Karen Pfeiffer Designs

Air Force wife, three children, LOTS of volunteering, many hobbies and professions, a BS (so appropriate) in Business Management (Park University, Missouri), and an Associates of Studio Arts in Metal Arts (Monterey Peninsula College) brought me to this point in my life. 
Some of my teachers: Carol Holaday, Theresa Lovering-Brown, Peter Parch, Jerry Blanchard, Jeff Georgantes, Carol Webb, Megan Corwin, Susan Kingsley, and Thomas Mann. 
Teachers posing as friends and classmates: Shari Seger, Ed Kreps, Earl Bushey, Ron Rice, Joanne Ryder, Larry Probst, Jody Royee´, Judy Crawford, Barbara McKinder, and Kathryn Albers. 

MJSA: Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America
MBMAG: Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild
SNAG: Society of North American Goldsmiths

2010-2011 Ventana Vineyard Resort Art Gallery Select Artisan, Big Sur, CA
2008 - 2011 Niche in Tyme Jewlery Select Artisan, Pacific Grove, CA

2011 Carmel Valley Wine and Arts Festival -Red Pear Featured Artist, Carmel Valley, CA
2011 Peacock Acres Warm Hearted Women Event - Featured Silversmith, Pacific Grove, CA
2011 Big Sur Marathon Health Expo - Featured Local Artist, Monterey, CA
2011 UnValentine's Show - Carmel Hill Winery, Carmel, CA


2010 Monterey Museum of Art - Miniatures, Spotlight Silversmith, Monterey, CA
2010 Monterey Peninsula College Holiday Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2010 Carmel Hills Winey Holiday Open House -Featured Jeweler, Carmel, CA
2010 Carmel Valley Artisan's Market, Carmel Valley, CA
2010 Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild "Sanctuary", Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2010 Artists in Chautauqua - Featured SIlver Smith, Pacific Grove, CA
2010 Carmel Valley Wine and Arts Festival, Carmel Valley, CA
2010 Moss Landing Artists in the Park, Moss Landing, CA
2010 Monterey Peninsula College Mother's Day Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2010 Peacock Acres Women and Wine Event - Featured Silversmith, Pacific Grove, CA


2009 Monterey Museum of Art - Miniatures, Monterey, CA
2009 Monterey Peninsula College Holiday Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2009 Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild "Metals", Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2009 San Luis Obispo Art Center "Dimensions" - San Luis Obispo, CA
2009 Monterey Peninsula College Mother's Day Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2009 Fourth Annual FashionART Runway Show - Featured Silversmith, Santa Cruz, CA


2008 Monterey Peninsula College Holiday Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2008 Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild "Metals in Motion", Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2008 Monterey Peninsula College Mother's Day Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA

2007 Monterey Peninsula College Holiday Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2007 Monterey Peninsula College Mother's Day Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA


2006 Monterey Peninsula College Holiday Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2006 Monterey Peninsula College Mother's Day Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA


2005 Monterey Peninsula College Holiday Art and Jewelry Sale, Monterey, CA
2005 Monterey Open Studio Tour, Monterey, CA

I MUST create or the energy sours within me and makes me rotten. Art pulls my creative energy from my soul to my world. It allows me and those around me to live in harmony.