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The 5.4.7 Arts Center Awards Artist Residency at the M.T. Liggett Art Environment
The 5.4.7 Arts Center in Greensburg, KS has chosen Barbara Martin for a six week artist residency program at the M.T Liggett Art Environment, an artist built environment in Mullinville, KS. The residency will be in the fall of 2024. The 5.4.7 Arts Center was established in the aftermath of a tornado that devastated Greensburg, destroying 95% of the existing town, on May 4, 2007. It fosters the arts economy in south-central Kansas and hosts visiting artists, teachers, and exhibitions from around the world. The 5.4.7 Arts Center is also entrusted with the long-term care of the M.T. Liggett Art Environment which hosts an exhibit space chronicling the art and life of M.T. Liggett, and the acreage is home to a collection of hundreds of his political sculptures, metal totems, kinetic whirligigs, and artifacts from his practice. The residency is open to artist and creatives of all disciplines interested in working in a remote rural context and community in southwest Kansas and will provide time for contemplation, creating new pieces and interacting with the local community. Check out this tour of Barbara’s work on display during her residency at MT Liggett.
Paintings Win Awards
Dragon Boat on the Water received the award for Outstanding Abstract Work at the Tinicum Civic Association 10th Juried Art Exhibition at Stover Mill Gallery from jurors David Hahn and Susan Roseman.
Medford Arts Center juror Richard Hoffman awarded Pouring Stars 2nd Place prize for the Medford Arts Center 2024 Works on Paper exhibition, citing its, “Very graphic color and composition. Captures the viewer’s eye immediately. Bold imagery!”
Touch the Sky has won its second award, this time an Honorable Mention from the online Colors of Humanity Art Gallery for their Skies show. It previously won an award at the Berks Art Alliance 42nd Open Juried Exhibition, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.
Upcoming Two Person Show at Carlisle Arts Learning Center
The Carlisle Arts Center will feature works from my Copacetic series in a joint show with graphite artist Guy Terry Kuhn. This interesting exhibit will contrast Guy’s ordered, precise works and my more intuitive gestural approach. The exhibition will show the contrast between order and chaos, which should make for a compelling show. The exhibit is scheduled for the GB Stuart Gallery at the CALC in Carlisle PA from Sep 19 to Oct 25, 2025.
SuperPly Show at Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick MD
The Delaplaine Art Center East Gallery will host my SuperPly series in April 2028. This will be a rare chance to see the whole SuperPly series plus a few Friends all at one time. More info to come as we get closer to the show date.
Djerassi Artist Residency and Ford Family Foundation Fellowship Awards
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program has announced that Barbara Martin has been awarded a 30-day onsite residency at Djerassi with a fellowship made possible from The Ford Family Foundation. It is scheduled for October 2023. The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is recognized internationally for its pre-eminence as an artist residency which strives to provide the best possible residency experience for artists of superior talent from a diverse range of backgrounds and geographical locations. Djerassi is located in a spectacular rural setting of redwood forests and coastal grasslands in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The residency provides uninterrupted time for work, reflection, and collegial interaction in a setting of great natural beauty.
The Port Austin Artist in Residence Program Award
The Port Austin Artist in Residence program, also known as Port Austin AiR, has announced Barbara Martin has been awarded a two-week residency in August 2023. The program aims to create dynamic dialogue with artists from Michigan, the mid-West, and the world. Visiting artists will be able to stay and work in the Bee Barn studio/residence and create works inspired by Port Austin, its people, its beaches, parks, its water, its night sky, its summer tempos and its winter quiet. The program offers access to resources, facilities, and a community of like-minded individuals, all of which can help an artist grow and develop their craft. It is a unique and valuable experience that can have a lasting impact on an artist’s career. Port Austin is a scenic village located at the tip of Michigan’s thumb on the shores of Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay.
During her residency, Barbara will be exploring her mark-making style of painting as well as tool making. She will hold an open studio at the Bee Barn on Sunday, August 20 from 10:30 - 3:00 to demonstrate her painting style and invite the community to collaborate on a scroll of blended panels. She is also planning an exhibit and art talk at the Bee Barn (20 Washington Street) on August 24 at 6:00 p.m., where she will present the work she has created at Port Austin.
Now Showing and Coming Soon
Exhibit B Gallery 2024 Annual Winter Show
Coffee with Artists, part of my Kitchen Crockery series, has been selected for Exhibit B Gallery’s annual winter show, which runs through the holiday season and into 2025.
Exhibit B Gallery
105 N Main Street
Souderton, PA 18964
Nov 15 - Jan 25, 2025
Opening Reception: Nov 15, 5-9 pm and Nov 16, 11-4 pm
Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC)
The theme for the annual winter show at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC) is called Joy Overcoming, a showcase of joys big and small. Juror Sara Meng has picked two works for this show The Gifts They Bring and Hands Up for Donuts. Both pieces are part of the SuperPly + Friends series.
Carlisle Arts Learning Center
38 W. Pomfret Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Jan 10 - Feb 1, 2025
Opening Reception: TBD
Recent Shows
Stover Mill Gallery 10th Annual Juried Exhibition
Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County’s longest continuously running art gallery, is holding its 10th Juried Art Exhibition in October.
Overlooking the Delaware River, the gallery is on the first floor of the carefully restored 1832 Stover Mill, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
My work, Dragon Boat on the Water, has been chosen for this show and received the award for Outstanding Abstract Work.
This work was inspired by the dragon boat races on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The dragon boat awaits, early in the morning, mist rising from the river. The city still sleeps.
The exhibit will be held on four weekends beginning October 12 with an opening reception on Sunday, October 13th.
Stover Mill Gallery
852 River Road
Erwinna, PA 18920
Oct 12 - Nov 3, 2024
Opening Reception: Oct 13, 1-5 pm
Berks Art Alliance 45th Open Juried Exhibition
Juror Beth Bathe chose one of my new larger works, Omnium Gatherum Botanicum, for Berks Art Alliance’s annual juried show at GoggleWorks. It is a 36x48 in. work done in acrylic.
Schmidt Gallery
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts
201 Washington Street
Reading, PA 19601
Sep 3 - Oct 15, 2024
Opening Reception: Sep 6, 5-8 pm
Cerulean Arts 12th Annual Juried Exhibition
One of the works from my Copacetic series will be on display at Cerulean Arts 12th Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror Corrinne Chong, Assistant Curator at the Barnes Foundation, which runs selected Copacetic #2 from among 300 entries for the show at the Philadelphia gallery. The exhibition runs from June 19 to July 14.
Cerulean Gallery
1355 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Jun 19 - Jul 14, 2024
Opening Reception: June 22, 2-5 pm
Ellarslie Open 41
The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is hosting its annual juried show, the Ellarslie Open 41, which will include Truth Teller, one of the new pieces from my SuperPly collection, as chosen by juror and artist Kimberly Camp. The show will be in the Ellarslie Mansion, part of the Trenton City Museum in historic Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ.
Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie
299 Parkside Ave.
Trenton, NJ 08618
Jul 14 - Sep 29
Opening Reception: Jul 14, 1-4 pm
Woodmere Art Museum 82nd Annual Exhibition
The Woodmere Annual exhibition presents the work of Philadelphia’s contemporary artists. This year’s juror Joanne Grüne-Yanoff selected pieces by forty-eight artists working in sculpture, assemblage, ceramics, embroidery, painting, photography, video, mixed media, printmaking, drawing, collage, found object, and textile which address the question: What is Belonging?
Among these works is my End of the Day, a work done in acrylic, oil pastel and pencil.
A digital version of the catalogue can be found here.
Woodmere Art Museum
9201 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19117
Jun 8 - Sep 1, 2024
Opening Reception: June 8, 12-4 pm
National Art League
Juror Alex Ferrone, owner of Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY, selected my painting A Time To Rest, for the National Art League’s 93rd Annual Online Juried Open Exhibition. It is 60 x 60 inches, acrylic on loose canvas, and was originally painted for my solo Go Big or Go Home! show in Hillsboro, OR. It is one of my favorites.
The exhibit runs from June 19 to July 31.
Idaherma Museum of Art 6th Annual Online Juried Exhibition
Juror Shaun Daley has selected one of my Copacetic series works, Copacetic #4, for the Idaherma Museum of Arts’ 6th annual exhibition of works on paper. Jury selection was based on Creativity, Imagination, Style, Technical skill and Execution
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County Member Show
The A&C (formerly the R.E.D. Show) Member Show will be held this June at Freeman Hall in Doylestown, PA and will include my piece Copacetic #1, part of my Copacetic series. The show is open Saturdays and Sundays and runs from June 8 to June 28 online.
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County
Freeman Hall
181 East Court Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Show Dates: June 8-28, 2024
Three Weekends: June 8-9, 15-16, & 22-23
Open House and Awards: June 22, 1-4 pm
Blue Koi Gallery Black and White Virtual Exhibition
Blue Koi Gallery has selected Alone as a finalist for its Black and White virtual exhibition, June 2024. This curated collection showcases unique perspectives and stories, all expressed through the timeless elegance of black and white. Alone (pictured here), is part of my Sumi ink Marks series.
Ten Moir Gallery
The Colors of Humanity Art Gallery has chosen my piece Behind the Mask for its online Behind the Mask exhibition, scheduled to open May 25.
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery
The Colors of Humanity Art Gallery has chosen two pieces for its online Skies exhibition. They are Flyover Loop, right, and Touch the Sky, left. Touch the Sky was awarded an Honorable Mention price for the exhibition. It is the second award this painting has received.
The Center for Contemporary Art 2024 International Juried Exhibition
The Center for Contemporary Art is a popular destination for world-class contemporary art exhibitions and community-based arts education and programming. Juror Hunter O’Hanian selected my piece Alone from among over 900 entries from around the world for the Center’s annual juried show. Alone (pictured here), is part of my Sumi ink Marks series.
The Center for Contemporary Art
2020 Burnt Mills Road
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Jan 19 - Mar 17, 2024
Opening Reception: Jan 26, 2024 (6 - 8 pm)
Ignatian Literary Magazine
Three new pieces from my SuperPly series are to be featured in the Spring 2024 issue of the Ignatian Literary Magazine, published by the University of San Francisco. Works published in Ignatian are varied and eccentric, reflecting the creativity of writers and artists in the Bay Area and beyond. The three pieces are They Could Have Been a Mermaid, Not Yet, and Uphill Both Ways. The new issue will be out this spring.
Medford Arts Center 2024 Works on Paper Juried Exhibition
For this exhibit of works only on paper at the Medford Arts Center, juror Richard Hoffman chose Pouring Stars and awarded it the 2nd Place prize, saying, “Very graphic color and composition. Captures the viewer’s eye immediately. Bold imagery!”
Medford Arts Center
8 N. Main Street
Medford, NJ 08055
Feb 2 - Feb 29, 2024
Opening Reception: Feb 2, 2024 (6 - 8 pm)
Red Cedar Review
Established in 1963 at Michigan State University, Red Cedar Review is the longest-running undergraduate-managed publication in the United States. The Spring 2024 edition will feature my piece Sharp Corners.
Art of the Word
The Art of the Word is a virtual showcase of visual narratives from the Sasse Art Museum, leading its audience on a curated artistic journey. Every page of the show catalog unveils the remarkable creation of a different artist, interweaving images to form a harmonious experience. The jurors Fatemeh Burnes, Maurice Quillinan, and Niamh Cunningham selected works incorporating words or characters, creating a unique fusion of art and language, including my work Fully Inspected, part of my SuperPly series.
The exhibition catalog is now available for purchase on Amazon.
naæta
The Eclipse Center for Creative Community’s annual Halloween show is called náæta. This year’s show features curiosities, oddities, dark, grotesque and macabre artwork, including four pieces from my SuperPly series: Twofer, Tag, You’re It!, Mirror Mirror, They Gifts They Bring.
Eclipse Center for Creative Community
30 Vine Street
Lansdale, PA
Sep 29 - Nov 4, 2023
Opening Reception: Sep 29, 2023 (6 to 9 pm)
Closing Reception Nov 4, 2023 (6 to 8 pm)
4th Annual Creep Up!
Up Arts Incubator has chosen three SuperPly works for its annual other worldly Creep Up! show, an exhibit focused on all things spooky and spectacular, deadly and divine. This year the show is on-line only. The selected pieces are Carnage for Audubon, End of the Day, and 40 Winks.
Up Arts Incubator
30 Vine Street
Lansdale, PA
Oct 1 - Nov 1, 2023
By and About Women III
Juror Jean Dahlgren, President of The Delaware College of Art and Design, selected my piece She Kept Her Eye on the Bluebird of Happiness for this online show from the Regional Center for Women in the Arts.
Regional Center for Women in the Arts
Westtown, PA
Jun 19 - Sep 29, 2023
Artists of Yardley 11th Annual Juried Show
Juror Jessica Todd Smith, curator of American Art and manager of the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, selected my piece After Dinner Mints for this show at the Artists of Yardley Art Center. The show will be on display in-person and online.
AOY Art Center
949 Mirror Lake Road
Yardley, PA
Apr 14 - May 14, 2023
Opening Reception: Apr 14, 2023 (6 to 8 pm)
Art of the Flower
Something to Tide Me Over is a 24x48 in. painting done in acrylic and charcoal for my Go Big or Go Home show. Juror Janine Dunn Wade chose it for Medford Arts Center’s 2023 Art of the Flower Show. My painting will be part of their YouTube video about the show and their online display.
Medford Arts Center
Medford, NJ
Apr 7 - May 11, 2023
Philadelphia Stories
Touch the Sky has been selected for inclusion in the spring 2023 issue of Philadelphia Stories. This issue will be released in May and will be distributed in PA-NJ-DE. Philadelphia Stories is a print magazine that strives to publish the finest fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art written by authors living in, or originally from, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey.
May 2023
Code Numbers Safe [Un]Safe
Several pieces from my SuperPly series will be included in Code Number Safe [Un]Safe at the Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College. The premise of this exhibition is built around the concept of numbers and numeric systems holding values for safety and stability or on the contrary- impermanence and oppression. The cohort of artists participating in the exhibition use numbers and numeric identifiers to describe personal, process and historical narratives through sculpture, painting, collage or visual diagrams/images that symbolize spaces for realized well-being or containers of conflict. The exhibition is curated by Clifford Eberly. Pieces included are: Dance Dance Revolution (shown here), It’s a Conundrum (Which Came First?), Mirror Mirror, The Eyes Have it, and Carnage for Audubon. You can see these and other pieces in the series on my SuperPly page. You can check out a video tour of the exhibit and read a review.
Hicks Art Center Gallery
Bucks County CC
275 Swamp Road
Newton, PA
Jan 18 - Mar 4, 2023
Opening Reception: Feb 2, 2023 (4 to 6 pm)
Artist Talk: Feb 2, 2023 (2 pm)
Portray-It
Coffee with Artists and Evening Coffee (pictured here), part of my Crockery series, will be included in Powell Lane Arts Portray-It exhibition. This show features works that convey the essence of an object -- person, place, thing.
The Crockery series began as an exploration of using artist quality water soluble crayons and pencils (Neocolor II and Inktense) along with acrylic paints. Here the effects of pentimento and visibly overlapping planes seem like fleeting impressions, second thoughts and pieced together memories -- the cups and glasses on the table after everyday moments spent together over coffee, or lunch with a special friend, or book club.... The shapes and forms and textures and colors of the vessels that touch our lips and hold our fingerprints are so varied -- each as unique as the person who chose it.
Powell Lane Arts
6 Powell Lane
Collingswood, NJ
Jan 19 - Mar 12, 2023
Opening Reception: Jan 21, 2023 (3 to 6 pm).
Domenic DiStefano Memorial Works on Paper Exhibition
The Philadelphia Sketch Club is America’s oldest club for artists. Since 1860 the PSC has served as a meeting place, forum for ideas, and a vital bridge between the creators and supporters of art. For this exhibit, juror Mick McAndrews has chosen my work Possession (pictured here), part of my Marks series.
Philadelphia Sketch Club
235 S. Camac St.
Philadelphia, PA
Mar 5 - Mar 24, 2023
Opening Reception: Mar 5, 2023 (1 to 3 pm).
Mint Condition
Mint Condition is an online exhibition hosted by Midwestnice Art. The exhibition explores ideas of the new, new beginnings, perfection, fresh starts, and those unseen. My work Starting Over (Looks Confused) is one of the pieces selected for this show.
Rhythm & Blues
Hot Jazz Procession will be included in the Rhythm & Blues exhibit at the Studio Montclair Gallery, This exhibition includes artists who express the great musical gift of rhythm and blues through the visual arts, 2-D, 3-D, electronic, and digital. Studio Montclair is an inclusive, nationwide non-profit organization of exhibiting, professional and emerging artists and others interested in the visual arts.
Studio Montclair Gallery
127 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ
Feb 2 - Mar 10, 2023
Opening reception Feb 2, 2023 (7 to 8:30 pm)
Wild Things
Regal Pet Portrait will be included in the Wild Things exhibit at Meford Arts Center. This is an online and in person exhibit, showing anything wild, people places, plants and creatures. Regal Pet Portrait is available online only, but you can see the entire show online at Medford Arts Center. Works for this show were all selected by juror Lara Cantu-Hertzler.
Medford Arts Center
8 North Main Street
Medford, NJ
Jan 13 - Feb 9, 2023
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