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.
Art
February 24, 2022

Art Museum Security Guards Are Moonlighting as Curators To Arrange a Special Exhibition

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has invited a group of unlikely curators to organize an exhibition. The institution tapped guards from its security department to collaborate with leadership and staff, and they selected works that will soon be on view in a show aptly titled Guarding the Art. Working with art historian and curator Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, the 17 officers picked to participate present unique curatorial perspectives.

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Good News
February 18, 2022

Model With Down Syndrome Makes Her Historic Debut in New Victoria’s Secret Campaign

Sofía Jirau has made history as the first Victoria’s Secret model with Down syndrome. The 24-year-old Puerto Rican woman shared news of this momentous occasion on social media, where she—along with 17 other women—is part of a new underwear line and campaign called the Love Cloud Collection. “One day I dreamed of it, I worked on it and today it is a dream come true.

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Resources
February 15, 2022

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing With Art Ideas for Drawing, Painting, and Beyond

The possibilities with art are endless. Drawing, painting, sculpture, embroidery—and any combination of them—means infinite opportunities to push yourself to make new things. But with so many choices of medium and technique, where do you even start? If you are finding your choices completely overwhelming, let us help with some art ideas.

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My Modern Met

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