Kathleen Kase Burk

Kathleen Kase Burk, 69, passed on Friday October 9th at her home in Ebensburg, PA

Kathy was an artist and life member of AAP, known primarily for her pencil drawings.  She exhibited for over forty one years in juried, invitational, and gallery shows including several solo and small group exhibitions.  Her work is in the collections of more than a dozen government, corporate, university and museum collections and numerous private collections.

A partial listing of Kathy’s exhibitions record includes: Allentown Art Museum; Allied Artists of Johnstown; Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; Art Association of Harrisburg; Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; Bradly National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL; Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art; City Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD; Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX; Erie Art Museum; Fayette State University, NC; Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill College; Hays State University, KS; Hoyt Institute, New Castle, PA; Huntington Museum of Art; IUP University Museum; Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University; Minot State University, ND; Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY; Parkersburg Art Center, WV; The Pennsylvania State Museum; PSU Robeson Center Gallery; Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art; Tremellon Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA; University of South Dakota; University of North Dakota; Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Purchase awards include: AAP 106th Annual Exhibition; 35th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College; 34th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota; American Realism ’91, Parkersburg Art Center; 64th Annual Spring Show, Erie Museum of Art; AAP 76th Annual Exhibition (Westmoreland Museum of Art Purchase Award)

Although she never planned to be a teacher, Kathy was selected to teach drawing at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts from 1987 to 1990.  She then taught art at Bishop Carroll High School from 1991 until her retirement in 2009.  During her tenure at Bishop Carroll, she served as a mentor to many of her students who remained close to her for the rest of her life. Her former students have established a scholarship for aspiring art students in her name.

Kathy was born in Washington DC, the daughter of William and Edna Kase.  Her father was in the Air Force and her family was transferred multiple times during her childhood.  Kathy attended schools in France, South Carolina, Harrisburg, and finally in Reading, PA.  Kathy attended IUP and graduated with a degree in English. She later received a MA in Art from IUP where she began exhibiting her work and entering shows.  

She is survived by her husband Mike and her sister Peggy Rennolds of Stuarts Draft, VA.