Artist Statement:
"I combine intimacy, comedy, wisdom, and change.
Create humor from challenge.
Use sweetness preemptively. Seek flow over force.
Channel delight to ignite insight.
It's often deceptively simple; undefended and shared joy is revolutionary.
I used to think what broke my heart the most was people living in pain. It's not. It's your unlived life: unspoken I-love-you's, undanced dances, unfelt feelings, ungiven gifts, untold tales, ungiggled giggles, even your undoodled doodles (which are the seeds of your next brilliant idea.).
I make participatory artworks --performances and installations -- to get as much of your (and my) undoneness done as we can... while we're here, now, together."
- Barbara Ann Michaels
Jester of the Peace
So, you're an Artist? Like, you paint?
Artist | Author | Actress | Adventurer | Ace
Catalyst | Clown | Costumer | Curator | Clergy
Dancer | Director | Dreamer | Driver | Diva
Event Entertainer and Executor | Editor
Fortune Finder | Finesser | Founder | Friend
Ivy Grad | Improviser | Idealist | Interfaith Minister
Musician | Magician | Merrimaker | Muse
*Performance Artist | Painter (sure, sometimes)
Speaker | Soulmate | Skater | Spark
Traveler | Truth Teller | Tour Guide | Teacher
Wedding Officiant | Writer | Wonderer | Winner
Barbara has performed in/on/at...
Rock concert
Fringe Festival
Street fair
Holiday Parade
Pride Parade
Opera house
Art Gallery
Baseball game
Town parade
Corporate party
Restaurant
Night club
TV special
Short film
International Festival
Circus tent...
Park bench
Hay bale
Roof of a car
Drawbridge
Greenhouse
Moving trolley
Street corner
Graveyard
Subway
Basement
Store window
Squash court
Tunnel
Open field
Living room
Doorway
Abandoned bridge
Under an overpass...
Conference
Kids party
Public park
Public library
Wedding
Tradeshow
Fundraiser
Gala
Schools K-12
Day Care Center
University
Senior center...