A film by Michael Barnard
w/ Various
“11 UP: The Way of the Artist, 11 Short films – 30 Years of Cinematic Exploration by Michael W. Barnard” is a feature-length selection of the many short films Barnard has made showcasing a wide variety of artists over the decades. As well as being a highly experienced, award-winning filmmaker, Barnard has also maintained his own lifelong fine arts practice, thus bringing to these cinematic explorations an artist’s eye and sensibility, offering an unusually intimate and nuanced perspective.
Barnard has had an ongoing interest in the Way of the Artist - the lifelong alchemical practice of self-transformation through the deeply personal practice of creating art. He has made a number of feature-length documentaries exploring artists, including the audience favorites, “Chihuly River of Glass” and “Secrets of the Sun - Journey Into the Fire”
This collection of Barnard’s short films cover the period from 1994 through 2025, and include celebrity practitioners such as I.M. Pei, as well as lesser-known but widely collected legacy artist like Santa Fe’s own Mark Spencer and Oregon-based Peter Erskine.
Featuring: I.M. & C.C. Pei, Peter Erskine, Linda Jacobson, Paul Harryn, Margaret Cowhig, Carlos Carulo, Mark Spencer, Alexandra Grant, Candice Lin, Eamon Ore-Giron and Yvette Gellis.
w/ Various
“11 UP: The Way of the Artist, 11 Short films – 30 Years of Cinematic Exploration by Michael W. Barnard” is a feature-length selection of the many short films Barnard has made showcasing a wide variety of artists over the decades. As well as being a highly experienced, award-winning filmmaker, Barnard has also maintained his own lifelong fine arts practice, thus bringing to these cinematic explorations an artist’s eye and sensibility, offering an unusually intimate and nuanced perspective.
Barnard has had an ongoing interest in the Way of the Artist - the lifelong alchemical practice of self-transformation through the deeply personal practice of creating art. He has made a number of feature-length documentaries exploring artists, including the audience favorites, “Chihuly River of Glass” and “Secrets of the Sun - Journey Into the Fire”
This collection of Barnard’s short films cover the period from 1994 through 2025, and include celebrity practitioners such as I.M. Pei, as well as lesser-known but widely collected legacy artist like Santa Fe’s own Mark Spencer and Oregon-based Peter Erskine.
Featuring: I.M. & C.C. Pei, Peter Erskine, Linda Jacobson, Paul Harryn, Margaret Cowhig, Carlos Carulo, Mark Spencer, Alexandra Grant, Candice Lin, Eamon Ore-Giron and Yvette Gellis.
