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We had over 200 joyful people young and old in attendance. The program was clever, smart, entertainining, historical, cultural, enlightening, engaging, impromptu, planned, ad lib, all that and more============.
What a celebration!

Note:

The Howard County Center of African American Center museum is located at 5434 Vantage Point Road in Columbia, Maryland houses a collection of over 1,000 artifacts and murals representing African American life in rural Howard County in the early 1900s and memorabilia depicting images of African Americans over the last 200 years.

The museum’s collection includes:

■An art gallery displaying local African American artists

■An exhibit of replicas representing the inventions of African Americans... See More

■A music collection of vintage and contemporary recordings

■An exhibit highlighting African American leaders and families of Howard County

■An exhibit of images of African Americans on stamps and first day covers

■A pictorial mural of pre and post inaugural images of our 44th President, Barack Obama

■Audio visual collection of historical, temporary researched and related items

■An exhibit highlighting African Americans serving in the military along with related artifacts

■A collection of African American memorabilia depicting negative stereotypes


Children’s Library

The Children’s Library collection consists of over 200 books, objects and periodicals by and about African Americans.


www.hccacc.org

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A COLLECTING AFFAIR III: THE ART OF COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHY
The Collectors photography exhibition is being held as part of the Columbia Festival of the Arts. The exhibit runs June 10-27, 2010 here in Columbia Art Center Galleries. There will be five women photographers featured in the show (Denee Barr is one of the exhibiting photographers with several photo-based artworks in this exhibit!). The show is the 3rd installment of the Collecting Affair series which is presented each June as part of Columbia Festival of the Arts and designed to promote art collecting in the community.

The reception and gallery talk will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 5:30-8pm in Columbia Art Center Galleries.


MISSION STATEMENT
The Columbia Art Center is dedicated to providing artistic experiences in the visual arts for all ages and interest levels and to join with local arts organizations and community businesses in creating diverse offerings.

OVERVIEW
The Columbia Art Center offers year-round art classes, rotating gallery exhibitions, a gallery gift shop, summer art camp for children, art birthday parties, studio rentals, a Japanese Garden, art and life enhancement lectures and more! The Columbia Art Center is part of Columbia Association’s Community Services Division. Under Columbia Association, the Art Center is 19 years old. It has been a functioning arts school for more than 30 years and was formerly known as the Antioch Visual Arts College.

LOCATION
The Columbia Art Center is located in the Long Reach Village Center (next to Stonehouse Community Center) just minutes from Route 175 and Tamar Drive in Columbia, Maryland.

DIRECTIONS
From Route 29, take 175 East towards Jessup. Follow 175 for several miles to the light at Tamar Drive. Turn left on Tamar and go one mile. Turn right on Cloudleap Court. Turn left into Long Reach Village Center parking lot. Art Center is located in the courtyard behind the Safeway entrance (look for large round window).
From I-95, take the MD 100 West exit (43B) towards Ellicott City. Take the Snowden River exit (3). Enter the roundabout and take the second exit onto Snowden River Parkway. Turn right on Tamar Drive and drive .5 miles. Turn left at Cloudleap Court. Park in the Long Reach Village Center lot on left. Art Center is located in courtyard beyond Safeway entrance (look for large round window).

CONTACT INFO

Address:
Columbia Art Center
6100 Foreland Garth
Columbia, MD 21045
Tel: 410-730-0075
Fax: 410-997-2902
Email: art.staff@columbiaassociation.com
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9:00am-9:00pm | Fri & Sat 9:00am-5:00pm | Sun 11:00am-5:00pm

Liz Henzey, Director
liz.henzey@columbiaassociation.com
www.columbiaartcenter.com


Artwork:
Stopover, Mayreau Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c 2000 Denee Barr

Medium: silver gelatin photo emulsion and mixed media with handmade paper 16" x 20"

Note:

There are over 50 works by 5 photographers/artists and Denee has 11 unique photo-based works in this exhibition!



p.s.

Vintage Map St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies circa 1761
British Museum Maritime/Division of Maps Library of Congress

Denee Barr Art News and More

A COLLECTING AFFAIR III: THE ART OF COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHY
The Collectors photography exhibition is being held as part of the Columbia Festival of the Arts. The exhibit runs June 10-27, 2010 here in Columbia Art Center Galleries. There will be five women photographers featured in the show (Denee Barr is one of the exhibiting photographers with several photo-based artworks in this exhibit!). The show is the 3rd installment of the Collecting Affair series which is presented each June as part of Columbia Festival of the Arts and designed to promote art collecting in the community.

The reception and gallery talk will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 5:30-8pm in Columbia Art Center Galleries.


MISSION STATEMENT
The Columbia Art Center is dedicated to providing artistic experiences in the visual arts for all ages and interest levels and to join with local arts organizations and community businesses in creating diverse offerings.

OVERVIEW
The Columbia Art Center offers year-round art classes, rotating gallery exhibitions, a gallery gift shop, summer art camp for children, art birthday parties, studio rentals, a Japanese Garden, art and life enhancement lectures and more! The Columbia Art Center is part of Columbia Association’s Community Services Division. Under Columbia Association, the Art Center is 19 years old. It has been a functioning arts school for more than 30 years and was formerly known as the Antioch Visual Arts College.

LOCATION
The Columbia Art Center is located in the Long Reach Village Center (next to Stonehouse Community Center) just minutes from Route 175 and Tamar Drive in Columbia, Maryland.

DIRECTIONS
From Route 29, take 175 East towards Jessup. Follow 175 for several miles to the light at Tamar Drive. Turn left on Tamar and go one mile. Turn right on Cloudleap Court. Turn left into Long Reach Village Center parking lot. Art Center is located in the courtyard behind the Safeway entrance (look for large round window).
From I-95, take the MD 100 West exit (43B) towards Ellicott City. Take the Snowden River exit (3). Enter the roundabout and take the second exit onto Snowden River Parkway. Turn right on Tamar Drive and drive .5 miles. Turn left at Cloudleap Court. Park in the Long Reach Village Center lot on left. Art Center is located in courtyard beyond Safeway entrance (look for large round window).

CONTACT INFO

Address:
Columbia Art Center
6100 Foreland Garth
Columbia, MD 21045
Tel: 410-730-0075
Fax: 410-997-2902
Email: art.staff@columbiaassociation.com
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9:00am-9:00pm | Fri & Sat 9:00am-5:00pm | Sun 11:00am-5:00pm

Liz Henzey, Director
liz.henzey@columbiaassociation.com
www.columbiaartcenter.com


Artwork:
Flowers and Gate, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c 2000 Denee Barr

Medium: photo emulsion and gouache with handmade paper 28" x 22"

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FROM A GLOBAL WINDOW: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, WEST INDIES BY DENEE BARR
A Photographer and Artist Explores The Country That Has Inspired Her Work Information: Dr. Joan F. Higbee -202-707-2011 RSVP: Ms. Lourdes Catalano -202-707-2819
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:00-1:00 p.m. Hispanic Division Hanke Room Thomas Jefferson Building Room 240 Library of Congress 1st Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street Request ADA accommodations 5 days in advance, 202-707-6362 or ada@loc.gov


Leaving Port Elizabeth, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies c 1996 Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photograph and mixed media
16" x 20"




Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Map
West Indies
circa 1960

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Update May 31, 2010

If by chance you missed the proverbial below-mentioned boat~~~there's still a "dinghy" offshore so just contact me if you would like to order from my Caribbean collections.


From the American Folklife Center at Library of Congress says~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Folklife is community life and values, artfully expressed in myriad forms and interactions. Universal, diverse, and enduring, it enriches the nation and makes us a commonwealth of cultures." Mary Hufford 1991 http://www.loc.gov/folklife/





Leaving Port Elizabeth, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies c 1996 Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photograph and mixed media
16" x 20"




Street Chat
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
2000 c Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"






Salt Whistle Bay and Cactus
Mayreau Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c 2003 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion and gouache on Arches paper
17" x 19"

Oh yes we want you to go visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines but we would like your first introduction and visit to SVG to be at my exhibit in Columbia, Maryland so "the mailboat is calling...don't miss the boat" ~~~~~~~~@! www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com
www.columbiafoundation.org

On view now through Friday, May 28, 2010 "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr" at the Columbia Foundation by appointment (410) 730-7840

p.s.

(This presentation through it's showing of Music, Literature, and Art~~~~~~~~~~)
25% from sale of works sold will go to Haiti Relief fund...! http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneebarrphotographic/4630821076/

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

Denee Barr Art News and More

Leaving Port Elizabeth, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies c 1996 Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photograph and mixed media
16" x 20"




Street Chat
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
2000 c Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"






Salt Whistle Bay and Cactus
Mayreau Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c 2003 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion and gouache on Arches paper
17" x 19"

Oh yes we want you to go visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines but we would like your first introduction and visit to SVG to be at my exhibit in Columbia, Maryland so "the mailboat is calling...don't miss the boat" ~~~~~~~~@! www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com
www.columbiafoundation.org

On view now through Friday, May 28, 2010 "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr" at the Columbia Foundation by appointment (410) 730-7840

p.s.

(This presentation through it's showing of Music, Literature, and Art~~~~~~~~~~)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneebarrphotographic/4630821076/

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

Denee Barr Art News and More

Leaving Port Elizabeth, Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies c 1996 Denee Barr



Oh yes we want you to go visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines but we would like your first introduction and visit to SVG to be at my exhibit in Columbia, Maryland so "the mailboat is calling...don't miss the boat" ~~~~~~~~@! www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com
www.columbiafoundation.org

On view now through Friday, May 28, 2010 "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr" at the Columbia Foundation by appointment (410) 730-7840

p.s.

(This presentation through it's showing of Music, Literature, and Art~~~~~~~~~~)
25% from sale of works sold will go to Haiti Relief fund...! http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneebarrphotographic/4630821076/

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

Denee Barr Art News and More

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seR9Dw12DfM

Denee Barr sings at the From a Global Window: The Caribbean at the Columbia Foundation reception on Friday, May 21, 2010


No need to purchase an airline ticket just yet for the Caribbean. Come and enjoy "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr @ The Columbia Foundation. 12 unique mixed media photographs on exhibit by appointment through May 28th with free reception was held on Friday May 21st from 5-7:30pm (Music, Literature, and Art)

From a Global Window:
The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation
American City Building
10227 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044
(410)730-7840


12 Unique Photographs and Handmade Paper
By Denee Barr

www.columbiafoundation.org
www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com (Click!)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

Denee Barr is a 2003 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award Grant Recipient for artistic excellence in photography. Denee has taken photographic journeys through the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. Her photographs have been internationally exhibited in the U.K. through the Ikon Gallery of Birmingham, England, a world renowned art venue for cutting edge and conceptual based modern art. Unique and visionary Denee Barr's photos are in the Heart of DC: Wilson Building City Hall Permanent Public Art Collection in Washington, DC and Corporate Office Properties Trust in Columbia, Maryland in the Fish Out of Water Group Sculpture entitled "Fish Eye" by the American Society of Media Photographers Baltimore Chapter.

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Banana Shack
St. Vincent
West Indies
c 1997 Denee Barr

Medium:
silver gelatin photograph and mixed media
20" x 16"



No need to purchase an airline ticket just yet for the Caribbean. Come and enjoy "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr @ The Columbia Foundation. 12 unique mixed media photographs on exhibit by appointment through May 28th with free reception was held on Friday May 21st from 5-7:30pm (Music, Literature, and Art) 25% from sale of works sold will go to Haiti Relief fund...Yea Mon!

From a Global Window:
The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation
American City Building
10227 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044
(410)730-7840


12 Unique Photographs and Handmade Paper
By Denee Barr

www.columbiafoundation.org
www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com (Click!)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

Denee Barr Art News and More

Street Chat
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
2000 c Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"



Salt Whistle Bay and Cactus
Mayreau Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
c 2003 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion and gouache on Arches paper
17" x 19"



Banana Shack
St. Vincent
West Indies
c 1997 Denee Barr (SOLD)

Medium:
silver gelatin photograph and mixed media
20" x 16"


Fish, Mayreau Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 2004 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion, gouache, Arches Paper
22" x 28"





Caribbean House and Yard, #1
Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 2000 Denee Barr

Medium:
silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"




Church Wedding, Union Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 1999 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion, handmade paper, gouache
20" x 16"




Rooster on a Hill, Canouan Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 2000 Denee Barr

Medium:
silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"


No need to purchase an airline ticket just yet for the Caribbean. Come and enjoy "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr @ The Columbia Foundation. 12 unique mixed media photographs on exhibit by appointment through May 28th with free reception on Friday May 21st from 5-7:30pm (Music, Literature, and Art)

From a Global Window:
The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation
American City Building
10227 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044
(410)730-7840


12 Unique Photographs and Handmade Paper
By Denee Barr

www.columbiafoundation.org
www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com (Click!)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

Denee Barr Art News and More

No need to purchase an airline ticket just yet for the Caribbean. Come and enjoy "From a Global Window: The Caribbean by Denee Barr @ The Columbia Foundation. 12 unique mixed media photographs on exhibit by appointment through May 28th with free reception on Friday May 21st from 5-7:30pm (Music, Literature, and Art) 25% from sale of works sold will go to Haiti Relief fund...Yea Mon!

From a Global Window:
The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation
American City Building
10227 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044
(410)730-7840


12 Unique Photographs and Handmade Paper
By Denee Barr


Street Chat
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
West Indies
2000 c Denee Barr

Medium:
Silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"


www.columbiafoundation.org
www.deneebarrartnews.blogspot.com (Click!)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.