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Karen Searle’s WARM Connections:

I was starting to do some serious fiber art work and was teaching some fiber classes locally and at national conferences when I joined WARM in 1990. I considering being part of the WARM Mentor Program as a protegée when I was asked to be a mentor! I was involved in the WARM Mentor Program from 1991- 2017. In its last 6 years I served as its co director with Tina Nemetz. I thoroughly enjoyed working closely with the artists- both mentors and protegeés, and I cherish the many friendships that ensued.

I also served on the WARM board in the late 1990s. I will always be grateful for many the opportunities provided by WARM to exhibit in its group show venues over the years.

IMAGE: “Self Portrait at 64, Will you still …,” Fiber, wire lace & crochet, 19” diameter, 2011

ARTIST WEBSITE: karensearle.com

Please join us for a conversation with Rebecca Pavlenko and Jill Waterhouse when they will speak on the Global WARM Scroll Project, followed by a presentation by members of the on-going Second WAVE Collective.

EVENT TIME:
June 18, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, 2026

The Global WARM Scroll Project:
The Global WARM Scroll Project was an international art initiative associated with the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota. The project aimed to bring together women from across the globe to collaborate on a multi-paneled traveling scroll symbolizing unity and addressing shared experiences. It was highlighted at The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China in 1995, focusing on recognizing common ground and imagining a way forward through art.

“WARM Connections,” is an exhibition highlighting work by thirty-three artists representing the many affiliate groups connected to WARM / The Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota, the groundbreaking feminist arts collective founded in Minneapolis in the 1970s. The artists in this exhibit represent a sampling of the hundreds of women artists who brought WARM and its values into their personal, professional and artistic lives. Artists in “WARM Connections” represent WARM’s Associate Membership, Founding Members of WAVE Gallery in Lowertown St. Paul, the WARM Mentor/Protegee Program, the WARM Global Scroll Project, Hue & Eye, Second WAVE, and Art to Change the World (ACW).

EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Lynnette K. Black, Anne Black-Sinak, Elizabeth Blair, Barbra Bloy, Brenna Busse, Francene Christianson, Sara Church, Michele Combs, Gail Diez, Kelly Frankenberg, Mary Holmgren, Susan Huhn-Bowles, Anne Kleinhenz, Barb Kobe, Ann Popadiuk Larson, Brenda Litman, Layl McDill, Marcy Nelson-Garrison, Laurel O’Gorman, Alis Olsen, Pat Owen, Rebecca Pavlenko, Teri Snell Power, Jo-Ann Reske-Kirkman, Ellen Schillace, Karen Searle, Linda Seebauer Hansen, Joan Seifert, Krista Spieler, Jill Stebbins, Emily Talley, Karen Wilcox, Jill Waterhouse

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Minneapolis, MN 55401

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