Background
Banker, Karen was born on March 16, 1942 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Charles Valentine and Marion Louise Lind.
Banker, Karen was born on March 16, 1942 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Charles Valentine and Marion Louise Lind.
Associate of Applied Science, State University of New York-Morrisville, 1961. Bachelor of Science in Foreign/Comperative Literature, University Rochester, 1968.
Assistant manager Alumnae House Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1961—1963. Assistant librarian, electron microscopy technical University Rochester, New York, 1963-1972. Manager Party Supply Shop, Augusta, Georgia, 1984-1986.
Artist, since 1989; gallery owner Banker Dearing Gallery, Augusta, Georgia, since 1999.
Board member Citizens Advocacy, Augusta, Georgia, 1995-1997, Artists Row, Augusta, 1999-2001. Member advisory council Jessye Norman School Arts, since 2004. Member of Georgia Watercolor Society (signature, board member), Hilton Head Art League, National Museum Women in the Arts, National League American Pen Women.
Married Gary Milton Whitford, November 13, 1965 (divorced June 10, 1985). Jennifer, Matthew Charles. Married Ronald Stanley Banker, January 11, 1989.