Kara LaRose Art
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Education
2018 MFA, Fine Art (emphasis painting), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
2014 BA magna cum laude, Fine Art (emphasis Painting), York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
Professional Experience
2018- Instructor, Acrylic Painting and Sculpture for Elementary Artists, Kids on Campus, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Instructor, Personal Enrichment Courses, Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Instructor, 60+ Programming, Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
2018 Speaker, MFA Thesis Exhibition Artist Talks, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Art Department Colloquium Series, Indiana, PA
Videographer, Rooted in Color: An Exhibition by Ashley A. Jones, Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, Johnstown, PA
2017 Instructor, Graduate Art Association Encaustic Workshop, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
2016 Graduate Assistantship, Foundations of Drawing and Figure Drawing Teaching Assistant, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Indiana, PA
Substitute Painting Instructor, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Assistantship, Gallery Assistant, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
2015-16 Graduate Assistantship, Advanced Painting Teaching Assistant, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
2014 Founder, Curator, and Juror, First Annual International Students For Liberty Conference Art Show, Washington, DC
2013-14 Senior Campus Coordinator, Co-founder, Editor, and Juror of Amagi: Literary and Visual Arts Magazine, Students For Liberty
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Solo Exhibitions
2018 Living with Fibromyalgia: Confronting Chronic Pain, Kipp Gallery Annex, Indiana, PA
2016 Unconscious Miscommunication, Miller Gallery, Indiana, PA
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Wax Poetic, Fabulon: A Center for Art and Education, Charleston, SC (forthcoming)
The Dam Little Art Gallery Summer Exhibition, Boulder City, NV (juror Lee Lanier, Boulder City, NV)
The Alumni ART Exhibition, Marketview Arts, York, PA
2016 6x6NW, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Shoreline, WA
Corpus Illuminata, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
No Theme, No Rules, No Restrictions: A Graduate Student Show, Miller Gallery, Indiana, PA
2014 Senior Fine Art and Graphic Design Exhibition, Cora Miller Gallery, York, PA
Annual Juried Show, York College Galleries, York, PA (juror Diane Burko, Philadelphia, PA)
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Awards
2014 Department of Communication and the Arts Recognition, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
Second Place, Senior Fine Art and Graphic Design Exhibition, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
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Professional Organizations
Diamond Council of America Certified Diamontologist
Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
National Arts Honor Society (NAHS)
Bio
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LaRose earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in painting with minors in drawing and jewelry from York College of Pennsylvania in December of 2014. Originally from Westminster, Maryland, LaRose moved to the Pittsburgh area in 2015 in order to work towards her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which she achieved in May of 2018. She initially decided to experiment with encaustic in her first year of graduate study, and wax has since become LaRose's primary painting medium.
