Emily Barletta
A review of the exhibit The Sum of the Parts in the Washington Post.

A review of the exhibit The Sum of the Parts in the Baltimore City Paper.

The Sum of the Parts
curated by Amy Boone-McCreesh
February 22 - March 24, 2012
Opening: Feb. 22 6-8 with Artists Talk
Maryland Art Place
8 Market Place, Suite 100
Baltimore, MD

MAP is pleased to announce Amy Boone-McCreesh as the selected curator for the 2012 Curators’ Incubator Program. Established in 2003, the program was designed to assist aspiring curators in developing and presenting an exhibition at MAP.

The Sum of the Parts is an exhibition of four east coast, contemporary artists that utilize repetitive processes as a means of building grander works. Sculpture, installation, and drawing are explored through processes such as knitting, cutting paper, and mold-making for this multi-media exhibition.

Artists: Emily Barletta, Lauren Clay, Jerry Kaba, and Nikki Painter



Intimate Stitches
curated by Erin Endicott and Bruce Hoffman
March 2 - April 2, 2012
Opening: March 4th, 11 - 4 pm
Kellijane
1721 Spruce Street
Philadelphia PA

Featuring the artwork of Renie Adams, Emily Barletta, Adam Cohen, Marcia Docter, Erin Endicott, Karen Hampton, Christine Mauersberger, Alison Mercer, Kathryn Pannepacker, and Ellen Schinderman.




Awarded 2010-2011 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
link to press release and further information




Fiberarts Magazine
My work is currently featured in the News & Notes section of the Summer issue of Fiberarts Magazine.




Art/Sewn: Tradition, Innovation, Expression
Curator: Ward Mintz
March 26 - May 8, 2011
Opening: Saturday. March 26, from 4:30 -7 pm
FiveMyles Gallery
558 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn NY

Exhibiting Artists Include:
Emily Barletta, Denise Burge, Elisa D'Arrigo, Linnea Glatt, Sandy Benjamin-Hannibal, Janet Henry, Cyrilla Mozenter, Anna Von Mertens, and Jessica Rankin

Art/Sewn explores the power of the needle in the making of contemporary art.
It presents work by nine artists who use sewing and embroidery to create outstanding work.

Hours: Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun, 1 to 6 p.m. or by appointment: 718-783-4438




Cutting Edge: A Celebration of Fibers
Curated by: Joetta Maue
September 17, 2010 - October 11, 2010
Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll St. Brooklyn NY
Opening September 17, 2010 8-11pm

Exhibiting Artists:
Heidi Field-Alvarez, Sarah Bahr, Emily Barletta, Jamie Bertsch, Andrea Donnelly, Erin Endicott, Mallory Feltz, Virginia Fitzgerald, Sierra Furtwangler, Meredith Grimsley, LUKE Haynes, Tod Hensley, Jennifer Hunold, Janice Jakielski, Sheila Klein, Julie Kornblum, Lucia LaVilla-Havelin, Clayborn Jackson Lohmann, Alisha McCurdy, Margarita Mileva, John Paul Morabito, Suyeon Na, Erin M. Riley, Rebecca Ringquist, Leslie Schomp, Lou Trigg, Cayce Zavaglia, Amanda Tiller



Fiberart International 2010
April 16, 2010 - August 22, 2010
Exhibition Of Contemporary Fiber Art
Presented by the Fiberarts Guild Of Pittsburgh, Inc.
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
6300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
and
Society for Contemporary Craft
2100 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222
Opening Reception: April 16 / 5:30-8:00 PM at both locations
http://fiberartinternational.org/

Fiberart International 2010 seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art and invites submissions that reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. This juried exhibition of contemporary works of fiber art is recognized among fiber artists around the world as a benchmark exhibition that documents trends and innovations in the field. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted in traditional fiber materials, structure, processes and history, as well as art that explores unexpected relationships between fiber and other creative disciplines.



My work is currently on view at the New York Foundation for the Arts Gallery
March 30th – September 30th 2010
NYFA
20 Jay St. 7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY
Open 9:30-5:30 Monday - Friday


2010: A Space Odyssey
April 24-May 29
Baltimore Clayworks
5707 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
www.baltimoreclayworks.org

For our 30th Anniversary, Baltimore Clayworks continues to build upon our mission of outstanding ceramic art in an artist centered community. We are presenting the exhibition 2010: A Space Odyssey: Ceramic Installation and Outstallation, on display in our main exhibition area and the front yard of the gallery. Bringing the best of emerging and innovated talent to the public and challenging the perception of the possibilities of clay as an artistic material. Our hope is that by transforming our gallery space, we can transform people’s idea of what ceramic art can be.Artists Include: Gail Heidel, David East, Jessica Knapp, Myung Jin Choi, Anthony Stellachio, Judith Varga




The Sour Princesses
April 3-24, 2010
Opening reception: April 3, 2010, 7-10 pm, free + open to the public
Curated by Sandy Eichert + Matt Morris + Eric Ruschman
Semantics Gallery
1107 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45214
~Semantics has gallery hours from 12-4 pm every Saturday of the exhibition

Semantics gallery is pleased to present "The Sour Princesses", a special gathering of artists working within this region and in other parts of the country. Andrea Baker, Emily Barletta, Debbie Brod, Jessie Henson, Alex Jameson, Kate Kern and Emily Storch present a variety of works that explore organic form, and, in many cases nontraditional techniques in sewing and other fiber craft. This is not fiber art. In a world of straightforward quilting, sewing and crochet, the collected art solutions are transgressive and explosive: stuffed appliqué elements bob around in Alex Jameson’s and Emily Storch’s heavily collaged paintings. Emily Barletta’s sculptural works encase small clay elements in tightly crocheted forms; while their titles offer clues to the internal organs and body parts upon which they are based, their strength lies in the myriad organic forms they conjure in the viewer’s associations. Debbie Brod’s assemblages are never limited to just textiles, rather her intuitive approach to coaxing new experiences out of recycled materials is suggestive of a collective, interrelated nature underlying reality, like String Theory and Quantum Physics. Semantics is a quirky set of galleries that exude atmosphere and encourage experimentation: Kate Kern’s installation does just that, building off of the walls and floors of the gallery, pairing the idiosyncrasy of the artists’ intricate manipulations of materials with the preexisting anomalies in the space.

Collectively, these artists invoke metaphors of “the fabric of life” and questions about the universe’s structure in ways that are variously abstract, personal and even decorative. This exhibition is curated by Sandy Eichert, with support from Matt Morris and Eric Ruschman, and will be accompanied by a poetry reading from L.A. Howe. Serendipitously all of the exhibition’s participants are women; their assembly was really driven by studio visits, attentive art viewing and spending time as a group of curators reflecting on recently impressive experiences with art. We present these artists in various stages of their careers and creative development in hopes that audiences will be immersed in the spirit of innovation imbued in the presented works.



Drawing in Thread: Contemporary Embroidery
March 30, 2010 – May 2, 2010
Reception: Thursday April 8, 2010 5 – 7:30pm
Galley Talk at 6:30pm on April 8, 2010
The Gallery is located in Carlson Hall at Mount Ida College
777 Dedham St.
Newton, MA 02459
Tuesday - Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
http://www.mountida.edu

Traditionally, embroidery is a decorative embellishment made with a needle and thread on textiles. This exciting exhibition includes the work of 19 contemporary artists who push the boundaries of the traditional meaning of embroidery. Traditional and non traditional techniques of embroidery are used to explore historical, political, personal and humorous iconographies. Works include a bounty of color and line as found in drawn landscapes, Miro like paintings and wall and floor installations held together in space by thread. These artists offer an exciting new vision of embroidery. Curated by John Tricomi and Kathleen Driscoll.

The artists include:Annie Aaube, Bren Ahearn, Deborah Slabeck Baker, Emily Barletta, Corrine Bayraktaroglu, Adrea Dezso, Katy Helman, Takashi Iwasaki, Anna Keck, Joetta Maue, Michael Aaron McAllister, Elaine McBride, Chris Niver, Mariyln Pappas, Marjorie Puryear, Shannon Rankin, Richard Saja, Jodi Stevens, John Tricomi



American Craft Magazine
My work is currently featured in the October/November issue of American Craft Magazine. (Click here to view.)


Stitched, Looped, and Knitted: Contemporary Needle Art
Emily Barletta, Lauren DiCioccio, Laura Kamian, Aliza Lelah, Ruth Marshall, Lacy Jane Roberts, Lisa Solomon, Esther Traugot, Marina Vendrell.
September 21 - December 4
The Mills Building
220 Montgomery Street
San Francisco CA 94104

Once considered personal hobbies, embroidery, crochet and knitting techniques have crossed over from craft to contemporary fine art. This exhibition features highly skilled and thoughtful artists who are pushing these needle crafts to new heights in contemporary art.

The artists featured use a needle with yarn or thread to create fabric, embellish, or sticth together fabric with tedious handwork and obsessive are. From re-examining the found object, exploring memory and nostalgia, to using abstract design, these artists bring contemporary relevance to the long history of needle craft.


Awakenings
Emily Barletta, Judith Braun, Yadir Quintana, Houben RT
Curated by Heidi Lee
October 14 - December 16th

Spattered Columns Gallery
491 Broadway Suite 500
New York NY
Openings October 14th 6-8

On October 14, 2009, Spattered Columns will hold its inaugural exhibition with "Awakenings." New York Artists Yadir Quintana, Judith Braun, Emily Barletta and Houben RT push the boundaries of art by taking a non-traditional approach to art-making.

This special exhibition also introduces Art Connects New York, a non-profit organization that connects curators with social service agencies and non-profit organizations to create inspiring, compelling exhibitions of New York City-based artists. Permanently installed, these collections offer recipient agency’s clients, visitors and staff the opportunity for reflection, dialogue, and aesthetic enjoyment.


Awarded 2009 NYFA Fellowship in Crafts