POWarts Trailblazer Series: Karen Gormandy
Monday, December 6, 7:00PM EST
This summer, POWarts announced our new Trailblazers series featuring members of our community who are breaking barriers, working to make the art world more equitable, and paving the wave for the next generation.
Join us as we hear from Karen Gormandy, Director for Fountain House Studio, which provides an environment where artists living with mental illness can express their creative visions, exhibit their work, and challenge the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Karen will discuss her experience in offering guidance, support, and education to the artists of Fountain House.
Karen will be in conversation with POWarts Founder, Sara Kay. In advance of the program, we invite you to email info@powarts.org with questions that you would like addressed during the conversation.
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Karen Gormandy is the Director for Fountain House Studio. She began as a volunteer with the gallery 10 years ago when her son, a Fountain House member, introduced her to the gallery. Along with an intrepid group of determined artists she saw the growth of the studio program from two trays of markers, pens, pencils and a few tubes of acrylic paint to a full blown fully equipped art studio in Long Island City. She is a former board member for NAMI New York City, NAMI New York State and NAMI Harlem, a former literary agent at Harold Ober Associates and a consultant for the estate of Langston Hughes. She attended the High School of Art & Design, has a bachelor's degree in film from Montana State University and received her master's degree in creative writing at Manhattanville College, all of these disciplines now serve to enrich the experience of offering guidance, support and education to the artists of Fountain House.