Karen Van Almen

Background

Almen, Karen Van was born on October 13, 1940 in Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Richard Earl and Arla Marie (Northam) Van Al.

Education

Bachelor, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1962; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1977.

Career

Art teacher junior high Bay Village (Ohio) City Schools, 1962-1963. Art teacher High School Westchester County Schools, Hamilton, Ohio, 1963-1964. Art teacher elementary Whitehall City Schools, Columbus, 1964-1966.

Teacher Pennfield City Schools, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1984-1995. Medical art work purchased by Michigan State University Medical School, East Lansing, 1990. Participant Summer Teacher Institute on Latino Art and Culture in the United States, at National Museum American Art-Smithsonian Institution, 1995.

Teacher art senior citizens, religious, art education high school students United Methodist Church, Coldwater, Michigan, 2003.

Achievements

• Karen Van Almen has been listed as a noteworthy art educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Rels. committee of Battle Creek, since 1990. Ambassador to Japan-Teacher.Exch., 1991. Member National Art Education Association, Michigan Art Education Association (county member liaison 1995-1996), Michigan Education Association, National Education Association, Pennfield Education Association.

Interests

• Avocations: canoeing to remote areas for photography and painting of wild life, creating art surrounding history of old towns in Michigan.

Connections

Married Ken Connell 1963 (divorced 1981). Children: Korby Matthew, Kathren Diane, Kevin Andrew. Married Ronald Sackett, February 14, 1985.

Father:

Richard Earl Almen

Mother:

Arla Marie (Northam) Van Almen

Spouse:

Ronald Sackett

Spouse:

Ken Connell 1963

child:

Kathren Diane Almen

child:

Kevin Andrew Almen

child:

Korby Matthew Almen