May at The Barn

“Water and Thread” Exhibit Blends Fiber and Watercolor

Fiber Art at The Barn welcomes the creative and amazing blend of fiber and fine art in the exhibition Water and Thread by Kim Pickard in The Barn gallery May 5-14, 2023. An opening reception with Kim present to discuss her art will take place Friday, May 5 from 6-8 p.m.

University, followed by years of working as a toy painter for Hasbro toys, helped develop her sense of color and a foundation for her use of color in any project she tackles. She enhanced her quilting and painting by joining the Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Art Guild and being a member of Nancy Neville’s Tuesday Painters at the Barn; experiences that will be evident in this show of sixty pieces of art.

Extended gallery hours will be in effect for this special one woman show: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on the weekends. The Barn is handicapped accessible and ample street parking and Barn parking is available. The exhibition is free, although donations are always accepted to continue bringing Fiber Art exhibits to the Barn.

The Barn is pleased to host The Children’s Theatre

On May 6 at 10 a.m., The Barn will host The Children’s Theatre’s Shirley Chisholm: The Chisholm Trail for children and their adult companions. Shirley Chisholm: The Chisholm Trail is inspired by the life and legacy of Shirley Chisholm.

A vivid imagination and a creative spark of energy comes to Kim’s work in the form of fiber art quilts and paintings of whimsical games, animals, and flowers. A BA in Art from DePauw

Kim continues to enjoy these hobbies after retiring as an Oncology Nurse for twenty years and uses her art forms for enjoyment and relation. The showcase piece in the gallery that will bring smiles and lots of reminiscing to all who observe it - young and old - is a quilt comprised of 147 games from her childhood and her children’s childhoods. This is a very large and colorful piece for all to enjoy. The quilt was nine years in the making with the Covid isolation period helping Kim to finish it.

Much of Kim’s work is fun and without boundaries, as she has stated, “I just would not be able to work on a precision traditional quilt or many of the rules of painting and fine art.” The direct relationship between color and the emotional content of symbolism in Water and Thread should not be missed.

Brandi La’Sherrill, the storyteller, challenges audiences to confront the pre-judgments made each time we step into a room full of strangers, or behind a podium as the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, as well as the first black female presidential candidate.

As audiences learn of Shirley Chisholm’s impact as a woman who dared to be a catalyst for change, they also learn how snap judgments prevented her from having a seat at the table. But…“If they don’t give you a seat to the table, bring a folding chair.”-Shirley Chisholm. To register, please go to artatthebarn.org.

ARTflix: Exploring Art and History Through Film

The Barn invites the community to attend its monthly evening of ARTflix on May 11 for Museum Town. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and

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The Barn (from previous page) the film begins at 7 p.m. BYOB. Refreshments and soft drinks are complimentary. $5 entrance fee.

Museum Town tells the story of a unique museum and the great risk, hope and power of art that transformed a desolate post-industrial city. In 2017, MASS MoCA became the largest museum for contemporary art in the world. Three decades earlier, its vast brick buildings were the abandoned relics of a massive, shuttered factory. A testament to tenacity and imagination, Museum Town traces the remarkable story of how a rural Massachusetts town went from economic collapse to an art mecca.

Threaded with interviews of a diverse cast - a tattooed curator, a fabricator, former factory worker, and shopkeepers—the film also looks at the artistic process, tracking the work and ideas of artist Nick Cave as he creates his groundbreaking installation. With appearances by artists James Turrell and David Byrne, a soundtrack from John Stirratt of Wilco, Museum Town captures the meeting of small-town USA with the global art world as it tells a tale that is, like any great artwork, soulful, thought-provoking and unforgettable. Narration by Meryl Streep.

To register, go to artathebarn.org, then click on “this is what happens at The Barn,” then go to ARTflix.

Summer ARTflix include the following:

June 8: Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Possible

July 13: Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World

August 10: Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

Classes: Time for a Change?

For a list of classes featuring lessons in various mediums and for all levels, please visit artatthebarn.org.

The Barn is located at 6980 Cambridge in Mariemont. 513-272-3700. For more information about The Barn, please visit artthebarn.org