Barbara Prey Projects 4/29/24 Barbara Prey Projects 4/29/24

Great Day Connecticut, WSFB TV Interview

Watch the interview Barbara did for WSFB “Great Day Connecticut” filmed in the exhibition Handled With Care: Shaker Master Crafts and the Art of Barbara Prey at the New Britain Museum of American Art. Click on image below to watch.

Barbara Prey Projects 3/27/24 Barbara Prey Projects 3/27/24

iCRV Radio Interview

New Britain Museum of American Art PERSPECTIVES

ICRV Radio Interview on New Britain Museum of American Art’s Exhibition Handled with Care: Shaker Master Crafts and the Art of Barbara Prey

JKCella 3/24/22 JKCella 3/24/22

‘It is the Art of Color:’ Enjoy Art from Around the World at the Nassau County Museum of Art

NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND
'It is the art of color:' Enjoy art from around the world at the Nassau County Museum of Art

JKCella 1/2/22 JKCella 1/2/22

Painter Brings Sharp Eye for Light, Life to Pittsfield’s Hancock Shaker Village

THE BOSTON GLOBE
Her attention to windows in this show recalls Vermeer. These paintings are quietly luminous and anchored in the everyday.

JKCella 10/14/21 JKCella 10/14/21

Touching Lives With A Paintbrush

CREATIVE MAINE MAGAZINE
“I was commissioned in 2002 by the President [George W. Bush] and First Lady to paint the White House Christmas card. I chose to paint the diplomatic reception room.”

JKCella 10/5/21 JKCella 10/5/21

Barbara Ernst Prey. Lineage and New Frontiers

MAINE WOMEN MAGAZINE
You might recognize Barbara Ernst Prey’s watercolor paintings. She’s been commissioned by the White House, NASA, MASS MoCA and The United States Arts in Embassy Program.

JKCella 9/30/21 JKCella 9/30/21

Still Lives and the Maine Foodscape

EDIBLE MAINE

She was at an age when most would be displaying their art on refrigerator doors and classroom walls, but Prey’s bright little oil painting was selected for inclusion in an adult jury show…

JKCella 7/15/21 JKCella 7/15/21

Barbara Ernst Prey Comes Home in “Vanishing Point”

SOUTHAMPTON PRESS
When weather and time allow, Barbara Ernst Prey packs her paints, canvas and easel into the back of her car, hops behind the steering wheel and drives due east from her home in Oyster Bay…

JKCella 8/11/19 JKCella 8/11/19

This Maine Artist Never Thought She Would Paint Space Rockets. Then NASA Called.

BANGOR DAILY NEWS
While blue skies play a central role in her paintings, Prey had never thought about painting what lies beyond those Earthly skies ― space.

JKCella 6/4/19 JKCella 6/4/19

Barbara Prey is Discussing Her Current Solo Exhibition at the Hancock Shaker Village

THE GREYLOCK GLASS
Barbara Prey is discussing her current solo exhibition at the Hancock Shaker…

JKCella 2/20/18 JKCella 2/20/18

MASS MoCA is Free for All - Barbara Ernst Prey to Give Two Drop-In Gallery Talks

MASS MoCA

Mass MoCA is free for all on Jan 20

JKCella 10/31/17 JKCella 10/31/17

A Physical Connection

WILLIAMS MAGAZINE

Barbara Ernst Prey '79—whose watercolor paintings hang in private and public collections including the White House and NASA headquarters…

JKCella 8/23/17 JKCella 8/23/17

Maine Artist Makes What May be the World’s Largest Watercolor

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD

Barbara Prey has a golden resume: a bachelor’s degree from Williams College, a master’s from Harvard and a Fulbright scholarship…

JKCella 8/22/17 JKCella 8/22/17

This Watercolorist Thinks Big

TAKE

Barbara Ernst Prey super-sizes watercolor, a medium often reserved for smaller works, for MassMoCA’s new wing Building 6.

JKCella 8/16/17 JKCella 8/16/17

There’s Only One Visual Artist on the NEA’s Board. Here’s What She Thinks of the Imperiled Organization’s Future

ARTNET NEWS

We spoke to artist Barbara Prey about her career, her role on the National Council on the Arts, and how the NEA will fare in Trump’s America.…

JKCella 6/28/17 JKCella 6/28/17

The Story Behind the World’s Largest Watercolor Painting

SMITHSONIAN.COM

…celebrated contemporary painter Barbara Prey about creating what would become the largest known watercolor painting in the world to celebrate the opening of…