Karen Schifano
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- Share...Swarthmore College 50th Reunion Exhibition at List Gallery
7/27/2026
Four paintings were included in a pop-up exhibition at the Swarthmore College 50th Reunion Celebration weekend at List Gallery, May 28-31, 2026. These four paintings date from 2016-18, and are each acrylic on canvas.
American Abstract Artists 90th Anniversary Exhibition
7/27/2026

American Abstract Artists celebrated its 90th Anniversary with an exhibition and catalog at Art Cake, entitled, "Abstract by Definition: an Index", curated by Saul Ostrow. A hardcover catalog design by Patricia Fabricant was produced for the exhibition and is available upon request. My painting, "Happening (My Foolish Heart)", 2024, was included among 88 other artists in this excitingly installed group show. Two panel discussions at Art Cake were both recorded and are on the American Abstract Artists website, see under Video in the link above.
Poem included in The Perch, Vol 8 Winter '26 issue, "Social"
7/27/2026
My poem, "What Matters", was included in the latest issue of The Perch, a Yale School of Medicine, Arts and Literature Journal. Link above contains entire issue, and my poem is on pg. 64.
I was asked to read at the launch of The Perch in Feb. 2026, Yale University, New Haven.
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American Abstract Artists celebrated its 90th Anniversary with an exhibition and catalog at Art Cake, entitled, "Abstract by Definition: an Index", curated by Saul Ostrow. A hardcover catalog design by Patricia Fabricant was produced for the exhibition and is available upon request. My painting, "Happening (My Foolish Heart)", 2024, was included among 88 other artists in this excitingly installed group show. Two panel discussions at Art Cake were both recorded and are on the American Abstract Artists website, see under Video in the link above.