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An Artist Blog by Debbie Barrett-JonesDebbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-89343952358174445812019-02-10T18:12:00.002-08:002019-02-13T12:37:38.526-08:00Navy to Aqua to Brown Waves Tryptic Permanent Installation at Gallerie Apartments in Kansas City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was so excited and honored to have my woven print, <i><a href="https://www.debbiebarrettjones.com/women-to-watch-metals-kemper-museum-of-contemporary-art/" target="_blank">Navy to Aqua to Brown Waves Tryptic</a></i> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">selected as one of the permanent art collections in the stairwell at the </span><a href="https://www.galleriekc.com/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Gallerie Apartments </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in Kansas City. Here are the images from the installation. Special thanks to everyone involved in this amazing project!! Thank you, Milhaus and those involved with </span><a href="https://milhaus.com/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Milhaus</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for this amazing opportunity and special thanks to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">David Overholt and Zane Smith for all your hard work installing my pieces!!</span><br />
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<br />Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-67581750154814729512019-02-10T17:25:00.000-08:002019-02-10T17:32:58.869-08:00Weaving Live on Facebook Tuesday 2/12 at 1:30pm...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I told myself this morning, “It’s only yarn. It’s only yarn.” But deep inside looking at these threads on my loom, I see and feel so much more beyond just yarn. Seeing it takes me back to a time when I dyed this yarn for the largest installation I have ever done “Unspoken”...I actually wound this warp for scarves while I was working on the installation but didn’t have time to make it. Unspoken was one of the most impactful, beautiful and exhausting works I have ever created. </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Many unexpected highs and lows came with it....</span><br />
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We are excited to be collecting more toys for this amazing organization again, during the months of November and December. Not only will we be collecting toys from November 19-December 19 at all three Academie Layfatte campus' but during November 19-December 19 both;<br />
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Operation Breakthrough has expanded! We will now be able to enroll more than 700 children. That means they will have a lot more birthdays to celebrate! </div>
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For many years, the community has stocked the Birthday Closet at Operation Breakthrough with new toys so that every child, from ages 1 to 14, can receive a present on his or her birthday. This kindness makes a big difference for the children and their families. More than 70% of families at Operation Breakthrough are living on earnings of less than $12,000. Some children might not receive a gift on their special day without help from the Birthday Closet.</div>
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If you would like to help make the children's birthdays special, please consider donating a new, unwrapped toy or book. Especially popular are board games, Legos and other building sets, arts and craft supplies, cars and trucks, footballs, basketballs, science kits, journals and educational toys for children under age 5. </div>
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For more information, contact Jennifer Heinemann at <a href="mailto:jenniferh@operationbreakhrough.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">jenniferh@<wbr></wbr>operationbreakhrough.org</a> or 816-365-5059. Thank you! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">*With each toy or cash donation and you will receive 20% off your 'We are Going to France' purchase. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cora and Emma Jones of We are Going to France Designs are raising funds for two causes: Operation Breakthrough’s Birthday Closet, a stockpile of birthday gifts for children in need, and their class trip to France. Both girls go to a French immersion school that will give them the opportunity to go to France with the classmates at the end of their 6th grade. Emma is going into 3rd grade this fall and Cora will be in 6th grade. Cora now has less than a year to go, so she needs and wants to sell more of her handmade goods like origami star garlands, greeting cards, yarn necklaces, bracelets, and more. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">If you would like to help make the children's birthdays special, please consider donating a new, unwrapped toy or book. Especially popular are board games, Legos and other building sets, arts and craft supplies, cars and trucks, footballs, basketballs, science kits, journals and educational toys for children under age 5. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Written by Barbara O'Brien, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Exhibition Curator and Executive Director of <a href="https://www.kemperart.org/" target="_blank">Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.cheryleve.com/" target="_blank">Cheryl Eve Acosta</a></b> blurs the distinction between organic sculpture and personal adornment. A relative newcomer to Kansas City, Acosta has become a significant voice in the Crossroads community of artists. Her unique, sculptural jewelry has been prominently featured in KC Fashion Week, Fashion for a Cause, and 18th Street Fashion Show. Sitting and talking in her small, Crossroads storefront, where she has been for nearly five years, it was apparent that the objects she creates reflect not only the melding of cultures in her own life story but also the symbolic meaning of the organic forms forms incorporated into her artistic vocabulary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The story of my work," she said, "is the cycle of life. My mom was French, and I lived in France as a child. My dad was Puerto Rican. Living in Puerto Rico [were she moved at age six] shapes you as a Latina. My inspiration was the ocean, beach, life." After earning her master's degree at Rhode Island School of Design, Acosta spent a year in India "to decompress." Then she moved to Kansas City to be with her sister: "I have stayed in KC. The support here has allowed me to express and manifest my creative side. In a bigger city, that would have been more challenging. Here, I can create my DNA, my brand, my voice."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2009, Acosta began "growing metal"-drawing with copper on organza, using a conductive process in a liquid environment that she named her "own little ocean." The process "slowly became about birth," and she calls the resulting objects, including <i>Open to Heal</i> (cuff) and Withered Bloom (brooch) (both 2009), "sculptural jewelry." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In her most recent work, <i>Ciclos</i> (2015), thirteen brooches scatter across the expanse of a body or a museum vitrine. The spiral form, which Acosta calls "the shape of a life," is the dominant shape. Six layers of enamel that start as a wax form and come fused as glass in 1500-degree heat create the palette of <i>Birth</i> (2015), a cluster of copper barnacle-like forms with brilliant blue ringlets sparkling along the edges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Debbie Barret-Jones</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Angelica Sandoval</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jessica Thompson-Lee</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Written by Barbara O'Brien, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Exhibition Curator and Executive Director of <a href="https://www.kemperart.org/" target="_blank">Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.jessicathompsonlee.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Thompson-Lee</a> </b>inhabits a small studio space at the Belger Crane Yard Studios that belies some very big ideas, starting with her "lineage of art making practice." Her father, a retired Hallmark graphic designer, now shares his knowledge of casting and metalwork with Thompson-Lee. "When I was growing up, I was interested in art, but I never did art with my dad. It's only recently part of our relationship."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thompson-Lee works in the traditional sphere of lost-wax bronze casting mounted to a marble base. Her elegant forms, ranging from thirteen to eighteen inches in height, interpret her unique method of transforming fluid porcelain slip in the language of bronze. "I am constructing the mold making process; turning slip into the clay. I kept the idea of the slip and making unique things. I draw onto a plaster slab. I am not building; not throwing; but drawing with clay." Thompson-Lee files and sands the cast forms. "The bronze fights back," she says. Mounted on solid black marble, the sculptures connect with a classic viewing experience that is in playful dialogue with their open, organic forms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thompson-Lee draws inspiration from forms found in nature, especially caves and coral-neither of which she has experienced firsthand. "I look at a lot of caves. The inside of a cave is just beautiful. There is net fungus that literally grows in a net form. I look at a lot of coral and forms from the ocean-diatoms and microorganisms. I experience them through the reproduction of images...a mediated experience."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To my eye, the compositions in the three untitled works on view (all 2017) relate to the spine and the stance of a human figure finding balance against the forces of gravity. Thompson-Lee, a museum educator, defers to the viewer. "So much about contemporary art is about the viewers' experiences. When you title a piece you are planting an idea in a person's head. Everyone comes with different experiences, and their interpretation of a piece of art shows that."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: "helveticaneue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Jessica Thompson-Lee, </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232323; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Untitled</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: "helveticaneue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, 2017, bronze with marble base, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Angelica Sandoval</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Written by Barbara O'Brien, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Exhibition Curator and Executive Director of <a href="https://www.kemperart.org/" target="_blank">Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.studioasandoval.com/" target="_blank">Angelica Sandoval</a></b> grew up in Turner, Kansas and studied 3-D design at KCAI. While earning her master's at Cranbrook, she started "leaning more toward ceramics and light installation." After graduation, "The Crossroads was blowing up at that point and my family is here, so I moved back." Fore <i>Women to Watch </i>exhibition, Sandoval created the site-dependent installation <i>Empyrea</i>l (2017) in response to the sloping ceilings of the Sally Kemper Wood Gallery, but also as the culmination of an ongoing conceptual and formal investigation. More than fifty suspended from steel cables, drawing in space with flowing irregular lines. "Gravity will push and pull them in certain directions that are not determined until I install," Sandoval explains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sandoval carefully considers the gallery experience: "I extended the length of the steel rods to encourage the viewers to have a more intimate face-to-face interaction with the pieces." Lit from within by LED lights and staggered at heights from six feet (a near face-to-face experience) to just a few feet from the gallery ceiling, the porcelain forms feel like stars strewn across the night sky. The steel rods become gestures; their curvilinear form suggesting movement and animating the viewing experience, moving strongly away from any utilitarian function.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to Sandoval, "Empyreal is the word the ancients used to describe the highest form of heavens, formed of pure fire and light," and this installation culminates her "pursuit of the uncharted beauty of my orchestrated anthropomorphic pieces." The porcelain slip, which Sandoval uses in an unconventional way for its translucent qualities. "The varied thickness of the porcelain become visceral, playing into the attraction and repulsion of the beauty and ugliness of the pieces."</span></div>
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Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-77231939374041805652017-09-25T06:01:00.000-07:002017-09-26T06:31:31.708-07:00Women to Watch (Metals) Featuring Artist Desiree Warren<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Written by Barbara O'Brien, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Exhibition Curator and Executive Director of <a href="https://www.kemperart.org/" target="_blank">Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://80acresart.com/" target="_blank">Desiree Warren</a> </b>infuses an irreverence into her paintings that I cannot resist. Her instinct for combining materials creates a unique artistic vocabulary that bridges design, Pop-and Eco-culture. Outside the windows of her Hyde Park studio-a spacious room in the back of her home-is shed and a yard filled with recycled and gathered materials waiting to be turned into art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her senior sculpture project at the University of Kansas resulted in "a giant, wood carved, and anthropomorphic thing" related to growing up on eighty wooded acres. More important to the development of the work in <i>Women to Watch</i>, however, was a series of guerrilla sited street signs that showed a sense of humor and disruption. "I was doing a side project making fake street signs. I wondered if the recognition [for the viewer] was by signs [the shape] or by the reading[the text]." She changed "bide route" to "dyke route" and danger voltage" to "danger cleavage" and installed them in a park in Lawrence. The signs were removed, but Warren was allowed to retrieve them and took the opportunity to ask where official city signage material is sourced. Her discovery that an Ottawa business provides aluminum for street signs become the point of departure for the works on view. Aluminum became the support upon which her paintings would be created. "I'm not using fire," she shared, "but it is definitely metal."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Warren's artistic vocabulary combines these aluminum supports with vinyl die-cut into "orzo" shapes- a form she developed over seral years- and hand applied. The process also includes many layers of paint, either spray or brushed, and sanding, using resist and sgraffito which lends an element of mystery to the viewing experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Drape</i> (2017) creates a tone-on-tone depth with the paint application process: "I did a white spray-on primer. Three layers of white or cream and darker white. I sand between the layers of the three shades of white. Titanium acrylic is hand-brushed and then also sanded." In <i>Flow/Spark </i>(2017) Warren painted the panel a blue then applied transparent vinyl to create visual layers. "I painted over with yellows and greens and then sanded a halo with an orbital sander [to] leave a nice shadow. ... I like the tension of leaving space or an edge. It adds a tension to the story."</span></div>
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Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-58358887497445811122017-06-23T05:42:00.001-07:002017-06-23T05:44:00.871-07:00Fundraising for New Weaving Loom July, 8, 12-3pm | Weaving Loom Fundraiser Event<span style="font-size: 23px;"><span style="color: brown;">Fundraising for New Weaving Loom</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">July, 8, 12-3pm | Weaving Loom Fundraiser Event | Debbie Barrett-Jones Textile Studio | 633 East 63rd Street | KCMO </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">Last spring, I moved my loom outside of my home for the first time in 11 years, into my new studio space located in East Brookside. For the first few months, it went really, really well and I loved to show anyone that walked into my space, how a woven piece of textile was made. But when October came around, I really started missing having my loom at home....<br /><br />( Click on this<a data-cke-saved-href="http://debbiebarrettjones.blogspot.com/2017/02/looks-little-different-in-my-studio.html" href="http://debbiebarrettjones.blogspot.com/2017/02/looks-little-different-in-my-studio.html" target="_blank"> link</a> to read my blog entry from Monday, February 6, 2017. )</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think by now, most of you know I love to weave.....especially scarves! I have owned my small used Baby Wolf Schacht 8-harness Loom for more than 12 years. And on that loom, I have woven more than 600 scarves. I purchased my used loom when was a junior at the Kansas City Art Institute. Now my loom is more than 20 years old and is not as smooth weaving as it used to be..... I would love to purchase another loom just like it. I know by now, that I absolutely love to weave from this type of loom and would definitely put two looms to use. The loom I have right now will stay at home and this new loom would be located at and worked from my East Brookside studio. I am confident both will be well used and appreciated.<br /><br />I am now needing to raise close to <strong>$3,000</strong> for a new loom with a bench. I am hoping to purchase it by the end of July or sooner, so it can be included in my upcoming show in August-September at <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.leedy-voulkos.com/" href="https://www.leedy-voulkos.com/" target="_blank">Leedy-Voulkos Art Center</a> with my sister <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.kristinebarrett.com/" href="http://www.kristinebarrett.com/" target="_blank">Kristine Barret</a>t called <em>Sanctuaries. </em>So, since the Opening Installation/Performance is Thursday, August 3rd, I need to raise the money quickly. A purchase of any of pieces will help pay for this loom. I will have an <strong>Open Studio</strong> this Saturday, June 17th 12-3pm to help start funding and a <strong>Weaving Loom Fundraiser Event</strong> on Saturday, July 8th, 12-3pm. (Details to come in next newsletter.)<br /><br /> If you would like to help in any way, here are some ideas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These handmade accessories can be wrapped around your neck two or three times, depending on how you like it and can be paired with a woven scarf. The perfect gift, each packaged in a cute box with a clear lid, all ready to be given. (Also, I take custom orders.)<br /><br />or</span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I could purchase a new loom if I sold.....<br />* 18 Woven Scarves</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Along with weaving large-scale commission pieces for sanctuaries, businesses, and the home, I develop new ideas on a smaller scale. Weaving scarves and shawls are like sketches; each one is a new composition. I have made sold more than 600 scarves and each one is one-of-a-kind and unique. Color is where I find inspiration, and that is why I hand-dye each color in these pieces. I consider each scarf as a piece of artwork that is wearable.<br /><br />or<br /><br /><strong>I could purchase a new loom if I sold.....</strong><br />*<strong> 5-10 Digital Prints of Original Weaving on Metal- Small to Medium Size<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/34086a760d770ac98f104a76a/_compresseds/9c9ef7b8-05fa-4389-9b72-796eef46729d.jpg" data-file-id="3050073" height="305" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/34086a760d770ac98f104a76a/_compresseds/9c9ef7b8-05fa-4389-9b72-796eef46729d.jpg" style="border: 0px initial; height: 305px; margin: 0px; width: 600px;" width="600" /></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">For many years, I have loved sitting at my loom weaving but have been frustrated that I can only work with horizontal and vertical lines. Now I can take my original woven textile and through digital manipulation, I can move those horizontal and vertical lines in all different directions by coming up with new designs and compositions that still show off the beautiful weaving structure that I love. </span><br /><br />or<br /><br /><strong>I could purchase a new loom if I sold.....<br />* 1-3 Fine Art Woven Textile or Limited Edition Digital Print of Original Weaving</strong><br /><a data-cke-saved-href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/section/318259.html" href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/section/318259.html" target="_blank"><img data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/34086a760d770ac98f104a76a/images/442666fb-491c-4aae-b097-4d5903a407ab.png" data-file-id="3036705" height="399" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/34086a760d770ac98f104a76a/images/442666fb-491c-4aae-b097-4d5903a407ab.png" style="border: 0px; height: 399px; margin: 0px; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/section/318259.html" href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/section/318259.html" target="_blank">Fine Art Woven Textile or Limited Edition Digital Print of Original Weaving start at $700</a></span><br /><br /><span style="color: dimgrey;">There is truly something amazing about having artwork in a room, lobby and hallway that helps bring warmth, new life, and energy; not only to your space but also to the viewer. I would love to help transform your space, big or small, rather it is your living room, bedroom, staircase, office, lobby, hospital waiting room or a sanctuary, by creating the perfect custom woven art piece.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">Here are just a few ideas, if you would like to help out with raising funds for my new loom. Please contact me if you have any questions about my artwork and/or would like to set up an appointment for a consultation. Feel free to check out my </span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/home.html" href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: dimgrey;"><strong>website</strong></span></a><span style="color: dimgrey;"> to view examples of my woven textiles in homes, businesses, hospitals, places of worship and gallery spaces and my online shop to purchase my necklaces, scarves, and prints. Thank you so much for all your support throughout the years. You have helped be a part of my passion. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: dimgrey;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All the best and hope to see you soon!</span><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Debbie Barrett-Jones</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-3d56e635-effc-cf6d-ee68-498ab6bf54fa" style="font-family: open sans,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Contact Information:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Debbie Barrett-Jones Textiles Studio/Retail Space </span><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">633 East 63rd St.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kansas City, MO 64110 </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">Email: </span></span><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/contact.html" href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/contact.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: dimgrey;">debbiebarrettjonestextiles@gmail.com</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">Phone: 816-718-6732 </span></span></span>Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-44173576190701259552017-06-23T05:15:00.000-07:002017-06-24T13:58:53.426-07:00Women to Watch | METALS | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><a href="https://www.kemperart.org/" target="_blank">Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art</a></strong>, in cooperation with the Kansas City Chapter of the <a href="https://nmwa.org/" target="_blank">National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)</a>, is proud to host <em>Women to Watch | Metals</em> June 16, 2017–January 28, 2018. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <em>Women to Watch</em> exhibition series features emerging or underrepresented artists from the states and countries in which NMWA has outreach committees. From the ornamental to the functional, this year’s exhibition explores metal as a medium.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juried and curated by Kemper Museum Executive Director Barbara O’Brien. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Women to Watch | METALS</em> features the following artists:<br /><a href="http://www.cheryleve.com/" target="_blank">Cheryl Eve Acosta</a><br /><a href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/home.html" target="_blank">Debbie Barrett-Jones</a><br /><a href="http://www.studioasandoval.com/" target="_blank">Angelica Sandoval</a><br /><a href="http://www.jessicathompsonlee.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Thompson-Lee</a><br /><a href="http://80acresart.com/" target="_blank">Desiree Warren</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "playfair display" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong>Panel Discussion with Artist</strong><br />Thursday, September 28<br />5:00 p.m. cash bar, 6:00 p.m. panel discussion</span></span></div>
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<br />Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com04420 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA39.0464242 -94.5851197-35.1338888 100.1805053 90 70.6492553tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-36270022623441771622017-05-31T07:53:00.001-07:002017-05-31T07:59:04.530-07:00May-July 1 |Point of Reference | Weinberger Fine Art | KCMO<style type="text/css"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px '.SF NS Text'; color: #1d2129; -webkit-text-stroke: #1d2129; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #365899; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #365899} </style>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Weinberger Fine Art's exhibition, Point of Reference, features work by Stephen T. Johnson, Travis Pratt, and Debbie Barrett-Jones. The exhibition has been curated to showcase recent and previous artworks from each artist in an effort to encourage viewers to ask questions and make connections regarding the evolution of the artist's studio practice. How does one series of work affect or overlap with the next and which questions do the artists continue to ask and answer through their studio practice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An Opening Reception for Point of Reference | Past and Present Works will be held on May 4 from 5-8pm at the gallery with an Artist Talk at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Weaving at this loom has been a gift from the very first day I brought it home after traveling more than 13 hours to pick it up in Cincinnati with a classmate of mine from KCAI. The process before weaving and the act of actually sitting at my loom and weaving has also been a gift of healing to me in many ways. It has helped me process and heal from loss, deal with health issues and chronic pain along with anxiety. Everyday I get to sit at my loom is not only an act of creativity but is also therapeutic. </span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is not just a machine that helps make a piece of woven cloth but it has become my sanctuary of peace for almost 12 years. It helps bring calm to my anxiety and helps balance my life. I have also loved that I can weave with my daughters surrounding me. They get to see their mom happy and using her passion for creativity along with spending time with each other. I also get a lot weaving done at home, working between daily chores or right before going to bed. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Since the end of November, I have really felt lost without my loom at home. I thought about moving it back many times but considered that a “failure” in some way. I wanted to quickly purchase another loom but I knew it would be a foolish decision finically, especially during the holidays. Don’t get me wrong, I seriously LOVE my new studio space and it is GREAT having a space separate from my home, but I have really, REALLY missed weaving from my loom at home more. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, I decided the healthiest thing for me right now in life, especially during these winter months, is to move it back home. Last Saturday my husband helped with the move and I feel absolutely terrific. I know this sounds cheesy to some people, but I feel whole and balanced again and healthier with a sense of hope. That is how much the act of weaving means to me.</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Immediately on Saturday, after moving it back into my basement studio, I actually felt motivated to clean the house and studio. My studio hasn’t been cleaned since October……. And I cleaned my car on Sunday, which I have neglected for months. I found the motivation because I knew at anytime I could sit at my loom and weave, if only for five minutes at a time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e5665; line-height: 18.76px; white-space: normal;">We are ready to open our doors and invite you to our Open House on Friday April 29th, 5pm-8pm. If you have never seen a weaving loom in action, I would love share the wonders of weaving with you. And make sure to stop by Golden & Pine Artists & Artisans, our awesome neighbors, Golden & P</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #4e5665; display: inline; line-height: 18.76px; white-space: normal;">ine are having an event in celebration of the Brookside Art Annual.<br /><br />Please contact me through my website, <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.debbiebarrettjones.com%2F&h=9AQGUPoof&enc=AZPv8bPiA5RKgdeW5y11Bdg8ecls0PmX3Y2EPv1h6mNkg130wanamZaZER3zYRAwzmo&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.debbiebarrettjones.com</a>, to schedule a private visit or stop by most Fridays where I will be weaving new scarves.<br /><br />Upcoming Events:<br />New Weaving Studio Open House<br />Friday April 29th; 4pm-8pm<br />633 East 63rd St<br />Kansas City, MO 64110<br /><br />Art Opening; Woven Shades of Blue with Gold Triptych Art by Debbie Barrett-Jones<br />Friday May 6th, 10am-6pm.<br />Lead Bank Kansas City Crossroads<br />1801 Main St<br />Kansas City, MO 64108<br /><br />New Weaving Studio Grand Opening<br />Thursday June 16th; 4pm-8pm<br />633 East 63rd St<br />Kansas City, MO 64110</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #4e5665; display: inline; line-height: 18.76px; white-space: normal;"><br />Solo Show at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center/ KCMO<br />October-November, 2016</span><br />
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You’d be hard-pressed to come away from a conversation with Debbie Barrett-Jones, 36, without feeling ready to tackle every dream you’ve ever had.</div>
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Barrett-Jones is a weaving artist whose work ranges from large-scale two-dimensional weavings to wearable pieces like scarves and shawls, all made from hand-dyed yarn. She’s currently creating a triptych art piece for Lead Bank in the Crossroads. It’s an opportunity that came after Josh Rowland, the bank’s vice chairman, heard her give an inspirational talk at an <a href="https://artskc.org/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d76ba; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">ArtsKC</a> breakfast.</div>
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The breakfast was in October. By January, Barrett-Jones was brainstorming, and at the end of April the installation will be completed. She’s revisiting an old concept, a project she made two years ago with varying shades of blue and a bold gold that she sold before she was totally ready to part with.</div>
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“I don’t want to hold onto my work necessarily,” Barrett-Jones says, “But there was something visually compelling in that with the colors that I just wanted more time to look at it.”</div>
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Barrett-Jones originally planned to be a nurse, but soon after starting the program her gut told her it wasn’t the right path.</div>
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“I looked at it as a failure that I couldn’t do it,” she says.</div>
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She worked at an adult day care while her husband went through school, and later — at the insistence of her older sister, a Kansas City Art Institute graduate — applied to KCAI herself.</div>
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“Then all of a sudden I was in art school and loving everything I was doing,” she says. “I just loved pretty much every moment. And when people complained about it, I was just like: ‘You have no idea. This is amazing.’<span class="ng-command" data-value="133" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>”</div>
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She received her first commission during her sophomore year for a piece to go in Community Christian Church, which is near the Country Club Plaza and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. When she graduated, her first daughter, now 9, was 4 months old. She now has another child, also a girl, but in between daughters she had a miscarriage.</div>
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“Through that I realized how much weaving and the process of weaving just has really helped me get through a lot and heal through a lot,” Barrett-Jones says. “While I was going through the healing process, I got a commission from Children’s Mercy Hospital. … I used it as a tool.”</div>
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Her artwork went into the only hospice room in the hospital, just off of the chapel.</div>
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“I was meant to do that to help bring some sort of comfort to people in a hospital setting with my artwork in this space, in this time.”</div>
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Her desire for her work to bring peace and comfort isn’t at odds with a bank setting, she says.</div>
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“A bank, you know, it’s not a place I like going to. I have the worries of: ‘Can I make it this month? Am I successful?’ All of those worries at a bank that can be happening, and so if I can allow those people just to have a moment of peace by looking at something visually pleasing to the eye, that’s what I would like.”</div>
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The process brings that sensation to herself as well.</div>
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“Thread by thread, color by color, you get to make a piece of fabric using your arms and your legs, and hearing these sounds of the loom. It’s really therapeutic and satisfying.”</div>
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Barrett-Jones is planning to work outside her home for the first time in May, when she’ll be opening a studio with Amina Marie Millinery, a textile artist, at 63rd Street and Holmes Avenue in Brookside. She has a solo show coming up in the fall at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Careful consideration went into choosing the right colors for this piece. Josh Rowland of Lead Bank in the Crossroads and I decided that the design with the shades of blue would be great for the space in the lobby that provides a sense of simplicity and complexity at the same time, using a gradual color gradation from white to dark blue interrupted by a bold golden yellow stripe. The the weft woven all in gold, helps the blues to pop out visually depending on how/and where you view it. The amazing thing about a woven piece of textile is that you can see something different from you view of the piece from right to left and top to bottom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We chose a design with less colors throughout the piece to help viewer not to be too overwhelmed or over stimulated visually by an art piece. An art piece that is calming, intriguing, beautiful and thought provoking. </span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's it something from my artist statement. That I think is perfect for this piece. </span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"It is so easy to live each day being distracted and overwhelmed with worries and the chaos of our busy lives that we don’t take the time to slow down and allow ourselves to enjoy a calming moment. The goal in creating my art is to be able to give my viewer the opportunity to have time to slow down and breath, being stimulated by visual art that is pleasing to the eye and peaceful to the mind."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All the winding for this project took many hours and days to finish. While I am winding I sometimes watch movies or listen to music or audio books, but lately, for this project I found myself listening to nothing but of the sound that the winders make. At first it can feel very uncomfortable not being entertained when doing something so monotonous and "boring". I can also loose my patience, especially when there are tangles in the yarn. But when I try to focus on the present moment as the metal swift and yarn on it goes round and round; I find myself enjoying the quiet, calming and almost meditative state I am able to experience. My worries and the stress that I carry that moment are a little less and I have room to be thankful for more. </span></div>
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Wind the yarn at the Warping Board. My warp, the yarn that will go on the loom, is 3 and 1/2 yards long. </div>
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Threading the yarn through the reed. 20EIP which means 20 throughs per inch. So I have more that 880 individual threads that are each 3 and 1/2 yards long. </div>
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Right before Easter this year I was asked to create a table runner for First Christian Church's communion table. This church in North Kansas City is special to me because the fall after graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2007, I was commissioned to create two large weaving for their sanctuary. These two pieces were created on my 45" dobby loom that I was able to purchase with the commission money that I received from Community Christian Church the summer after graduating. (Have I mentioned how much I love my AVL loom?) I really, REALLY do!! :)</div>
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Two hand-dyed, hand-woven textiles made for First Christian Church in the fall of 2007. </div>
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Down below are all the process images I took along the way to create this piece. </div>
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After calculating the exact amount of yarn I needed for this project, I started winding my skeins. </div>
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Brushing, tightening and winding the yarn on my loom. </div>
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<br />Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-44700075695948584082015-11-25T18:53:00.001-08:002015-11-25T19:08:31.644-08:00Holiday Trunk Show/ Studio Space Fundraiser Event<br />
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Come join the holiday cheer with food and drinks while supporting local textile artist, Debbie Barrett-Jones' next new adventure, moving her art studio to Brookside in 2016. Make this season extra special with the perfect, one-of-a-kind woven gift for you or your loved one. Debbie will have her large hand-dyed, woven textiles, scarves and yarn necklaces, available to purchase. Happy Scarf Season and hope to see you there! Click this link to join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1689094957978097/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> event. </div>
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Please contact Debbie with any questions at <a href="mailto:debbiebarrettjones@gmail.com">debbiebarrettjones@gmail.com</a>.</div>
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**If you cannot make it to this event, please consider shopping online at <a href="http://www.debbiebarrettjones.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">www.debbiebarrettjones.com</span></a> or stop by <a href="http://tallulahbelles.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tallulah Belles</span></a>, 5255 W. 116th Pl, Leawood KS during 12/13-12/19. Barrett-Jones will be their featured artist, selling her woven scarves, textiles and yarn necklaces. Artist's reception will be Thursday 12/17, 4-8pm.**</div>
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To learn more about her move to Brookside, please click on this <a href="http://debbiebarrettjones.blogspot.com/2015/11/i-have-maintained-textile-studio-in-my.html" target="_blank">link</a>. Thank you!</div>
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Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-71750788074758056022015-11-16T09:38:00.001-08:002017-09-29T05:53:48.057-07:00Moving my Art Studio to Brookside, Kansas City MO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.45px; text-align: justify;">I have maintained a textile studio in my home since I graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute. However, in 2016 I will be opening my first publically accessible studio where I will make and sell my hand-woven textiles.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: Lato, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21.45px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 21.45px; text-align: justify;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.45px; text-align: justify;">This will give the opportunity to interact with another textile artist, share weaving with the public and provide a space to sell my custom colored, fine art textiles and accessories such as scarves, shawls and necklaces. The visibility and sales opportunity provided by the studio will be a great addition to my current gallery representation. Additionally, the studio will help me achieve the balance I seek between my family responsibilities and that of a working artist.<br /><br />This is a huge new adventure for me and would not be possible without the support of all those that have been there encouraging me with kind words and purchasing my woven textiles, since I first started weaving. And I ask that you please continue to support me with your encouragement by cheering me on, pass the word on about my move to Brookside. I will be updating the progress through my Newsletter, <a href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/home.html" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank">website</a>,<a href="https://www.facebook.com/debbiebarrettjonestextiles/" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and my <a href="http://debbiebarrettjones.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank">blog</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: teal;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fundraising</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.45px; text-align: justify;">I am currently in the fundraising stage of my move. If you would like to help participate in raising money for this new studio and move, here are a few ways you can;<br /><strong><span style="color: red;">*</span></strong>You can do this by coming to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1689094957978097/" target="_blank">Holiday Trunk Show/Studio Fundraiser</a> hosted by Susan Lordi-Marker on Thursday December 10th, 6-8:30. All my scarves and woven wall hangings will be available for purchase to help raise money for my studio move. You can read more details about this event down below.<br /><strong><span style="color: red;">*</span></strong>Shop on-line. I opened a new on-line shop in October where you can easily purchase my woven textiles. Please consider this holiday season, giving a gift of a one-of-a-kind handwoven textile. Please click on this <a href="https://squareup.com/market/debbie-barrett-jones-designs" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank"><span style="color: teal;">link</span></a> to visit my textile shop.<br />and/or<br /><strong><span style="color: red;">*</span></strong>Lastly, if you simply want to donate any amount with helping me raise money, I would greatly appreciate it. I have added a donate button to the homepage of my blog. Just click on this <a href="http://debbiebarrettjones.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank"><span style="color: teal;">link</span></a>, and you will see the "Donate" feature on the right side of your screen.<br /><br />Since learning how to weave in 2004, my passion is to create artwork that is beautiful, genuine thoughtful and inspiring. I have made and sold hundreds of woven textiles throughout the world. And none of this would be possible without your wonderful support, rather it be an encouraging word or the purchase of a woven textile, it has mattered to me and made a difference in my life. Thank you again and look forward seeing you in Brookside next year.<br /><br />Feel free to <a href="http://debbiebarrettjones.com/contact.html" style="color: #2baadf;" target="_blank">contact </a>me if you have any questions. </span></span></div>
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Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-63786741687122675032015-11-02T06:31:00.002-08:002015-11-03T05:24:10.576-08:00ArtsKC Inspiration Breakfast Woven Commission<br />
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<span class="s1">I was commissioned by ArtsKC to make scarves for their Inspiration Breakfast Honorary Chair Bobby Epsten and Event Chairs Brad Douglas and Arzie Umali. I hand-dyed two separate tencel warps, one that had a color gradation from silver to black and the other black to silver. Then I striped them next to each other on the loom. All three were woven with different wefts.</span><span class="s2"> Here's a look at each of them. </span></div>
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This one was for Brad Douglas. All three scarves, I hand-dyed two separate tencel warps, one that had a color gradation from silver to black and the other black to silver. Then I striped them next to each other on the loom. Then I choose to weave this one with black bamboo yarn.</div>
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<span class="s1">This one was for Bobby Epsten. I choose to weave this one with chocolate brown merion/tencel yarn.</span><span class="s2"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">I choose the fiber department just because I thought it would be fun to learn how to sew. On the first day of my sophomore year, I stepped into the room full of looms and shelves of yarn and knew was in the right place.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">I loved every minute of being in the weaving studio at KCAI, being taught by such amazing teachers. Just behind me is an example of one of my hand-dyed, woven textiles I made to hang in the three story stairwell located in the Vanderslice Building for one of my weaving projects. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Four years ago I was selected to make a piece for the new </span><a href="http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/Newsroom/Latest_News/Headlines/Children_s_Mercy_dedicates_the_new_Lisa_Barth_Interfaith_Chapel/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lisa Barth Interfaith Chapel</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that was being built at Children's Mercy Hospital. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For an entire year I was given update on this beautiful chapel along with images of different artwork that was selected along with mine. A few months before the opening of the chapel, I was shocked to find out that my piece was not going to be in the chapel but was to be placed in a side room by itself.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">This room was the only room in the hospital that was converted into a hospice room. There hung my piece.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was humbled, and in awe. When I have my doubts, and I still do, I remember the Children's Mercy piece hanging in their hospice room, and am reminded that is what I know I was made to do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial, helvetica; line-height: 22px;">"Artist INC is a cutting edge training seminar that addresses the specific business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face every day. Limited to 25 participants per session, artists gather for one night a week for eight weeks to learn business skills specific to their art practice and apply those skills cooperatively with their peers. Using an innovative class design, artists learn and grow together through artist facilitator mentoring, small group application activities, as well as large group discussion and multi-media lecture. Now in its seventh year, the Artist INC workshop has been completed by more than 300 Kansas City artists. "</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">This was extremely beneficial for me in many ways. The last time I was in a classroom setting was when I was attending KCAI in 2003-2007. Most of you know that my husband and I found out we were expecting our first daughter, Cora, right before my senior year. She was born at the end of December in 2006. So when I graduated with a four month old daughter, I made a decision that I wanted to find a balance everyday to be a healthy wife, mom and an artist. It has been extremely hard sometimes but extremely rewarding at the same time. I would't have it any other way. The beauty in my children help inspire my work on a daily basis. And the balance of working when I can find time in between naps and while they are at friends and my parents house, and at night, helps me to not take studio time for granted. Owning and running my own art business can be exhausting while balancing motherhood. I am in charge of not only creating but marketing and selling my artwork. So, this class helped me in areas of my business and art that I have needed help with for years. It was a pleasure to also meet other artists and be encouraged and inspired by their stories, art, struggles and success. I will miss my Monday night classes and classmates. </span><br /><br />Down below are the list of artist I got to spend the last nine weeks with. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Elaine Buss <a href="http://www.elainebuss.com/">www.elainebuss.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Morgan Cooper <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/cooperfilmskc">www.vimeo.com/cooperfilmskc</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Betse Ellis <a href="http://www.fiddlebetse.com/">www.fiddlebetse.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Emily Evans Sloan <a href="http://www.images.taffyfoto.com/">www.images.taffyfoto.com</a> <a href="http://www.traileroftruth.com/">www.traileroftruth.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Noor Higley</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Brian Huther </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Camry Ivory <a href="http://www.camryivory.com/">www.camryivory.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Jesse Kates <a href="http://www.sexyaccident.com/">www.sexyaccident.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Michael McClintock <a href="http://www.michaelmcclintockmusic.com/">www.michaelmcclintockmusic.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Sydney Pener <a href="http://www.sydneypener.com/">www.sydneypener.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Danielle Prestidge <a href="http://www.theblackbirdrevue.com/">www.theblackbirdrevue.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Cydney Ross <a href="http://www.cydneyross.com/">www.cydneyross.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Michael Schliefke <a href="http://www.schliefkevision.com/">www.schliefkevision.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Calvin Scott <a href="http://www.calvinarsenia.com/">www.calvinarsenia.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Brandon Segelke <a href="http://www.brandonbo.com/">www.brandonbo.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Phil Shafer <a href="http://www.sikestyle.com/">www.sikestyle.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Anson the Ornery <a href="http://www.ansontheornery.com/">www.ansontheornery.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Jen Watson <a href="http://www.jen-watson.com/">www.jen-watson.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Paul Wenske </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Casey Whittier <a href="http://www.caseywhittier.com/">www.caseywhittier.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Don Wilkison </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Clarke Wyatt </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Cody Wyoming <a href="http://www.philistineskc.com/">www.Philistineskc.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span>Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320006263632869096.post-86950885299090736082015-04-28T11:36:00.001-07:002015-04-28T11:38:02.214-07:00The soothing sounds of weaving......Debbie Barrett-Jones Textiles<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tKxvf2poQIc" width="480"></iframe><br />
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Some may find this sound annoying...... and I would totally understand that. It is not for everyone. But for me, I could fall asleep to this sound. I just might make an app for that. The soothing sounds of weaving. ;)Debbie Barrett-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146485446973011020noreply@blogger.com0