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Exhibitions and Events

Ongoing Museum Exhibitions

New Britain Museum of American Art - through February 9th, 2025

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Virtual View of Museum Commissions

MASS MoCA
Hancock Shaker Museum
Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris
NASA

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‘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

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MASS MoCA Commission now on Exhibit

Images and information about the commission, creation, and installation of this monumental painting at Mass MoCA.

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MASS MoCA: Chronicle the Development of Barbara Prey’s Museum Commission

MASS MoCA

MASS MoCA’s Building 6 now open and Barbara’s painting — considered the world’s largest watercolor — on view, watch Barbara working on her commission onsite. Read the details of the process here.

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Gallantly Streaming on Exhibit at the United Nations

Both Ambassador Haley and former Ambassador Power on two different occasions selected Barbara Prey’s painting Gallantly Streaming I for exhibit at the United Nations during the United State’s presidency of the Security Council.

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.

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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.”

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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.

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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…

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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 10/15/19 JKCella 10/15/19

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: Reflections on NASA Commissions

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
Acclaimed artist Barbara Ernst Prey discusses her four commissions for NASA's Art Program…

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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.

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Watch Barbara Prey working on site at Hancock Shaker Village

BORROWED LIGHT
Barbara Prey spent many hours at Hancock Shaker Village – looking – distilling – drawing – leading up to her solo exhibition Borrowed Light