Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
Photo Contest
March 17, 2025

Amazing National and Regional Winners of the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards

The Sony World Photography Awards offers many ways for photographers to have their work noticed. The organization puts on multiple competitions and has recently announced the winners of its 2025 National and Regional Awards. Celebrating the diversity of visual storytelling across the globe, this initiative was created to support local photographic communities. Our planet is vast and diverse, and the winning images highlight this wonderful fact.

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Installation
March 17, 2025

Historic 1:12-Scale Rooms Offer an Exquisitely Miniature Peek Into the Past

There’s magic in miniatures. The detail achieved on an impossibly tiny scale is a wondrous sight anyone can appreciate. And to be reminded, they need to look no further than the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Phoenix Art Museum. The incredible displays showcase the technical mastery that comes with this type of work. They also offer us, contemporary viewers, a peek into the past.

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Photo Contest
March 12, 2025

Sony World Photography Awards Unveils Stunning Finalists in the 2025 Professional Competition

The Sony World Photography Awards has revealed the finalists and shortlisted photographers in its esteemed 2025 Professional competition. Now in its 18th year, it continues to draw an incredible amount of attention and an immense amount of talent. The 2025 competition saw a staggering number of images submitted, boasting over 419,000 photos from over 200 countries and territories.

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Astrophotography
March 11, 2025

Astrophotographer Shares His First Spectacular Shots From Milky Way Season 2025

The spring season is upon us, but another one has already started: Milky Way season. It’s a time when the spectacular region of our galaxy, AKA the Galactic Bulge, is visible in the night sky. “I've been shooting Milky Way images for almost a decade, and I still get very excited at the beginning of every new season,” astrophotographer Dan Zafra tells My Modern Met.

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