MASS MoCA: Chronicle the development of Barbara Prey’s museum commission here
MASS MoCA's Building 6 now open and Barbara's painting — considered the world's largest watercolor — on view, watch [...]
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Painting Through the Irish Countryside
Barbara Prey painting at Glendalough I have a major museum commission for MASS MoCA , but before [...]
Painting Through Tudor England: A Unique Way to View History
Barbara Ernst Prey painting at Thornbury Castle, England I have books filled with my European and Asian travel drawings [...]
Last Weeks For Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible At The Met Breuer
I had been looking forward to this exhibit for a long time and was fortunate to be at the [...]
Summer Destination: Colonial Williamsburg
I was recently invited to serve on the board of the Colonial Williamsburg Art Museums. I had known of the museums since my time at Williams College as an important collection of American art and artifacts
A Walk Through the Art Show and the Armory Show
As an artist I am very interested in the process, and it was very informative to see Miro's brushes (not the originals but copies), the paints and colors he used and the other objects that were in his studio in Mallorca.
The Unseen Work of Preparing an Exhibit: An Artist’s Perspective
Fibonacci's Workshop, watercolor 32" x 40" Two exhibits of my work, Oil and Water and Re/Viewing the American Landscapeare currently on [...]
American Masterworks From the Corcoran at the National Gallery of Art
I was invited by The National Gallery of Art to give a presentation for the Winslow Homer exhibit with Chief Curator Franklin Kelly and Conservator Janet Walsh. I was also invited by The Corcoran Gallery of Art to give a gallery talk with Bechhoefer Curator of American Art Sarah Cash for the John Singer Sargent exhibit, Sargent and the Sea. I am familiar with both museum collections so it was of particular interest to me to see some of my favorite Corcoran paintings hanging at the National Gallery in a different light.
Painting Through Israel: A Different Way of Seeing
I have always traveled with my paints and sketchbook and was fortunate to live in Europe while the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, and then later in Asia as the awardee of a grant from The Henry Luce Foundation. I have books filled with my European and Asian travel drawings and watercolors. Some of them became illustrations for magazines such as The New Yorker, Gourmet, and the New York Times.