Kara Cobb Johnson - Artist
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  • PROJECTS
    • Bends and proprioception
    • The Move in
    • installation on stairway to nowhere at CSI Project Space 2023
    • Modern Monument
    • Worms
    • 2022
    • Liminal Space
    • bellwether in Chicago
    • bellwether
    • Studio 2021
    • Practice
    • Arts-In-Place
    • Quarantine 2020
    • Solo at Polsky 2019
    • Paper Sculpture
    • Circle deconstructed
    • Discs
    • contemporary pointillism
    • Ragdale
    • Public Art
    • Installation
    • Previous Works
    • K & K
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  • EXHIBITIONS
  • KICKSTARTER for SOLO EXHIBITION: Mama's
  • Curating-Tactical Viewing
  • Curating-Jewel Box
  • Curating-Taking Shapes
  • Curating-Trail Art: Site as Studio
  • Curating-A Surprise in the Process
  • Contact
Kara Cobb Johnson - Artist
  • Home
  • PROJECTS
    • Bends and proprioception
    • The Move in
    • installation on stairway to nowhere at CSI Project Space 2023
    • Modern Monument
    • Worms
    • 2022
    • Liminal Space
    • bellwether in Chicago
    • bellwether
    • Studio 2021
    • Practice
    • Arts-In-Place
    • Quarantine 2020
    • Solo at Polsky 2019
    • Paper Sculpture
    • Circle deconstructed
    • Discs
    • contemporary pointillism
    • Ragdale
    • Public Art
    • Installation
    • Previous Works
    • K & K
  • LINKS TO PRESS
  • EXHIBITIONS
  • KICKSTARTER for SOLO EXHIBITION: Mama's
  • Curating-Tactical Viewing
  • Curating-Jewel Box
  • Curating-Taking Shapes
  • Curating-Trail Art: Site as Studio
  • Curating-A Surprise in the Process
  • Contact
© KARA COBB JOHNSON
Website by OtherPeoplesPixels
  • The Visualist: Intersection Press January 2023

  • Chicago Gallery News: Intersection Press January 2023

  • Evanston Made Calendar November 2022

    Evanston Made Calendar November 2022
  • Responding to Rhythms CHICAGO SCULPTURE INTERNATIONAL

    Responding to Rhythms CHICAGO SCULPTURE INTERNATIONAL

    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


  • RSVP Here

    RSVP Here

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

  • Fall 2022: Chicago Sculpture International

    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.

  • bellwether A project by Kara Cobb Johnson at Space 900 Gallery Evanston

    bellwether A project by Kara Cobb Johnson at Space 900 Gallery Evanston

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

  • Mama's Hand Article

    Mama's Hand Article
  • Tactical Viewing DNA info article by Linze Rice

  • Tactical Viewing: Recommended Exhibition

  • Trail Art: Site as STudio photo gallery

  • Site As Studio: Trailside Museum of Natural History June 12, 2016 noon-3pm

    First event of this nature in nature along the trails.

  • Trail Art: Site as Studio Directions/Map and details

    Map and details from the Trailside website.

  • Blueprints Exhibition link from Roman Susan

  • Review by Astri Snodgrass: A Surprise in the Process

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

  • Chicago Reader, Best Bets, Visual Arts, March 10-16 issue, Vol. 45, No. 22, page 6

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

  • Chicago Artists Resource, Notable Events March 7-14th

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

  • DNA info article

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

  • Front & Center: 2015 Center Program Final Exhibition Sunday, September 13, 2015 3-5 PM

    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.

  • Vista

    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

  • How they start floating away

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

  • Ephemeral optical illusion: Winter Fences

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

  • The Center Program Class of 2015

  • DNAinfo Chicago Artists Month 2014 Artwalk Article

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

  • 2014 Watercolor Paintings + Art

    New ideas, paintings

  • Prairie Potawatomie Commemorative Mural Tour presented by Artist Kara Cobb Johnson

    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

  • Show & Tell For Adults

    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.

  • "ART IN NATURE EXHIBIT" held at Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington

    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.

  • Ragdale Retreat 2013

    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

  • Ideas And New Works

    New ideas 2013

  • Freedom Watercolors!

    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.

© KARA COBB JOHNSON
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