The Goldmark Cultural Center’s Norman Brown Gallery presents “Maiden, Mother, Crone”, an exhibition of new ceramic and mixed media works by artists Karmien Bowman and Ariel Bowman.

The exhibition is on display from November 22, 2025 to December 18, 2025, with an opening reception on Saturday December 6, 2025, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm during the Goldmark Cultural Center’s Holiday Art Walk.

Both artists will be present at the reception to respond to questions and comments about their artwork.

About the Exhibition

This exhibition explores the archetypes of the maiden, mother, and crone. These three aspects of the female triple goddess symbolize the phases of life each woman may experience. Mother and daughter artists Karmien Bowman and Ariel Bowman will share ceramic and mixed media artworks from the different phases of their lives. The pieces on display will highlight the impact each of these transitions in life has had on their work.

About the Artists

Ariel Bowman was raised in Dallas, Texas where her parents are both artists. Growing up, she spent a lot of time outside with animals. As a sculptor, Ariel works in clay using a variety of mixed media techniques. Clay is the most influential material that Ariel has worked with. She earned her  Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2011, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Florida in 2018. Ariel has been an artist in residence at the Armory Art Center and her work has been collected by the Belger Arts Center, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. Ariel is currently a studio artist and stay at home parent for her two children.

Karmien Bowman was raised in Dallas,Texas. She has spent her life enriching the arts in Denton through her public artworks and contributions to the arts parks and libraries boards in Flower  Mound. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Art History from University of Texas  and her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Art Metals with a minor in Sculpture from Texas Woman’s University. Bowman won the Art Prize at Woodstock in 1969 and served as Artist in Schools in Tyler Texas and Artist in Residence for the City of Dallas in 1978.She has inspired many students as a professor of Ceramics at Tarrant County College’s Northeast Campus for over thirty years of 45 years teaching. Her work has been exhibited and collected nationally. Her public art -commissioned bronzes can be seen at Northlakes Park Denton Texas and Heritage Park in Flower Mound, Texas. Karmien is now retired to her home studio, Yarmouth, to make sculpture and functional  commission wares and still teaches  private workshops.