horse’s head and beautifully tooled spiral designs; metal into delicately-rendered, intricate body armor; felt into a one-piece outfit that uses nothing besides the felt of the outfit itself for fasteners, and out-of-this-world platform shoes. These are just a few of the wonders.

​The art is all from a museum in Wellington, New Zealand which hosts a yearly competition and then creates a Cirque du Soleil-like performance of the entered pieces. 

The exhibit includes an eight-minute video on three huge screens of the wearable art worn in performances.  It's so enthralling I stayed and re-watched it again as there is no way you can capture all the visuals in one viewing.

Click here to see a video highlighting past WOW creations.

Check out the below slideshow to see photos from the exhibition.
While EMP has an annoying habit of not including end-dates for its exhibitions, the World of WearableArt lists the EMP exhibition as ending by January 3, 2017.

If you love craftsmanship, imagination, beauty, fashion, and fantasy, you must see this exhibit!  It’s a rare opportunity to see this fantastical, wearable art in person.
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Author and artist, Kathryn V. White's most recent book, 
Rumble Tumble Joy: A Journey for Healing, Inspiration, and Wholeness, is a finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.  Her art is available as fine art prints.  Find out more at: www.kathrynVwhite.com
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    2020 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State History Museum 
    Kathryn's collage, "Resonating Truth" has been juried into a show at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The exhibit runs from April 9 to August 20, 2020.

    2019 - 2020 Juried Traveling Art Exhibit in Virginia

    Kathryn's papercutting plus collage  "Summer Interlude" has been juried into a traveling show.  The exhibit runs September 9, 2019 to December 8, 2019 at Gallery 3700 in Arlington, Virginia and from December 17, 2019 to February 18, 2020 at Westover Library in Arlington, Virginia.
    2019 Juried Exhibit at the Washington State Convention Center
    Kathryn's large collage "When I'm Gone, Who Will Remember Me?" has been juried into a show at the Washington State Convention Center's Phyllis Lamphere Gallery.  The exhibit runs January 12, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
    Poetry On Buses 
    Kathryn's poem, The Sound Soothes, was selected for the ​2017 Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water Program and is a part of the online collection! Click here to read it!

    2018 Juried Exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center

    ​*Three of Kathryn's collages have been juried into an exhibit at the Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, WA from April 3 through June 24, 2018. "Phoenix" won the Northwest Collage Society's prestigious Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award.

    2017 SOLO SHOW at the University Business Center

    *20 of Kathryn's artworks were on exhibit in a solo show from October 16 through December 7, 2017 at the University Business Center's Gallery 4500 in Seattle's U-District.
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle City Hall 
    ​Kathryn's collage, "Welcome to My Universe" was juried into the exhibit, "Hot Town: Summer in the City" at the Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle that ran from July 7 through August 30, 2017.
     
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Seattle University  
    ​Kathryn had a large collage, "Broadway at Times Square" juried into the 2017 Search for Meaning Art Exhibition (part of the Search for Meaning Book Festival) from February  16 to 25, 2017 at Seattle University's Vachon Gallery. 
    2017 Juried Exhibit at Cascadia Art Museum  
    ​Kathryn had a collage, "Indra's Net" juried into the exhibit, "Collaged Impressions of the Northwest Social Realism and the American Scene 1930 to 1950" that ran January 19 to March 26, 2017 at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA.
    2017 Exhibit at Dreamclinic 
    ​Kathryn had 10 artworks exhibited from January through April 12, 2017 at Dreamclinic in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood.
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