Joy Barth
View Artist's Website:
www.joybarth.artspan.com
Joy Barth earned a BS in Art Education from Indiana University of PA with post
graduate studies at
Carnegie Mellon University and Rutgers University. Barth's teaching experience
includes The Arts
Council of Princeton, Mercer County Community College, The Fox Chapel Area School
District,
and the Titusville Academy where she developed and implemented an art program
which for
over 20 years incorporated art therapy and individualized programs for students
with educational
and behavioral differences.
Barth has exhibited nationally and internationally in juried and invitational
shows with various awards.
Recent work is available at CG Gallery in Princeton, NJ. Corporate collectors
include: Time Warner,
Lehigh-Portland Cement, Pennsylvania National Bank and Land Sea Corporation.
Exhibitions include: The Jacob Javits Federal Building, NY, The Soviet Exchange
Exhibition, Moscow,
The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, The Vera Redmond Gallery, Philadelphia,
Bucks Gallery of
Fine Art, Newtown PA, Gallery G, PittsburghPA, Des Champs Gallery Lambertville,
NJ and The
Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Artist Statement:
My focus as an artist centers on the non visual and transient, the illusive and
passing moment.
The final imagery and composition develop naturally as the work progresses..innovation
and
exploration of processes and media create an adventure in which each work is unique
and requires
different solutions. A fascination with the elements of wind and water, an interest
in sailing, and an early preference for
watercolor remain visible in my work. Although I am not married to any procedure
or method of working,
the practice of meditation remains an integral part of my creative process. It
provides a segway to
"listening to the work" as opposed to 'listening to the self" The struggle is
to successfully utilize
the energy of the expressive with the quiet of attention.
