The lovely critical text from my exhibition, following your words, an Homage to Giacinto Scelsi, at the Scelsi Foundation in Rome, Italy, by Irmela Heimbächer. La creazione di un ponte tra l’arte del secondo dopoguerra, quello di Giacinto Scelsi e degli artisti a lui affini e la contemporaneità. Siamo un’istituzione con tutti gli strumenti per connettere l’arte del passato con le visioni del presente tramite tutte le forme multi-disciplinari e multi-sperimentali. Barbara Schaefer , UN’ARTISTA | UN’OPERA Following your words 2022-2023 Foto digitale, Print Fine Art Giclèe su carta, 100x66 cm n ..read more

Barbara Schaefer- Multi disciplinary Artist Article by Penelope MacEwen (MA Fine Art Oxford University/ Psychology Uel Postgrad, UK.) Footfalls of memory, the eons of time open chasms as their depth is revealed: continuing cyclically; resuming the wheels of fate. When the volcano at Pompeii opened her heart, the people were engulfed. Even slaves and their masters were equalized. We reflect now upon the year that has passed as we tried to reach out to others yet were physically locked down. Schaefer, as one single artist depicts herself; yet she infers the many, as they seek contact across cyb ..read more

https://nyartistscircle.com/artists/barbara-schaefer/album/533 to see the work MacEwen refers to in her article. Inhabiting spaces - the ghosts of memories that haunt us - there is a sense of previous lives permeating and pervading Schaefer’s images. We get the idea of a journey in which nostalgia meets the grittiness of real life and tears may meet with joy as well as with sadness. The sense of loss is most felt when looking at the images of empty spaces, particularly in her photographic work where the history and back streets of Rome are most prevalent. The ‘vanishing quality’ that Schaefer ..read more

Coming up in October 2019: October 18 - November 6 I have been invited by Antonio E.M. Giordano -- art critic/historian/professor, in Roma and an admirable advocate of women's rights -- to exhibit in a group show, "Child Marriage: L'ombra di Barbablù." It will be held at the Sala del Consiglio Municipio Roma Centro. More details coming soon. October 30 My video, "Love Letter to Roma, tra mito e realtà," will be projected all day, on the main screen at Macro Asilo Museum, (Museo D'Arte Contemporanea di Roma) Via Nizza 138, Roma. The video, created for my project Love Letter to Roma, was held Ju ..read more

I'm pleased to announce Uninhabited Rooms. See details below ..read more

I occasionally apply to juried shows that don’t charge fees to submit. Charging fees is often primarily a money making scheme for the organization and not necessarily beneficial for artists. Also, artists provide thousands of non-artists with jobs, yet more non-artists make more money from art than artists. Last year I applied to a show in Hong Kong about “identity” that didn’t charge fees. I was drawn to the concept of “identity,” which is an ongoing topic in Continuum Movement, a practice I’ve been doing for almost 20 years. However, the requirements of the show were specifically about ident ..read more

Dear Friends, Thanks to all those who voted for me for the Exposure Award. The photo above was selected for the Night Collection, shown at the Louvre Museum in Paris and can also be seen here:http://www.seemorebeauty.com/collections/night.html It's the fifth one on the left on this site. Again, many thanks for all your support. Warmly, Barbara #LouvreMuseum #photography #nightphotography #paintingwithlight ..read more

Dear Friends, Thanks to my new wonderful printing person, Lesly Descher Canossi, I signed up for the following contest. However, then, I forgot about it until yesterday, when I realized the deadline is coming up. Therefore, please vote for my photos by clicking on the heart on the bottom left of each photo. Many thanks!!! The deadline is coming up; Oct 1. http://afth.vanderbiltrepublic.com/Barbara-Schaefer/a Greeenpoint open studios is coming up next weekend. I hope you can make it. I will have refreshments and there are three other artists in my building who will have their studio's open for ..read more

It has been all about Full Circle lately. I've launched a campaign on Indiegogo that you can contribute to. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/full-circle--4/x/8010854 Many thanks to the following, who have contributed thus far: Peri Aronauer Judith Tannenbaum Monique Luchetti Margo Roche Jill Forshee Danielle Carlo Nicole Borgenicht Mark Goldberg David Judelson Sam & Ji Chang Liane Angus Steve Oxman Barbara Baruch Anonymous Peri Winkler Riane Eisler Stanley Chow Mary Abrams Lee Melahn Dean Sneberger Lorenzo Tatschke Valerie Johnson Much love, Barbara #fullcircle #indiegogo #echoartfair ..read more

I was born and raised in Buffalo. I couldn't wait to leave and once I left - immediately after high school - I've never missed it. In 2000 I returned for a class reunion, reconnected with a few old friends, re-discovered the city and made peace with my past. I used to have a reoccuring nightmare, which took place in the house where I grew up. It was a handsome, large English Tudor house with ivy growing up its brick walls, semi-circular driveway and a backyard with swings and a tetherball court. I loved tetherball and was good at it. As a child the house was sometimes an overwhelming, scary ..read more