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An Unpredictable Time and Place
Or better late than never, in every way imaginable! This blog post is waaaaaaaaaaay overdue for multiple reasons. The most obvious being...
annebarnesstudio
Nov 19, 20216 min read
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Am I Done Yet?
Links to my final MFA work and paintings still in progress. . . The culminating piece to receiving my MFA degree back in June should have...
annebarnesstudio
Sep 28, 20204 min read
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My Fifth and Final Lesley Art + Design Residency Update
Graduating with an MFA in Visual Arts in the Time of COVID-19. As usual, after a residency is over, it has taken me a few weeks to...
annebarnesstudio
Aug 12, 20205 min read
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Pandemic Reading Lists, Walks, and Lots of Wine
Just some of what I've been up to during these surreal coronavirus days. When I started the MFA program at Lesley Art + Design almost two...
annebarnesstudio
Apr 22, 20205 min read
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Feminism • Antecedents • Weaving
Summer/Fall Semester 2019, Research Papers. Resistance and change often begin in art. —Ursula K. Le Guin This past semester I spent some...
annebarnesstudio
Jan 17, 20201 min read
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The Latest Artist Talks, Exhibits, Et cetera
Just some of the art I have consumed lately. . . October, November, and December 2019 were busy art filled months for me! Yesterday, I...
annebarnesstudio
Dec 20, 20196 min read
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Studio Update Summer/Fall 2019
My process, production, and progress notes for the semester. Where to start? It's hard to know what will inspire me in the studio....
annebarnesstudio
Dec 7, 20195 min read
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Imagine
Just some of the art I have consumed lately. . . Earlier this summer I watched the Netflix documentary John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky...
annebarnesstudio
Oct 10, 20199 min read
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June 2019 Lesley Art + Design Residency
Some thoughts and memories from my third residency. . . Since returning home from Boston in early July, I have spent the last few weeks...
annebarnesstudio
Aug 4, 20193 min read
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An Interesting Update
Just some of the art I have consumed lately. . . On an outing to the National Gallery of Art's East Building yesterday, I picked up their...
annebarnesstudio
Jul 24, 20193 min read
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Pattern and Design • Abstraction Today • Collage, Image, and Text
Winter/Spring Semester 2019, Research Papers In the second semester of work towards earning an MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley Art +...
annebarnesstudio
May 21, 20192 min read
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Art-Wise Lately
Just some of the art I have consumed lately . . . The short but sweet "artist's statement" above sort of says it all. Everybody loves the...
annebarnesstudio
May 16, 20197 min read
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Studio Update Winter/Spring 2019
My process, production, and progress notes. After working on smaller format projects and using paper as my main substrate all last...
annebarnesstudio
Apr 9, 20194 min read
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My Recent "Artful" Excursions
Just some of the art I have consumed lately . . . Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Upon reflection, especially considering my last blog post, I...
annebarnesstudio
Mar 5, 20194 min read
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Better Late Than Never
Some thoughts and memories from my second residency. . . I attended my second residency, a requirement for the MFA in Visual Arts degree...
annebarnesstudio
Mar 5, 20193 min read
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Charline von Heyl and More. . .
November and December 2018 artist talks, exhibitions, parties, gallery openings and, of course, Jerry Saltz! Charline von Heyl I was...
annebarnesstudio
Dec 12, 20186 min read
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Studio Dog Days!
Studio update--fall 2018--my process and production notes. As you can see from this photo, Tulip and I have been hard at work over the...
annebarnesstudio
Nov 28, 20184 min read
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Intersections Crossing
At the Intersection of the Feminine, Feminism, and Abstraction: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Summer/Fall Semester...
annebarnesstudio
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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A Comparative Analysis
Helen Frankenthaler and Amy Sillman: The Anatomy of a Search for Diversity in a Major Art Museum Summer/Fall Semester 2018, Research...
annebarnesstudio
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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What Is It About Painting?
Summer/Fall Semester 2018, Research Paper #1 "From being concerned with nothingness, it became nothing." --Thomas Lawson, Last Exit...
annebarnesstudio
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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