The Barn Show
September 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
Curated by Susan Parke, Director Emeritus
THE BARN SHOW
September 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
Click the links below to watch the official tour and gallery walkthrough mini-series with guest curator Susan Parke and artist Maggie Wilder.
PART 1: Barn Show https://youtu.be/dXVo1D41eMI
PART 2: Barn Show https://youtu.be/K2o2UWsfNGg
PART 3: Barn Show https://youtu.be/CHDFlYQzkA0
Learn more about this exciting exhibition by clicking the links below:
Click to watch the official preview of "The Barn Show" https://youtu.be/upBkStT6ChA
Click to learn more of Barn Show artists and their artwork https://youtu.be/kRR7AhlCozQ
Cathy Pearson Stevens, Barn Show Group Photo, no date, Photography
Courtesy of the Artist
And, the art was good! Here I was introduced to Clayton James, Bill Slater, Paul Heald, John Simon and many more whose work would end up on MoNA's walls during my tenure. The show was so popular and so well attended that the County Fire Marshal closed it down a few years ago. It remains, however, a highlight of our art history.
I feel particularly honored to bring the Barn Show to MoNA, as a recreation of this fine community event, albeit without the creaky floors, stairs, and Dick and Lavone's marvelous gardens, but including all the original artist participants."
- Susan Parke
Artists - Guy Anderson, Lavone Newell-Reim, Arne Garborg, Ed Kamuda, Dederick Ward, Joel Brock, Clayton James, Tony Angell, Shannon Kirby, Patty Detzer, Maggie Wilder, Robert Sund, Paula Peterson, John Schaefer, Nick Fennel, Paul Hansen, Michael Clough, Allen Moe, Ed Nordin, William Slater, John Simon, Cathy Schoenberg, Barbara Silverman Summers, Ann Schreivogl, Leo Osborne, Tracy Powell, Kevin Paul, C.L. Heald, Anne Martin McCool, and Alfred Currier
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Arnie Garborg, Tree, no date, Corten steel
Courtesy of Dick Reim and Lavonne Newell-Reim
Photo Credit: David Grant Best
Left to Right: Allen Moe, Vessel with Animal Sinew, no date, Wood-fired clay with animal tissue; Allen Moe, Vessel with Animal Sinew, no date, Wood-fired clay with animal bones and tissue
Courtesy of David Grant Best Collection
Photo Credit: David Grant Best
MoNA is honored to present The Barn Show, commemorating the annual art shows held at the Reims' farm on Fir Island starting in 1987. This exhibition is curated by Susan Parke, Guest Curator, Director Emeritus.
From the curator:
"Third Friday of November, Fir Island. Lavone's birthday. The Barn Show.
I became MoNA's, (then the Valley Museum of Northwest Art) executive director in November 1990. Almost immediately I heard talk of an annual fine art show featuring area artists, fantastic food, and interesting people, held annually in a barn on Fir Island.
1990 was the year of the great Fir Island flood. The Barn Show wasn't canceled. We couldn't get there by usual routes and had to take I-5 to the Conway exit to reach Lavone's property. I'm glad we persevered. That was the first of many November evenings spent in the company of our region's art community.
Anne Martin McCool, Adagio, no date, Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the Artist
Photo Credit: David Grant Best
Left to Right: Clayton James, Gold Bar, 1960, Tempera on linen, 65” x 39”; 2017.546.038, MoNA, gift of the Estate of Clayton James
Clayton James, Ancient Mounds, Clay; Courtesy of Cathy Stevens
Clayton James, Snow King, 2000, Oil on canvas, 21” x 25”; 2011.275.026, MoNA, gift of Chris and Allen Elliott Collection
Photo Credit: David Grant Best
Quiz time! Test your knowledge about the art and artists in The Barn Show:
The Barn Show Quiz https://youtu.be/xw82gw-f6ac
Answers to Quiz https://youtu.be/kLFcfR9QqpY
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