Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
Social Cause
January 18, 2018

Sexist Vintage Ads Completely Reimagined Just by Reversing Gender Roles

You don’t have to look far to find sexist vintage ads. In the middle of the 20th century, these advertisements were considered completely normal and even amusing. Nowadays, they're not just dated but appalling for the misogynistic treatment of women they display. (Of course, these types of gendered stereotypes in advertising still exist today, though in less potent forms.)

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Art History
January 15, 2018

Google’s Free Museum App Will Match You With Your Famous Art Doppelgänger

In the age of social media, how we interact with art is constantly being redefined for our increasingly connected world. Museum Snapchats and memes have people reimagining paintings and sculptures as if they existed in our world, with both brilliant and silly results. The Google Arts and Culture app is one of the latest ways that you can enjoy art history through technology.

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Painting
January 11, 2018

Artist Paints Exquisite Miniature Landscapes Based on Bike Routes She’s Traveled

The habits and interests we establish when we’re younger often go on to influence our lives in powerful ways. When artist Dina Brodsky was eighteen years old, she discovered two passions that would become permanent fixtures in her life. “The first was painting,” she writes. “The second was long-distance bicycling.” In her series Cycling Guide to Lilliput, she demonstrates how the two work together to inform her exquisite miniature landscape artwork.

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Inspiring
January 8, 2018

Family Spends 6 Months Losing Weight, Shares Inspiring Results in Before and After Photos

When it comes to New Year's resolutions, many people set their sights to losing weight and getting fit. It can be challenging to do this all on your own, which is why it's recommended that if you're going to try and get in shape, you do it with a friend. Photographer @xyjesse (aka Jesse) proves that having a workout group—people to encourage you and hold you accountable—will help you ensure you reach your goals.

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My Modern Met

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