Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Karen Singer earned a BA in Art at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA and an MFA in Sculpture at Penn. Additional education includes studying etching at Ecole Des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and an Apprenticeship at the Moravian Pottery and Tileworks, Doylestown, PA. Her extensive national client list includes the University of Pennsylvania, Doylestown Hospital, St. Mary’s University, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Friends Hospital, Wilmington Friends School, and Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, in Olney, MD. Singer’s work has been featured in local and national publications including the Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Advancing Philanthropy. Most recently she was featured on public television on Friday Arts, produced by WHYY-TV. Awards include an Athena Powerlink award from The Athena Foundation, 12 grants from the Pennsylvania State Artist-in-Residence program, and a mural commission for Freedom Park in Arlington, VA.

I intend to sculpt several raised relief ceramic landscape panels based on what I see on site. I plan to bring slabs of clay and sculpting tools to the site. Depending on how quickly this comes together, I call this 'sculpting en plein air.' I have taught classes in this technique with great success. I would like to invite members of the public to add small bits of texture to the work in progress, something I have never tried before. I will also explain what I am doing, answer questions, keep a slab on hand for folks to try, and show some examples of completed work.