Karen Lee Lewis

Karen Lee Lewis is a Teaching Artist, poet and photographer. Karen is an arts education specialist who teaches creative writing using all the arts. Her poetry, short fiction, features, interviews and photography have been widely published. She develops programming for many non-profit organizations throughout Western New York. She also teaches creative writing to children in a variety of settings, including public, private and parochial schools. Karen offers adult writing classes via The Blue Plate Studio: A Creative Writer’s Workshop. Karen is a member of the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Audubon Society, and she serves on the Literary Advisory Council for Villa Maria College. She is a fellow of The Banff Centre, Canada’s creative leader in arts and culture. Karen was recently invited to create custom made textiles that are inspired by her photography for VIDA, a global company that supports literacy education. Her photographic work explores our relationship to the natural world, and she is especially interested in how the arts can help to build an awareness of ‘connectivity conservation.