Press, Awards and Exhibits
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| 2009 |
 Dedication of an "Honoring the Promise"
Collection Bench
by Eileen Campbell and Family to The Rose
June 22, 2009 |
 Fundraiser for Annise Parker for Mayor
May 2009 |
 "Honoring the Promise Collection" Bench Installed at the Brazosport Cancer Center
April 14, 2009
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 KGA and the Pink Ribbons Project |
 KGA and Komen Race For the Cure Bench at
Eleanor Tinsley Park
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 KGA and Houston's 2009 ASID Designer's Cookbook |
 Hook 'Em Horns
The University of Texas at Austin
Licensed Commemorative Bench
Honoring Dr. James T. Willerson
Texas Heart Institute,
Houston, Texas |
 KGA and Colt Photography
A 360 degree perspective into the life of a creative pioneer
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 KGA "On the Move" Exploring Green
As we move into 2009, change is in motion with KGA and new construction. |
 KGA's Poof
KGA's Poof: Change
KGA's Process: Cash
This all started in 1990 with KGA Fire's Poof.
Now we move into the new layers of creative adventure.
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| 2008 |
 Hook'Em Horns For Dress For Success
October 2008 |
 KGA and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Honoring the Promise Collection Featured in 002Houston Magazine
September 2008 |
 KGA, Barbara Jones and
Susan G. Komen For the Cure
Opening:
September 10, 2008
Inversion Coffee House |
 Kelly Gale Amen: A Video Retrospective
Mark Larsen has put together an excellent video detailing the tremendous impact Kelly Gale Amen has had over the years. Please take a few minutes and enjoy. |
KGA "On the Move" Exploring Green
The end of an era and the beginning of a creative and new design. KGA explores simple and clean. |
 KGA Selected as 2008 Inaugural
“Star of Design" by Decorative Center Houston
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 KGA and the Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing
Memorial Bench Program
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 KGA Unveils the Susan G. Komen
for the Cure Promise Collection
March 13, 2008, Historic Magnolia Brewery Building's, "Petal Gallery" |
 KGA and photographer Sergio Santos
Collaborate for FOTOFEST
Transformed Permanence represents the collaborative efforts of art furniture designer Kelly Gale Amen and photographer Sergio Santos; Art furniture lasting 1000 years and photography capturing the juxtaposed existence of the here and now. Opening: March 13, 2008, Historic Magnolia Brewery Building's, "Petal Gallery" |
 Installation of the KGA
LT. General Thomas P. Stafford,
Astronaut Commemorative Museum Bench
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Weatherford, OK
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 KGA and Photographer Jack Potts
Present "Two Sides"
What does a famous designer, punk, business woman, stay-at-home mom, and a powerful social director have in common?
Opening:
February 21, 2008
- Inversion Coffee House
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 The KGA Functional Art Bench Program
Award-winning Houston designer Kelly Amen, formerly of Weatherford, donates his special Stafford Benches to be purchased by donors at the Stafford Air and Space Museum |
 KGA to exhibit themed
dinner table at
“Dinner in the Deuce”
Opening: January 11, 2008, Untitled [ArtSpace],
Oklahoma City, OK
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about KGA
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| 2007 |
 "No Shortage There"
Bering & James
Opening: December 12 , 2007 |
 "Have a Seat" - KGA Featured in Antigue Shops
& Designers Magazine
Kelly Gale Amen, designer, artist, philanthropist. Choose any of those titles and they fit, yet try to describe Kelly in one word and you can’t. Who is the designer behind the infectious smile?
His joie de vivre and zest for the sublime set him apart, leading to a sense of design like no other. His style is truly original, derived from a sense of space, light and color, motivated by
his heart and soul.
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 KGA Featured in October/November 2007
issue of the Atlanta Peach
All in the Family: Designer Kelly Gale Amen creates an environment of easy luxury for his cousin Todd Tautfest
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 KGA Memorial Benches Dedicated at
Stafford Air & Space Museum
Two new art benches donated by KGA were recently dedicated as permanent fixtures of the Stafford Air & Space Museum.
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 KGA to be featured in Beautiful Homes of Texas
Published and available in Summer of 2007
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 Oklahoma Arts Council
November 17, 2007
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 KGA and Looscan Library
September 2007 |
 "No Shortage Here/No Shortage There"
Corpus Christi, Islander Gallery
September 14 - October 21, 2007
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 KGA and CINCO YEAR 3
August 25, 2007 |
 KGA and Paint Day Featured in August 2007
Issue of 002 Magazine
Click here to read the complete article |
 Kelly Gale Amen - "Out of the Box"
Galerie GAM, Monaco - July 9, 2007 |
Zina Garrison Tennis Academy, Paint Day in the Park with Kelly Gale Amen: August 13, 2007
Another successful Paint Day in the Park took place on August 13, 2007 at Lee LeClear Tennis Center. Houston's own designer extraordinare Kelly Gale Amen provided giant canvases which were be made into artistic pieces by dipping tennis balls in paint and then thrown at the canvases.
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 The Amen Bed
The Amen Bed is a custom-made canvas upholstered art bed by renowned furniture
artist Kelly Gale Amen. The bed was originally created by Amen in 1998 and donated
to the Texas Children’s Hospital. Fifty-one artists, including Cancer Center patients, family and staff, helped Amen ( a cancer survivor himself ) paint the bed, creating a
one-of-a-kind piece of modern functional art.
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 KGA and Just Dinner featured in April 2007 issue of PaperCity
Inside the walls of Just Dinner — an intimate BYOB just opened by Andrew Rebori — Kelly Gale Amen has enhanced the dining experience with exposed wood walls, hardwood floors and a palette of olive and wheat shades — restrained but for some whimsical splashes of marinara-red paint. |
 KGA and Inversion Coffee featured in April 2007 issue of PaperCity
Montrose's newest nexus melds caffeinated beverages and homegrown art. Sited in the just-unveiled Art League Houston Studio School ( building by architect irving Phillips ), Inversion boasts interiors by Houston design wizard and internationally exhibited artist Kelly Gale Amen. When owners and partners Amy and Greg Johnson approached Amen 16 months ago, he immediately said yes, with one condition — that the new coffee stop provide a venue for "an authentic experience."
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 WATERCOLOUR.........RENAISSANCE NOW
After 14 years of visual embrace and adventure it is time to change. Watch as the process takes hold and watercolor enters a period of transition and style. |
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| 2006 |
 KGA Featured in Mystical Garden of Jewish Community Center
View as Kelly unviels his Memorial Bench at the Mystical Garden
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 KGA Featured in Art is the Good Life
Click to view as Kelly Gale Amen invites you to Art is the Good Life
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 Shout Amen
Click to Shout about Kelly Gale Amen
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 KGA Featured in August 2006 Issue of Houston House
& Home Magazine
Click here to read the complete article
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 KGA Featured in July 2006 Issue of Houston House & Home Magazine
A complete biographical write-up on KGA was published in the July issue of Houston House & Home Magazine. KGA was the lead profile in the magazine's "Creators of Custom" article on local Houston-area artists.
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 Zina Garrison Tennis Academy, Paint Day in the Park with Kelly Gale Amen: Houston, TX : July 2006
On July 10, 2006 Houston's own designer extraordinaire Kelly Gale Amen brought "art in action" to the kids of the Zina Garrison Academy at Memorial Park. KGA has been an influential participant in the Houston arts community for decades.
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 KGA Donates Art Furniture Bench to Thomas P. Stafford Air and Space Center : Weatherford, OK : March 2006
On March 29, KGA donated an art furniture bench to the Thomas P. Stafford Air and Space Center in his hometown of Weatherford, OK. General Thomas Stafford, a record-setting NASA astronaut and space pioneer, recevied the KGA bench at the dedication ceremony in Weatherford.
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 Divine Design Houston : Presented by Pi Beta Phi
Hilton Americas, Houston, TX : April 2006
The Houston Alumnae of Pi Beta Phi, a national membership fraternity of more than 180,000 business professionals, held its “Divine Design Houston” benefit gala on April 3-5, 2006. KGA was featured as part of the Pi Beta Phi 2006 Showcase.
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 The Radar Art : Houston Magazine : March 2006
KGA Featured in Houston Magazine article announcing grand opening of the new Bering & James art gallery in Houston, TX.
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 “No Shortage Here” Exhibit by KGA Opens at Bering & James Gallery and Fotofest 2006
Interior designer Kelly Gale Amen will feature a piece of original fabric furniture, then covered in resin and perched on oil drums in the center of the new Bering & James gallery space beginning March 17, 2006. The exhibit will also be featured as part of FotoFest 2006.
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| 2005 |
 Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy presents 2005 Service with Love Award to KGA on November 11, 2005 in Houston
Kelly Gale Amen is an active supporter and Honorary Committee member of the Academy which serves to teach Houston's youth life skills and personal responsibility through positive role models and the sport of tennis.
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 Hats Off To You!
Kelly Gale Amen creates the gala centerpiece for The Women's Home Auxiliary Style Show held November 14, 2005 in Houston.
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Art on the Avenue 2005
KGA will be a featured Table Artist at Art On The Avenue, an annual event supporting the affordable housing efforts of Avenue Community Development Corporation on Saturday, November 12, 2005, 6:00PM until 9:30PM.
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 Kelly Gale Amens' Dark & Stormy Décor
KGA is featured in the Houston Chronicle GLOSS special section in October 2005. Story by Molly Glentzer. Photography by Craig H. Hartley.
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 KGA Poofs and Art Furniture on Exhibit at Bering and James' The Season of Lights
Saturday, November 5, 2005 : KGA custom art furniture will be on display at Bering and James' The Season of Lights gallery exhibit on November 5 from 6-9 p.m. |
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 Robinson Iron Celebrates KGA Art Bench
For nearly two decades, Robinson Iron has been privileged to work with renowned Houston based artist and designer Kelly Gale Amen. Over the years the company has faithfully produced Kelly's ever expanding KGA custom furniture line in bronze, iron and aluminum. |
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 KGA Featured at Bering and James' CINCO Show
Saturday, August 27, 2005 : KGA is featured at Bering and James' CINCO group art exhibition on August 27 from 6-9 p.m. Bering and James is a Houston-based art gallery showcasing artists from around Texas. |
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 Join Us at the 2005 Art Car Parade
Saturday, May 14, 2005 : The KGA Energy’s Blue Bonnet Express filled with good friends from THE ZINA GARRISON ALL COURTS TENNIS ACADEMY will be rolling along in this year’s art car parade titled “Magic of the Moving Marvels.” |
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 KGA Memorial Bench Installed at City of Houston Bob Lanier Public Works Building : Houston, TX : May 2005
In May 2005, the permanent installation Kelly Gale Amen's "Memorial Bench" in the City of Houston's Bob Lanier Public Works building is dedicated and celebrated as the latest of Kelly's Art Furniture pieces to be included in the official art collection of the City of Houston.
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 KGA Hosts the East Montrose Civic Association Home Tour : Houston, TX : April 9, 2005
The East Montrose Civic Association celebrates its neighborhood history with a Home Tour on Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This historic Houston area is rich in architectural design and appeal from the early 20th century. |
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 From Forest to Sea : Corpus Christi & Houston, TX
(as published in Houston House & Home Magazine : March 2005)
Charles Baldridge travels so much in his work as chief of staff of one of Houston’s fastest growing financial strategies firms, he prefers to live in low-maintenance condominium apartments. During the week, he and Shane Hargis live in an apartment overlooking an oak and pine forest in Houston’s Memorial area; on weekends, they escape to their apartment overlooking Corpus Christi Bay. While Baldridge’s views may change from forest to sea—his choice of interior designer does not—Kelly Gale Amen of Houston. |
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 KGA Design Featured in Home Tour : Oklahoma City, OK :
March 2005
(as published in The Oklahoman)
Traditional décor, custom interior design and antique furnishings are among the themes of homes on the first ever home tour organized by Epworth United Methodist Church. |
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 Minimalist Opulence : Corpus Christi, Texas : January 2005
(as published in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
New York City chic meets Japanese Zen. Technology meets simplicity. High art meets nature. Although contradictory in theory, these aesthetics were swirled together like paint on canvas throughout Charles Baldridge’s recently completed Ocean Drive condo by Kelly Amen, Houston-based interior and art furniture designer. |
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 KGA and The Duchesne Academy Bring The Wizard of OZ to Life : Houston, Texas : February 2005
Kelly Amen and The KGA Engery help create The Wizard of OZ Chair with The Duchesne Academy’s 2005 Eighth Grade Class. |
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| 2004 |
 H.I.S.D. and J. Will Jones Elementary Unveil Installation of KGA Art Bench : Houston, Texas : August 2004
Students and faculty at H.I.S.D.'s J. Will Jones Elementary school celebrate the installation of the first in a series of KGA Bronze & Fossil Stone single benches at the school. |
 KGA Showcases Zina Garrison “Tennis-Paint-Ball” Artwork at 2004 Houston Home Show : Houston, Texas : August 2004 |
 Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy 2004 “Tennis-Paint-Ball” Benefit
KGA donates a hand-painted table, a custom chaise lounge and KGA Signature “Poof” upholstered with “Tennis-Paint-Ball” canvas fabric created by children from the Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy. The event gala will be held November 11, 2004 at The Houstonian.
KGA on the project: “Our future lies in the hands of children; they become the next creative force through what they see, touch and embrace." |
 The Art Car Parade
The Bluebonnet Express is rolling again. The Orange Show asked for it and we brought it back! It's time for fun and The Art Car Parade, Saturday May 8th, 2004. |
 FLUID - FLOW - FLUSH, KGA Energy Exhibit
Kelly Gale Amen, Scott Griesbach and Barbara Jones converge with KGA Energy to create an atmosphere heavy with visuals for FotoFest 2004. |
 "SCULPTURES" Havanna, Cuba, January 26, 2004 |
 Quick Touch-Up Expands To Total Remodel
Kelly Gale Amen transforms this West Houston house from a quick touch-up project to the house this retired couple has always wanted. |
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| 2003 |
 Spectacular Homes of Texas
An impressive showcase of more than 250 colorful photographs of the finest interior designers in the Lone Star State. Peek inside KGA's personal living compound in Houston’s museum district. |
 Doing ‘The Flip’ in Suburbia
Kelly Gale Amen and “The Flip” design process are featured again in Houston House and Home Magazine as KGA reworks the home of Mary and Gerry Averitt. |
 KGA Memorial Bronze Park Bench
City of Houston Chooses KGA Design for Eleanor Tinsley Park |
 Living Out Loud Gallery
Art Gallery in Aspen, Colorado, Becomes Exclusive Dealer of
KGA Memorial Table, Metal Chair and Square Card Table |
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about KGA
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| 2002 |
 The Fabulous Plan B
Houston House and Home Magazine features KGA and his signature starting point for many of his designs, known as “The Flip,” to redesign the 1960s rambler home of Joe and Jeanne Gillen. |
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ME Magazine: Style & Décor, Autumn Issue, Oct./Nov. 2002
Inside Cover
Full Color Fold-Out Supplement, ME Magazine
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KGA Donates Upholstered Bed to Houston Astros' Wives Benefit Gala
Black Ties and Baseball Caps, August 26, 2002 |
 Aluminum Inspired Furniture
Light Metal Age, June 2002 |
Sex, Fire and...Furniture
ArtsHouston, June 2002 |
Color Solutions
Better Homes and Gardens Books, June 2002 |
KGA Memorial Bronze Park Bench Dedication Ceremony
Shady Grove Plaza Ground Breaking, April 22, 2002 |
"Fire"
March 1 - April 1, 2002 |
 The Art of Fine Furniture
Houston House & Home, Furniture As Art, March 2002 |
FotoFest 2002
002 Magazine, March 2002 |
The Feng Shui of Fire
Houston Press, February 28, 2002 |
Livable Luxury
Houston House & Home, February 2002 |
A FotoFest® Fire
January 2002 |
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about KGA
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| 2001 |
 New Bench to Offer Solace to Visitors at Urban Oasis
Houston Chronicle, December 6, 2001 KGA, January 25 |
This Comfortable Oasis is Sprinkled With Unconventional Accents to Invite a Smile
Houston House & Home, Welcome Home, December 2001 |
Kelly Gale Amen: An Interview With A Creator
Les Avenues, Sept/Oct 2001 |
Merging the Skills of 25 Designers
Houston Lifestyles & Homes, ASID's Showcase Villa, May 2001 |
Amen to this Irreverent Interior/ Illogical Irreverence
Houston House & Home, May 2001, Vol. 8 No. 5 |
"Heavy Metal"
Macon and Co., Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia |
 "Kelly Gale Amen & Nall"
Macon and Co., Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia |
"ASID Showhouse"
Texas Association for Interior Design Exhibit, Sugar Land, Texas |
"Collaboration/Bayou City Cat Fish"
KGA * John Palmer Art / The Collaboration Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, Texas |
For Art's Sake
Kelly Gale Amen & John Palmer - Featured Artists |
Party with KGA Engery
KGA welcomes Jennifer Ringo and Scott Dunn |
Collaboration
KGA * John Palmer Art & Nall, Atlanta, Georgia |
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about KGA
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| 2000 |
Holiday Cheer
KGA celebrates the Holiday Season |
 Holy Name Retreat Center
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Da Camera
KGA and John Palmer donate cat bed for Da Camera's silent Auction |
The Energy
Featured Artist, Kelly Gale Amen and John Palmer Art, Debra Duncan Show, ABC 13, Houston, Texas |
Lofty Ideas
Lofty Ideas |
Light the Way to Literacy
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Society Spy: Who's Who
This article originally appeared in Society Spy, August 2000 |
"Tablescapes 2000" From sedate to far, far out
by Alex Ashcraft, Houston Lifestyles and Homes, May 2000 |
"Tablescapes 2000"
Houston Pi Beta Phi Foundation, Houston, Texas |
AIDS Foundation Houston
The Party of a Lifetime, February 2000 |
 "The Art of Health"
Bayou Bend Family Days, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas |
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about KGA
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| 1999 |
Designer of Home and Heart
Sense Houston, November 1999 |
"Westside"
Macon and Co. Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia |
Holman Law Offices
Holman Law Firm turns to KGA to boost firm's work environment. Houston Business Journal - Sept. 24, 1999 |
10th Annual ASID Fantasy Gala
Celebrationg the launch of Traditional Home's Interior Design Book, Signature Style |
Waverly's Colors of Provence
Traditional Home Magazine |
Signature Style
Traditional Home Magazine, September 1999 |
Special Affections
Texas Magazine, Houston Chronicle, July 1999 |
Renowned Local Artist and Cancer Survivor Kelly Gale Amen Contributes Art Bed to Texas Children's Cancer Center Exhibit
Check It Out, Texas Children's Hospital Publication, June 1999 |
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about KGA
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| 1998 |
 Bright Ideas
August, 1998 |
Deep Color in a Small Space
Paper City, July, 1998 |
 "Style with a Smile"
Traditional Home, May 1998 |
"National Route 66 Museum"
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| Da Camera of Houston: Surreal Progressive Brunch |
Metals, Petals and Paints
Show At M D Modern Features Works By Houstonians Kelly Gale Amen And Barbara Jones |
| Traditional Home Design Award Presented to Kelly Gale Amen |
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about KGA
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| 1997 |
Home Design: Opening the bath to the outdoors
by Madeleine McDermott Hamm, Houston Chronicle Home Design Editor |
"Sculpture in the Garden: Collection in Harmony with Nature"
Macon and Co. Fina Art, Atlanta, Georgia |
"Humidor Exhibition & Auction: Smoke & Mirrors"
The American Society of Furniture Artists, Houston, Texas |
Artist of the Month, ASOFA
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about KGA
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| 1996 |
A Passion for Pets
Houston Chronicle, 1996 |
Furniture as Art: Bronze Aluminum & Iron
The Sculpture Center at Esperante, West Palm Beach, Florida |
 "Furniture of the 90's: 1996"
National Competition and Touring Exhibition, ASOFA |
Style: Two points of view from two designers
Stories by Madeleine McDermott Hamm, Houston Chronicle Home Design Editor |
West U family cherishes, preserves charm of home amid huge brick mansions
by Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post Design Editor |
Novel House: Writer returns home to palette of color
by Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Post Design Editor |
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about KGA
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| 1995 |
A Kitchen That Works
By Deborah Mann Lake, Houston Renovator (now Houston House & Home) |
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about KGA
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| 1994 |
Brushstrokes . . . Watercolor on the Waves
By Patti Restivo, Luxury Homes |
 Houston Museum of Natural Science
Dina M. Kohleffel, Director of Development |
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about KGA
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| 1991 |
The Fantasy Awaiting
Southern Accents, July/August. |
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| Other Selected Publications: |
- 1997 Houston Style, Houston Home & Living, April/May
In the Spotlight, Houston Design Resources
- 1996 Artfully Furnished, Southwest Art, June
Amento the Art of Furniture, Culture (West Pal Beach), Volume 14
Art Furniture finds a '90s Niche, Houston Chronicle, Thursday, May 16
Cover Article, Public News, May 1, Issue #725
Exclusively Atlanta
Cover Article, Houston House & Home, December 1996
A Passion for Pets, Houston Chronicle
- 1995-96 Houston Consumer's Guide
- 1995 Exhibits Showcase Decorative Arts, Houston Chronicle
- 1994 Artist's Renderings, Houston Chronicle, Sunday, June 26
Room With a View, Houston Chronicle
- 1993 Sit This One Out!, Style (Baltimore), July/August
accents, Southern Accents, May/June
Furnishings the Outdoors, House Beautiful, May
- 1992 Heavy Duty Designs, Robb Report, December
Artful Affections, Houston Press, November 19-25
The Tree is the Key Element, TEXAS: Houston Chronicle Magazine, October 18
Maxine Messinger, Houston Chronicle, October 5v
Kelly Amen, Houston at Home, August
Houston at Home, June 26
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