Events, Awards, Honors
Karen M. Peluso with Beaufort Art Association Spring Show Award. 2011
Karen M. Peluso by Sandy Dimke at Beaufort Art Association Annual Spring Show Opening Reception www.dimkephoto.com
Karen M. Peluso by Dudley Lowdon (d) at Art & Soul Gallery (now closed), downtown Beaufort, SC. 2011
Sandy Dimke & Karen M. Peluso at "Twin Lens Reflections" joint exhibit at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery Opening Reception. 2011 www.dimkephoto.com
Karen M. Peluso by Sandy Dimke. At the Charles Street Gallery "Starfish Invitational Exhibit" Benefit for Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation. 2011. Charles Street Gallery has since closed. www.bmhsc.org/BeaufortMemorialFoundation
Karen M. Peluso with Wilson McIntosh, Proprietor (formerly), at Book Signing, "Night On the Town" Beaufort SC. 2008. Both books, The Mother Face in the Mirror and Magnolia Plantation: A Journey, are available for purchase at the Beaufort Book Store www.theBeaufortBookstore.com
Karen M. Peluso hand-painting/coloring with Marshall's Oil pencils. Photo by Megan Lovett. Purchased from the Beaufort Gazette/Island Packet 2007
Karen M. Peluso hand-painting/coloring with Marshall's Oils pencils. Photo by Megan Lovett purchased from Beaufort Gazette/Island Packet 2007
Poster- "Visual Poetry: Beaufort and Beyond" Solo Exhibit at Beaufort Art Association Gallery. May-June 2007 www.BeaufortArtAssociation.com
Karen M. Peluso- Poet-in-Residence at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, End of Residency Art Exhibit and Poetry Reading from her chapbook, "Magnolia Plantation: A Journey." 2008 www.theBeaufortBookstore.com
Karen M. Peluso. Hand-painting/coloring demonstration at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery 2007 Photo by Marge Boyle.
Karen M. Peluso's hands painting a print. Photo by Sandy Dimke for Dimke's book titled "Hands Across Beaufort" 2010 www. dimkephoto.com
Karen M. Peluso Photographing Field of Hay Bales and Shack. Blairsville GA 2011 Photo by Clinton B. Campbell
Karen M. Peluso with Jody Chapin and Sonny Dixon after her TV interview on "Mid-Morning Live" WTOC Savannah. 2008 . Promo for "Visual Poetry" solo exhibit at Beaufort Art Association Gallery. Photo by Susan DeLoach. www.sdeloachphoto.com
Chapbook Contest Winner- "The Mother Face in the Mirror" SC Poetry Initiative Stepping Stones Press 2007 Book is available for purchase at the Beaufort Book Store www.theBeaufortBookstore.com
Book Jacket Photo Commission by Susan DeLoach for "The Mother Face in the Mirror" 2007 www.sdeloachphoto.com
"Magnolia Plantation: A Journey" Chapbook published at the end of Poet-in-Residency, University of South Carolina Appointment, Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, SC Poetry Initiative and Stepping Stones Press. 2008 Book is available for purchase at the Beaufort Book Store www.theBeaufortBookstore.com
Cookbook author Sallie Ann Robinson and Karen M. Peluso signing Sallie's book with Karen's black & white photo illustrations. "Cooking the Gullah Way: Morning, Noon & Night" UNC Press. SC Book Festival, Columbia, SC. 2008 https://www.sallieannrobinson.com/
Invitation to "Twin Lens Reflections: The Art of Sandy Dimke and Karen M. Peluso. "Twin Lens" Reflections joint exhibit invitation. Beaufort Art Association Gallery. November 14, 2011 - January 7, 2012
Karen M. Peluso & Sandy Dimke Publicity for "Twin Lens Reflections" joint exhibit at Beaufort Art Association Gallery. Commission Photo by Susan DeLoach 2011 www.sdeloachphoto.com
Karen M. Peluso Publicity Commission Photo by Susan DeLoach. 2011 www.sdeloachphoto.com
Karen M. Peluso and Rev. Kenneth Hodge (d) at "Twin Lens Reflections" Opening Reception. Beaufort Art Association Gallery. 2011
Karen M. Peluso- Member of Photography Team for "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" Reality TV Show. Beaufort, SC. 2011
Karen M. Peluso at Opening Reception for "Captured Moments" Exhibit (6 Photographers) at Beaufort Art Association Gallery 2009
Karen M. Peluso with her art at the Brick Wall Gallery of Beaufort Art Association. 2025
Karen M. Peluso (R) with Sandy Dimke and Beaufort Mayor Pro Tem Mike McFee at Dimke and Peluso's "Twin Lens Reflections" Joint Exhibit. Beaufort Art Association Gallery. 2011
Karen M. Peluso & husband Clint Campbell (d) at "Twin Lens Reflections" Opening Reception Beaufort Art Association. 2011
"What Could Be Finer?" Commissioned hand-painted photograph with custom colors in its new home.
Announcement of celebration of 6 year anniversary of the Brick Wall Gallery of the Beaufort Art Association. Peluso photo: "October, Los Olivos, CA" 2021
"All Wet" Infrared photograph accepted by Emrose Projects for "Heart of Healing"art exhibit at Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Community Hospital, Bluffton, SC. Instagram Post by Beaufort Memorial Foundation. www.bmhsc.org/BeaufortMemorialFoundation www.emroseprojects.com
"Heart of Healing" Art exhibit for hallway walls of Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Community Hospital. Instagram post. Currently under construction. Opening early 2027. www.bmhsc.org/beaufortmemorialfoundation www.emroseprojects.com
Recognition by Freedman Arts District for "Chalk It Up!" Community Sponsorship. Social media post. www.freedmanartsdistrict.org
Karen M. Peluso with two new infrared photographs at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery Annual Spring Show. 2018. "Behold the Bell Tower" and "Talking to God, Mission San Juan Bautista, CA.
Sandy Dimke & Karen M. Peluso with their complementary impressionist art at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery's "First Friday" reception. January 2025 Pottery shown by Danny McSweeney www.//mcsweeneyclaystudio.com/ www.dimkephoto.com
Brick Wall Gsllery in the Beaufort Art Association Celebrates 3 years. 2021 Karen M. Peluso infrared photograph "Daybreak Over the Beaufort River" www.BeaufortArtAssociation.com
Karen M. Peluso with her art works that sold at the Charles Street Gallery's "Starfish Invitational Exhibit." Benefit for Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation. Charles Street Gallery has since closed. Photo by Sandy Dimke. 2011 www.bmhsc.org/BeaufortMemorialFoundation www.dimkephoto.com
Karen M. Peluso with "Daybreak Over the Beaufort River" at "Where the Marsh Blooms" Exhibit. Freedman Arts District. 2026 www.freedmanartsdistrict.org
Karen M. Peluso with "The Parting- Blue" - Beaufort Art Association Spring Show Opening Reception. 2025
Karen M. Peluso reading poetry in Charles Street Gallery garden. Photo by Richard Darby. 2011