KAREN KARLSSON
has created for TIME, NEWSWEEK, NEW YORK TIMES, PREVENTION, VOGUE, SMITHSONIAN, and others. She was the Assistant to Nigel Holmes, Executive Art Director, TIME magazine.

Karen also Art Directed the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS and Art Directed the WASHINGTON TIMES.

Her teaching experience includes the Academy of Art in San Francisco, University of the Pacific, Delta Community College, the San Joaquin County Arts Council, Children's Museum, Haggin Art & History Museum and the Prison system in Central California. Karen has also taught Design Seminars at Poynter Institute for Media Studies in Florida.

At present, Karen teaches at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. She teaches Fine Art classes, such as Botanical Illustration, Life Drawing, Basic Drawing, Abstract Art, Paintings of Tuscany, Flower Arranging, Fashion Illustration, the new "Graffiti Style Fine Art, Tattoo Design & Pin-Up Art".

She was educated at The Tyler School of Art, Temple Univesity in Philidelphia and at Parson's School of Design in New York City. Currently, she continues to learn so much from all of her students.

Karen Karlsson
Promoting & Preserving the Arts
graffitifineart.com

MISSION:

Karen's mission is to encourage communities, high schools and colleges to provide classes in "Graffiti Style Art, Tattoo Design & Pin-Up" Art as FINE ART.

Youth are entitled to express themselves artistically as they create the Graffiti, Tattoo & Pin-Up Art that they love so much. It is so important that we support these artistic endeavors, for they are the NEW FINE ART of the 21st century.

Being much of the art, music, dance, and drama is so often taken out of the schools, let's invite youth to come to school to create their favorite styles of art ... as FINE ART ... LEGALLY.

For information or workshops,

CONTACT
Karen Karlsson ..
karlsson97211@yahoo.com

408-805-5059