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Kara Walker-Tomé is an independent curator and arts program developer. In addition to the renowned Showtel annual art show that has exhibited more than 200 local artists to date, she also curates exhibitions featuring emerging contemporary artists at galleries and alternative spaces in Palm Beach County.
She was the Education Director at the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2001-2004, and Director of Program Development at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, 2004-2006.
Kara hails from Los Angeles, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts from CalArts (’94) and worked in non-profit arts for a decade.
Kara received a Mastermind Award from New Times Magazine in 2009 and she was a Muse Award Nominee in 2007 -presented by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council to recognize outstanding achievements in art and culture demonstrated through exemplary leadership, commitment and vision.
Curated Exhibitions List:
- Showtel – the only annual alternative contemporary art exhibition in Palm Beach County featuring site-specific, multimedia installations by twenty artists at Hotel Biba, 2002-2010
- 10 X 10 – site-specific installations in a self-storage facility, 2007, 2008, 2009
- WhiteBox – recurring exhibitions of emerging regional artists at Whitespace, the Elayne and Marvin Mordes Collection, 2009-2010. WhiteBox I: Beyond Delicate and WhiteBox III: Approaching Nature. More information at www.whitespacecollection.com
- Washbowl – an annual performance art series in a working laundromat, 2008, 2009
- Materially Speaking: Seven Woman Artists (large-scale sculpture), Armory Art Center, 2006
- Drawing Now (large-scale cutting-edge work by eight artists), Armory Art Center, 2005
- Cul-de-Sac Utopia, Ingalls Gallery, Miami, 2004
- Housework, site-specific art by ten artists, held in an empty residential house, 2003
- Downsize, miniscule artwork by twenty artists, held in a one-room guesthouse, 2002