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Current and Upcoming shows / events:

 

We had the good fortune to recently be featured in two separate articles in the Poughkeepsie Journal:

 

Karen Madden - “What Inspires Me”

 

Bob Madden – “Portrait Of The Artist”

 

 

BabyCakes Café, Poughkeepsie, NY

Karen’s solo show

Mar. 19 – May 13, 2013

Meet The Artist Reception:  Mar. 27, 5-7pm

www.babycakescafe.com

 

Fiber Celebration 2013:  Northern Colorado Weavers Guild

Karen’s Moonphase” won the Brown Sheep Wool Knitting in Excellence Award

Feb. 16 – Apr. 14, 2013

Loveland Museum Gallery

Loveland, CO

www.fortnet.org/ncwg

 

Tivoli Artists Gallery:  Landscapes

Karen’s “Moon River and “Is It Spring Yet?”

Mar. 8 – Mar. 31, 2013

www.tivoliartistsgallery.com

 

Shirt Factory Gallery

     Bob’s Twisted Vision  will be on exhibit at  

      Shirt Factory Gallery Juried Show: Small Works

      71 Lawrence Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801

      Mar. 1 – Mar. 31,  2013  Opening Reception:  Mar. 1, 5pm

      http://shirtfactorygf.com/   

 

The Great Hall

     Karen’s new major work, “Five Seasons of Vermont” is on display

     at The Great Hall, Springfield, Vermont. 

     Nov. 9 2012 thru May 10, 2013

    https://www.facebook.com/GreatHallSpringfield?filter=1

 

Prudential Serls Real-estate Office

Karen has works on display at the Prudential Serls Real-estate Office

Rhinebeck, NY

http://www.rhinebecknyrealestateoffice.coc/

 

Gallery at The VAULT – Fine Arts Gallery

Karen has works at the Gallery at The VAULT (Visual Art Using Local Talent)

Springfield, Vermont

http://www.galleryvault.org/

 

The Mark Humphrey Gallery

Currently showing:

“Does Not Fit”

95 Main Street

Southampton, NY

http://www.markhumphreygallery.com/

 

 

 

 

StoneBones are available directly from RASP, and they are also available on the Doberman Rescue (DRU) website.  DRU receives 100% of the profit from each sale made through their website:   http://www.dru.org/affiliates.htm 

 

Notable Prior Events

 

2013

 

Crafts at Morristown

Mar. 15-17, 2013

www.artrider.com

 

Front St. Gallery

     “Artists Explorations: Contrasting Visions”

     Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY

     Sunburst”  Ursa Major” “Blood From A Stone”

 

 

Millbrook Free Library

    Karen’s solo show

    Millbrook Free Library, Millbrook, NY

 

 

 

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Tivoli Artists Gallery

     Three Artist Show

      Tivoli, NY

 

 

 

http://www.dutchessarteast.com/

 

 

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition – “Color”  National Juried Show

Missing Pieces  Best Fabric Art award

Brooklyn, NY

 

East Fishkill Library

Karen’s Solo Show

East Fishkill Community Library

East Fishkill, NY

 

Lancaster County Art Association – LCAA National Juried Exhibition

Through The Looking Glass

Lancaster,  Pennsylvania

 

Attleboro Arts Museum – “On the Threshold” A National Juried Exhibition

Moonlit Mountains” (fiber) and “Wanderings” (stone)

    Attleboro, Massachusetts

 

The Cooperstown Art Association – 77th Annual National Exhibition

Ambition” and “On Balance

    Cooperstown,  New York

 

Tivoli Artists Co-op – “Second Nature”

On display:  Square Dance”, “Wedding Rings”, “Four Links”, “Zen Garden

60 Broadway, Tivoli, New York

 

Front Street Gallery – Summer Invitational

   On display:  Windsurfer”, “Indecision”, “Storm Clouds

Patterson, New York

 

Cambridge Art Association – 11th National Prize Show

 Maybe it’s Mobius

 

Easton Arts Council: Regional Juried Fine Art Show:  “Art In The Country”

Tequila’s Sunset” and “Jungle Clouds”

 

Mamaroneck Artists Guild:  Eighth Open Juried Small Works

“Twisted Vision” – Received “Honorable Mention”

 

The Bruce Museum Outdoor Crafts Festival 2012

                 Greenwich, CT

 

“When Art Meets Science”

Tivoli Artists Co-op

Curated by Bob Madden and Karen Madden

Tivoli, NY

 

“Celebrating Women’s Work”

Rapunzel Lets Her Hair Down”

Pen and Brush

New York, NY

Spring Crafts at Morristown

Morristown, NJ

“Materials Hard & Soft”

“Desert Clouds”

Denton, TX

Lancaster County Art Association Invitational Exhibit

     Karen’s work exhibited in a 5 artist show

“Erotica”  Tivoli Artists Co-op

Tivoli, NY

2011

            Form & Fantasy: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art

   Lava Flows” and “Desert Clouds

               The Mystic Art Center, Mystic CT

            

“Fabulous Fiber” Solo Show

Beekman Library

                  Poughquag, NY

Smithtown Township Arts Council ; IMAGINATION

    Moonphase” and “Nightsky

                  St James NY

The Cooperstown Art Association; NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION         

     Cheating Fate”

      Cooperstown NY

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition; BLACK & WHITE

               “Moonlit Mountains”

 Brooklyn NY

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts  100th Annual Juried Show      

              Through The Looking Glass”

 Mystic CT

Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition

         Maybe It’s Mobius” (3rd Place Sculpture Award) and  Desert Clouds

Strasburg PA               

Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising

        “Desert Clouds”

Longmont CO

          The Pen and Brush, Inc.:  Is It Fine Art?  Does It Matter?

       “Desert Clouds”

 New York, NY

Lancaster County Art Association Invitational Exhibit

    Bob’s work exhibited in a 5 artist show

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition  “Wide Open 2”

“Cheating Fate”

Brooklyn NY  

Gallery West 14th Annual Juried Show

“Twisted Vision”  (Honorable Mention Award)

Alexandria Virginia.

2010

New Directions 2010 - 26th Annual National Juried Show

Poughkeepsie, NY

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts  99th Annual Juried Show     

Mystic, CT

The Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition              

             Strasburg, PA

Notable events prior to 2010

The Allied Artists of America 96th Annual Exhibition

            New York, NY

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Gallery Show DohrMor Art Space

             Wappingers Falls, New York

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Maggie’s Ribbon auctioned off for charity

            Saratoga Springs NY

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Fabulous Fibers:  A Juried Exhibition

Monmouth Museum

            Lincroft, NJ

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