Events / News
2024
“Waves of Wonder,” Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Savannah, GA, curator, Tania June Sammons. June 5 to September 1, 2024, Opening June 5.
Lyndon House Arts Center, Art Mart, May 11, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, 211 Hoyt Street, Athens, GA.
“Half-Way Home,” Art League of Hilton Head’s Sea Turtle Patrol Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head, SC, July 23 to July 30, Closing Reception, July 30, 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
“Drifters Revealed: From the Nets of Tasmania and Beyond,” ICES -PICES 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium Art – Science Exhibition, The Bond Store, Tasmania Museum of Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 2024
“25th Handcrafted 2024,” the Marla V. Howard Arts Centre at the Imperial Centre, Rocky Mount, NC, juror, Marlene True, executive director, Pocosin Arts School of Arts and Crafts, Columbia, SC, January – May.
Celebration 2024, Georgia Museum of Natural History, “Sunken Treasures: the Art and Science of Coral Reefs,” by Dr. James Porter, Hargrett Special Collections Library, University of Georgia.
Silent Auction donation of “Star Reef Coral Necklace.”
Distinguished Alumni Award Medal, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, Athens. Bronze medal designed by Barbara Mann, presented April 19, 2024.
2023
Cuttlefish Casting Demonstration, Skidaway Marine Science Day, UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, Skidaway Island, GA, October 14, 2023.
“New Exhibition at the UGA Aquarium Showcases Metal Art Inspired by the Marine Carbon Cycle,” by Emily Kenworthy, Public Relations Coordinator, University of Georgia’s Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant’s communications program.
2021 – 2022
I am thrilled to announce that I have received an Artist Grant from the Georgia Sea Grant’s Artists, Writers and Scholars Program, in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
I will create five jewelry and metal objects to be exhibited within the next year.
Recently, I went to visit Skidaway Island, near Savannah, to do research at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. I had the privilege of meeting with several knowledgeable and generous scientists who guided me through the Phytoplankton Monitoring Center, the Oyster Research Center, the University of Georgia Aquarium, and the Institute of Oceanography.
https://gacoast.uga.edu/research/funding/aws-program/
Athens Metal Arts Guild Exhibition
Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, South Carolina — December 9 – January 22, 2022 — Opening Reception: Thurs, December 9 from 6-8pm
Barbara Mann led workshop: December 16, 2021 — Chasing and repousse on copper, holiday ornaments
https://aikencenterforthearts.org/main-gallery/
5th Biennial Wings & Water Exhibit January 20 – March 11, 2022
The River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
https://www.riverartsinc.org/wings5/
27th Annual Southworks National Juried Exhibition — January 14 – February 25, 2022
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia
2020
“Red Clay Survey 2020,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, August 9-October 4, 2020, Jurors, Peter Baldaia and David Reyes.
Third Southeast Regional Exhibition (Virtual Tour), February 21 – April 18, LaGrange Art Museum, 112 Lafayette Parkway, LaGrange, GA 30240, Juror, Curlee Raven Holton, Professor Emeritus, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
“26th Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition,” Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, School Street, Watkinsville, GA, 30677, Juror, Chris Clamp, April 17-May 29, 2020.
MAGG, Metal Arts Guild of Georgia, Atlanta; Fast Cast Lost Wax Casting Workshop with Barbara Mann; March 14 and 15, 2020. Canceled, to be rescheduled.
SouthWorks National Juried Art Exhibition (Virtual Tour), Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA, April 17 – May 29, 2020. (OCAF closed until further notice.)
OLLI, Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Jewelry and Metalwork with Carol McKay and Barbara Mann, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, presentation April 4, 2020. Canceled, to be rescheduled.
Owens 50th Benchmark Medallion — designed by Barbara Mann, College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia. Fifty Benchmark Medallions to be presented April 4, 2020. Canceled; to be rescheduled for March 6, 2021. Cast by Berntsen Company.
2019
Flowers — copper and powder-coated copper
The Birth Center – Wake Forest Baptist Health Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
“Handcrafted 2019,” Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC, January 16-April 21, 2019.
Best of 2019 Exhibition, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio — May 2 to July 28
1665 West Fifth Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212
Best of 2019 Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art — September 20 to December 15
107 Cliff Park Road, Springfield, OH 45504
2018
Best of 2018 Exhibition, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio — May 6 to June 24
1665 West Fifth Avenue, Columbus, OH 43212
Best of 2018 Show, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio, — July 6 to August 23
237 South Walnut Street, Wooster, OH 44691
Proliferation Pendant Sea Shells Ring Sunlight in the Trees Pendant
Athens Area Habitat for Humanity, “Ultimate Birdhouse Exhibition & Auction” — April 4, 2018
State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA 30605
A Beginning Birdhouse — an egg — is shown in three stages of development
The Present (with a bird beak breaking through the eggshell
The Past (with an egg cracked open and the fledgling gone)
The Future (a whole egg with a bird ready to emerge)
All three eggs are protected within the nest.
Sterling silver and 24 Karat gold 2.5” x 2.5″ x .5”
2017
Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church Street SW, Huntsville AL, 35801
Lyndon House Arts Center — “42nd Juried Art Exhibition” — March 23 – May 6, 2017
Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt Street, Athens, GA 30601
Athens Academy — Bertelsmann Gallery — “Athens Metal Arts Guild Members’ Exhibition” — February 27 – April 21
1281 Spartan Lane, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Greenville Center for Creative Arts — “Wearable Art” — April 7 – May 24
Cuttlefish Casting Workshop — Greenville Center for Creative Arts — April 29
Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 25 Draper Street, Greenville, SC 29611
Cuttlefish Casting Workshop — Georgia Goldsmiths Guild — May 20 & 21
Keum Boo (attached gold) and Roller Printing Workshop — Georgia Goldsmiths Guild, August 26-27, 2017
Keum Boo Workshop Handout — click here to download a PDF
Georgia Goldsmiths Guild Studio, 5353 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA 30340
2016
Oconee County Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia — “Barbara Mann — Solo Exhibition.” October 7 – November 11, 2016
34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Hotel Indigo Art Gallery — “Tiny Universe” — September 23 – December 29, 2016
500 College Avenue Athens, GA 30601
Aurum Studios Ltd — Jewelers — September 22 – October 31, 2016
125 East Clayton Street, Athens, GA 30601
Lyndon House Arts Center — “41st Juried Art Exhibition” — March 24 – May 7, 2016
293 Hoyt Street, Athens, GA 30601
Barbara Mann’s “Dante’s Divine Comedy — Climb to Utopia” was awarded the “Nancy Lukaseiwicz Award for Excellence in Fine Crafts” by Juror Jock Reynolds, Director Yale University Art Gallery
Abernathy Arts Center – “2016 Georgia Artist Juried Exhibition” — May 6 – June 17, 2016
254 Johnson Ferry Road, NW, Sandy Springs GA, 30328
Evolution/Panspermia
“Artist Spotlight: Barbara Mann,” by Holly Roberts, Red and Black/Ampersand Magazine,
Oconee County Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia — “Barbara Mann — Solo Exhibition.” October 8 – November 12, 2016.
34 School Street, Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
Arts on Douglas Gallery — “All That Glitters” — February 6 – March 12, 2016
Arts on Douglas Gallery — New Smyrna Beach, Florida
All That Glitters — a national jewelry invitational exhibition and sale, running through March 12, 2016. The collection of wearable designs were created by ten accomplished jewelry artists from seven states. Barbara’s 16 pieces in the collection can be seen among all the exhibition objects on pages 2 3 4 5 6 & 8.
Oyster Necklace with Pink Pearls Pearl Ring Italian Cypress Seed Ring Coral and Pearl Ring
Flowing Water & Shell Bracelet Protective Garlic Necklace Flowing Water Bracelet Peachpit Bracelet
Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences — “Handcrafted 2106” – February through May 2016
270 Gay Street, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804
Maria V. Howard Arts Centre at the Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences
A Walk In The Georgia Woods A Slice of Life Pendant
2015
“Barbara Mann: Transformation & Evolution”
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, July 17 through December 31, 2015
Richard Shrader, Gary and Sydney Noffke, Carol McKay, Diane Perry, Courtney Pendergrast Poole
Rob Jackson, Jim Norton, Barbara Allen, Tom Keran and Mary Soppko, Sylvia Dawe
Barbara Mann, Kate Furman, Beth Cyr, Richard Shrader, Ellen Cown, Dietrich Hoecht, Leslie Grove
Peachpit Bracelet, Ebb and Flow Bracelet (cuttlefish-cast)
Oyster Shell Pendant, Phenakistoscope
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Holiday Market, December 4, 5 & 6, 2015
34 School Street
Watkinsville GA 30677
News
Recent Reviews
“Barbara Mann at Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, Alabama.”
World Sculpture News, pages 58-59.
“Barbara Mann: Form and Response” at Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, Alabama.”
MetalSmith Magazine, August 2011, pages 4 & 52.
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