Karen Nickel graduated with a BFA from West Chester University. She is primarily a painter, but has received training in various art forms including printmaking, photography and jewelry making. At CCAA she has been a student, a teacher, a volunteer, an artist, and a community outreach assistant. Her work has been displayed throughout Chester county and is included in both corporate and private collections.


The Chester County Art Association receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.