Multimedia Artist, Writer, Advocate, & Speaker
-Creator of the Women of Woodworking Project
-Owner/Designer of Black Swamp Creative Studio
-Design Partner at Joseph Thompson Woodworks
-Meningitis Patient Advocate for the American Society for Meningitis Prevention and CoMO
-Board Trustee, The Furniture Society
To book Katie, please email her directly at Katie.Kozar@gmail.com
Resume available upon request.
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Notable Press and Events
2025: New York Times, Disability Pride SC
2024: Youthful Curiousity, Free Verse Festival, Charleston, SC, Disability Pride Charleston
2023: Winner of the Undercover Tourist “Share Your Thrills” Social Media Contest
2022: Moderator and Presenter at the Women in Lutherie Conference, Keynote Speaker at Disability Pride Charleston, Host of the Women of Woodworking Project, Virtual Programming for The Furniture Society, COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns
2021: Host of the Women of Woodworking Project, Studio Tours and Crafting a Revolution Podcast
2013: –#DearCongress Social Media Video Contribution, TODAY, NBC News
Exhibitions, Collections, and Projects
2022:
-Creative Misfits Exhibition, Heart, SC, Charleston
2021:
-Tell Your Story Workshop, Virtual course for artists and makers.
-Pen & Chisel, a monthly digital journal for woodworkers, artists and makers.
2019:
-Instructor at the Charleston Woodworking School, Charleston, SC
-AMBIENTARTI, Spazio Arte Tolomeo, Damars Milano, Milan, Italy
2018:
-Charleston Night Bazaar, Charleston, SC
-ICE Atlanta Fall Market, Atlanta, GA
2017:
-Cistern Oak Collection, College of Charleston Alumni Association, Charleston, SC
2015:
-SC State Museum “Carolina Makers” Exhibit, Columbia, SC
-ICE Atlanta Summer Market, Atlanta, GA
2014:
-One of a Kind Show and Sale, Chicago, IL
-Root City Market, Atlanta, GA
-Renegade Craft Fair Summer and Mini Markets, Chicago, IL
-Lowcountry Artist Market, Charleston, SC
–LOCAL Makers Series featuring Joseph Thompson Woodworks and Black Swamp, Dwelling, Charleston, SC
2013:
–One of a Kind Show and Sale, Chicago, IL
-Art with a BANGS, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
–American Craft Council, Atlanta, GA
2012:
–One of a Kind Show and Sale, Chicago, IL
–Antique and Design Center, High Point Market October 2012, High Point, NC
–25: Target Gallery Celebrates 25 Years, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Arts Center, Alexandria, VA
–American Craft Council, Atlanta, GA
2011:
–American Craft Council, Atlanta, GA
Kickstarter Campaigns
2019:
–Bo-Peep is My Name: Empowerment Through Empathy for Kids, Successfully Funded, June 2019
2015:
–Little Beaver Builds a Bed – A Children’s Book, Successfully funded, August 2015
2014:
–Black Swamp Naturally Inspired Jewelry, Successfully funded, November 2014
Bibliography
2025:
-Thompson, Katie, “Black Swamp Poetry Zine Spring/Summer 2025,” Black Swamp
2019:
-Holmstrom, Valerie, Ph.D, Thompson, Katie, Boyce, Tami, “Bo-Peep is My Name,” Bo-Peep Books
2015:
-Thompson, Katie, Solecki, Kristen, “Little Beaver Builds a Bed,” BookBaby
2013:
-Aboyan, Laura, “Columbia Food A History of Cuisine in the Famously Hot City”, History Press
Other Previous Work and Contributions
TheDigitel.com, Charleston, SC
Charleston Farmers Market Assistant Manager and Finance Assistant, City of Charleston’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Charleston, SC
REDUX Contemporary Art Center, Internship, Charleston, SC
Oxy-Acetylene Welding Course at Mirabella-Finch Studio, Augusta, GA
Pinckney’s Produce Community Supported Agriculture Program, Marketing and Membership Coordinator, Holly Hill, SC and Beaufort, SC
Editor/Publisher of Pen & Chisel
Marketing Instructor at the Charleston Woodworking School, North Bennet Street School, and Florida School of Woodwork.
