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...
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annebarnesstudio
Sep 28, 20204 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Aug 12, 20205 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Apr 22, 20205 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Jan 17, 20201 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Dec 20, 20196 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Dec 7, 20195 min read
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....
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annebarnesstudio
Oct 10, 20199 min read
Imagine
Just some of the art I have consumed lately. . . Earlier this summer I watched the Netflix documentary John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky...
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annebarnesstudio
Aug 4, 20193 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Jul 24, 20193 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
May 21, 20192 min read
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 +...
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annebarnesstudio
May 16, 20197 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Apr 9, 20194 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Mar 5, 20194 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Mar 5, 20193 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Dec 12, 20186 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Nov 28, 20184 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Nov 13, 20181 min read
Intersections Crossing
At the Intersection of the Feminine, Feminism, and Abstraction: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Summer/Fall Semester...
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annebarnesstudio
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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...
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annebarnesstudio
Nov 13, 20181 min read
What Is It About Painting?
Summer/Fall Semester 2018, Research Paper #1 "From being concerned with nothingness, it became nothing." --Thomas Lawson, Last Exit...
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