Karen Ann Hargreaves-Fitzsimmons

Art Director | Painter | Illustrator

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1945

Born to Richard Hollowell Hargreaves and Belle Helen (Edson) Hargreaves in Highland Park, MI.

1967

Earns a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester.

1969

Is a counselor with the Michigan State Employment Commission in Detroit, MI until 1973.

1971

Earns a Master of Arts from the University of Michigan.

1973

Is the art director, painter and illustrator for Katydid Productions in Santa Fe, NM and currently maintains these roles.

1978

Marries Thomas Fitzsimmons on March 20.

1978

Illustrates book designs and cover art for more than 40 books on American, European, Japanese and Bengali prose and poetry.

1984

Is an instructor of Ann. Sumi-e Lecture/Demonstrations at Oakland University until 1988.

1985

Is an instructor at Corpus Christi College in Texas and Oxford University in England.

1986

Is an instructor at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI.

1998

Is an artist in a one-woman show at St. John’s College Art Gallery in Santa Fe, NM.

1999

Is an artist in a one-woman show at the Laurel Seth Gallery in Santa Fe, NM.

2000

Is an artist in a one-woman show at the Jean Cocteau Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

2008

Is an illustrator for “The Cemetery There Are Lovers” and “A Chagall and a Tree Leaf.”

2010

Is an illustrator for “The Wondrous Wee & The Finger of God.”

2020

Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

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