I am honored to be included in Comfort Station Logan Square Artists to Watch 2023 list. Scroll down on the webpage to see my contribution and work.

I have been creating an avant-garde garment out of every piece of plastic trash that would have gone into our recycling from February up to May 2023. The resultant trashion garment will walk the runway on professional model Colby James on May 20th, 2023 at the Narcissus Room, 7th Floor, Macy's State Street, 111 State Street, Chicago. I am excited to bring awareness to the single use plastic issue that our planet faces. This is a fun and challenging creative way to bring attention and build community. The event also celebrates humanity in all its forms and beauty by representing models of all ages, shapes and diversity, employing mostly trans and BIPOC models along with established artists and designers from international reaches. I would like to thank Jordan Parker, Colby James, Micki LeMieux, and Victoria Fuller for supporting my efforts in this project.

It's A Studio...these are working projects and a glimpse into the first table show for Falcon Gallery. #913 MANA Contemporary 6-9PM April 14, 2023. Open to the public.

Responding to Rhythms
Chicago Sculpture International
Curated by Nathan Peck
Opening November 11th 6-8 PM
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655

Mama's Hand: A Solo Exhibition of Installations by Kara Cobb Johnson at Polsky Exchange North.

Conceptual works in paper, installations, and painted sculpture. Experience creating work to enliven dynamic workspaces, curating contemporary group exhibitions in Chicagoland area for years. Currently, Kara is available for Teaching Artist projects and Artist Interventions for all types of participants at all levels. Experiences include play-doh, wooden objects, and painting on 3D surfaces. Commissions welcomed.

When you take your stuff to the people and throw caution to the wind...

First event of this nature in nature along the trails.

Map and details from the Trailside website.

Third Coast Review: A Surprise in the Process: Exhibition Review March 31, 2016

Opening Night, A Surprise in the Process, Best Bets for your weekend gallery scene

Opening Night, A Surprise in the Process, at Chicago Art Department through March 25th by Appointment

Description and public invitation to attend 11AM Water Jewel Drop of 3000 balls down 2 flights of stairs for off the wall amusement.

Gallery 1, 2 & Cleve E. Carney

Artwork by:

Ali Aschman
Mara Baker
Javier Carmona
Kara Cobb Johnson
Michelle Collazo-Anderson
Lily Dithrich
Christine Forni
Elizabeth Gadelha
Rami George
Samantha Hill
Regin Igloria
Jeremiah Jones
Rita Koehler
Katherine Lampert
Ivan Lozano
Dana Major
Carlos Matallana
Lars Nordby
Connie Noyes
Kunal Sen
Naqeeb Stevens
Tina Tahir
Erin Toale
Julian Williams
Zachary Williams

A cap-stone program for artists who are ready to push their practice to the next level, The Center Program is the Art Center’s answer to traditional professional development offerings for artists. The Center Program offers the unique opportunity to develop new work, receive feedback from professionals in the field, and work towards an exhibition to be held in the Art Center's main gallery. Over the course of six months, a supportive peer network, guest artists, gallerists, critics, and professionals push Center Program artists to answer tough questions, evolve their art, and ultimately produce strong, new work to show.

The 2015 Front & Center exhibition is guest curated by Tricia Van Eck.
Prior to starting 6018North, Van Eck was Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art,Chicago (MCA) where for 13 years she organized more than 70 exhibitions and programs, much of which were experimental, audience engaged, performative, or extended the MCA's reach into the community.

Sunday, June 14th 2015 1PM

Forest Preserves of Cook County
Crabtree Nature Center, Barrington Hills

Want to find out about watercolor with abstraction in computer print? Let Artist Kara Cobb Johnson teach you a new technique in watercolor painting.

For teens and adults. Registration required.
REGISTRATION: Call Crabtree at 847-381-6592. Cost: Free

Ice orbs filled with watercolor pigments melt and create stained pools.

Slow walk on a beach path. Wooden fences create ephemeral optical illunsion. 01/29/2015

DNA info, a local paper, covers the events to take place for Chicago Artists Month Artwalk led by Kara Cobb Johnson

New ideas, paintings

Art Walk Presented by Kara Cobb Johnson

Saturday, September 27, 2014 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Potawatomie Indians believed land belonged to all living things and could not be owned. This mural plants their images firmly back into the land they were led to leave forever.

Start at:
Edgebrook Metra Underpass: Western Wall
LeHigh & Hiawatha Western Wall
Chicago, IL

Neighborhood:
Forest Glen

Chicago-based artists include:
Kara Cobb Johnson presents her artwork installed and creatively interpreted by Green Star Movement and After School Matters Teen Apprentices over the summer of 2014

Second Nature Exhibit

September 30 – October 21-27, 2014

Exhibit Locations: The artwork will be exhibited at 2 locations:
o Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., Evanston
o Curt’s Café, 2922 Central St, Evanston

As a child, your creativity led you to paint, draw, sing, dance, write, play, and a host of other activities. Then life got busy… Let the Show and Tell for Adults revive your imagination and talents from long ago with a multi-cultural arts festival.

September 26, 2014 to November 28, 2014

Crabtree Nature Center and The Forest Preserve District of Cook County present local nature painted 'en plein air' by six talented Illinois artists.

Kara Cobb Johnson paints in watercolor for the summer of 2013 at Ragdale Artist Colony during a special residency sponsored in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council

New ideas 2013

Join artist Kara Johnson and explore painting with watercolors. Saturday, February 1, 2014. All materials are provided. This free class is a continuation of celebrating “Art in Nature” throughout the year. Time is 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Space is limited, so make your reservations soon by calling Crabtree nature Center 847-381-6592.