{"id":7816,"date":"2018-06-14T13:43:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T17:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=7816"},"modified":"2018-06-14T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:11:12","slug":"barbara-earl-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/barbara-earl-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Earl Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3071\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7816-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BarbaraEarlThomas.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BarbaraEarlThomas.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BarbaraEarlThomas.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div id=\"block-fe27d9b7d50802f07855\" class=\"sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7848\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7848 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=696%2C1043&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=1068%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/barbara_earl_thomas_211_a_highres.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Ingrid Pape-Sheldon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">Barbara Earl Thomas is a writer and visual artist. Drawing on her personal history between the American south and the Pacific Northwest,\u00a0Thomas incorporates themes of people and their rituals with the land, foregrounding the a mythologized, metaphorical sense of place as operating between a geographical and spiritual location. Thomas\u2019 builds tension filled narratives through abstracted papercuts and prints, placing silhouetted figures within almost mythological landscapes. Thomas\u2019s site-specific sculptural practice expands these forms into space; her public sculptures and large-scale installations incorporate light, space and location into her dramatic landscapes and scenographies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"\">Thomas\u2019 works are included in, among others, the Seattle Art Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, Microsoft, in addition to Washington State and Seattle City public collections. She is the recipient of the City of Seattle Mayor\u2019s Arts Award for Cultural Ambassador, the Artist Trust Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award, and the The Stranger Genius Award for excellence in the arts. Thomas has \u00a0lectured on arts and culture as well as serving as a \u00a0social and cultural activist who was instrumental in the creation of the Northwest African American Museum, where she served as its executive director from 2008 to 2012. She received her BA and MFA from the University of Washington School of Art.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">Thomas is represented by the <a href=\"http:\/\/claireoliver.com\/\">Claire Oliver Gallery<\/a>, New York, NY.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7850\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7850 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_2.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derailed, Cut Tyvek and rag construction paper, 36 x 48 inches, 2018, Photo Credit: Spike Mafford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7849\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7849 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=640%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C547&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=768%2C410&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=696%2C372&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=1068%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?resize=786%2C420&amp;ssl=1 786w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Barbara_Earl_Thomas_1.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power Down, Cut Tyvek and rag construction paper, 36 x 68 inches, 2018 Photo Credit: Spike Mafford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/BarbaraEarlThomas.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Barbara Earl Thomas is a writer and visual artist. 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