Curriculum Vitae
- Publication
- The Cambridge Chronicle, weekly newspaper of Cambridge, MA
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BCR Playing Card Deck (2019),
Boston Comics Roundtable
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Colonial Comics Vol. II: New England, 1750—1775 (2017),
Chicago Review Press
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Boundless (2016),
Boston Comics Roundtable/Robot Camp
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Colonial Comics: New England, 1620—1750 (2014),
Chicago Review Press
- SubCultures, (2014), Ninth Art Press
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Hellbound (2010),
Hellbound II (2011)
(see creator interview here),
and Hellbound V (2014),
River Bird Comics
- The Greatest of All Time Comics Anthology (2012), Ninth Art Press
- American Communal Societies Quarterly Vol. 6, no. 2 (April 2012)
- Polite Company Magazine, an online humor journal of sex, politics, and religion
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Nix Comics Quarterly #3 (2011),
Nix Comics
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Inbound 5: The Food Issue (2010),
Boston Comics Roundtable
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The Commons,
monthly alternative newspaper of Brattleboro, VT, and Windham County
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The Recorder,
daily newspaper of Greenfield, MA, Franklin County, and North Quabbin
- The Friends of Lulu Girls' Guide to Guys' Stuff
- Fortean Times
- Funny Times
- Journal of Irreproducible Results
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Awakening Comics publications:
Awakening Comics 1999,
The Origin of Sparky,
and Sparky in Love
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Shattered Wig Poetry Review
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Gauntlet: Exploring the Limits of Free Expression #3
(incorrectly billed on their credits list as B.J. Barnes)
- 1993 Women's Glib Calendar
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Lewis Carroll Epstein's Thinking Physics,
Second Edition (supplementary illustrations)
- Awards
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2017:
Coaster Design Winner (Top 4 in Audience Voting),
2017 Coaster Show at
Lamplighter Brewing Co.,
for "Happy Customers"
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2017:
Honorable Mention,
"White|Black|Monochrome"
at South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA;
for "The Plague (Page 3 of 7)".
Exhibition juried by Beth Urdang of Beth Urdang Gallery
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2009:
2nd Place winner, Illustration/Daily Class,
New England Newspaper and Press Association's
Better Newspaper Contest, for
"Old Deerfield Grammar School",
published in The Recorder
20 September 2008
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2007:
Third Prize Winner (Audience Voting),
Sevincer Animation Festival, for
Leatherwing Bat
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2007:
Judges' Choice Award for Wurst Pun,
Arisia Science Fiction Convention Art Show, for
"A Tern for the Wurst"
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2004:
Category Award Winner: First Film, Open Genre Short,
Thunderbird International Film Festival, for
Leatherwing Bat
- Group Exhibitions: Highlights
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25 January – 19 February 2022:
Forms of Resistance
juried exhibition at Cambridge College's Town Common Gallery, Charlestown, MA
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6–29 November 2020:
Speak UP!
juried exhibition at
Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
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16 September 2018 – 13 January 2019:
New England Watercolor Society's
2018 Biennial North American Open Juried Exhibition
at the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
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17 April – 28 May 2017:
"White|Black|Monochrome" national juried exhibition at
South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
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7 October 2016 – 29 January 2017:
Fur, Feathers & Fins: Our Faithful Pets, national juried exhibition at
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
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1 September – 11 December 2015:
Seeing Stories: Traversing the Graphic Narrative, invitational exhibition at
Sheehan Gallery,
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
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19 June – 23 August 2015:
Heroes & Villains: Exploring Archetypes Through Art, national juried exhibition at
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
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4 December 2014 – 16 January 2015:
The Cambridge Art Association Presents: Platinum, juried exhibition at
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
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31 May – 5 July 2012:
The Cambridge Art Association 11th National Prize Show, national juried exhibition at
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
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3–24 February 2012:
"Scratching the Surface", juried exhibition at
Cambridge Art Association's Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
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28 January – 4 February 2011:
"Good vs. Evil! Superhero vs. Villain Smackdown", juried exhibition at
Space 242, formerly of Boston, MA
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30 April – 21 May 2010:
"Get Your Freak On! Celebrating Circus Folk, Carnies & Sideshow Freaks", juried exhibition at
Space 242, formerly of Boston, MA
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29 January – 13 March 2010:
"I...You...We...ROBOT: A Visual Homage To Our Inner Geek!", juried exhibition at
Space 242, formerly of Boston, MA
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September – November 2006:
7th Annual Great River Exhibition: "Homage to the Seasons", benefit for
, at
Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
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2006–2008:
"Critical Views" II, III, and IV, annual juried exhibition of political art at
Red Sun Press held in conjunction with
Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Solo Exhibitions
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April 2010:
"Laughing To Keep From Crying: The Political Cartoons of E. J. Barnes",
Upstairs at The Middle East Restaurant, Cambridge, MA
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July 2009:
"Around the Neighborhood": 2007—2009 original editorial cartoons published in
The Recorder and
The Commons, at
Green Fields Market, Greenfield, MA
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January — March 2007:
"Funny Pictures, Serious Business II": 2006—2007 original editorial cartoons for
The Recorder,
Sunderland Public Library, Sunderland, MA
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December 2006:
"Odd Ducks: Avian Art for Cartoons, Comic Books, and Animation":
watercolor and gouache paintings made for
Birds of the Baltic,
Leatherwing Bat, and other works,
Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, Amherst, MA
- September — October 2006: Untitled solo show of original topical cartoon art, including editorial cartoons that have appeared in The Recorder, at Green Fields Market, Greenfield, MA
- May — June 2006: "Funny Pictures, Serious Business": 2005—2006 original editorial cartoons for The Recorder, Greenfield Community College Downtown Center, Greenfield, MA
- November 2004: "Circles of Color": Syncretic mandalas painted in gouache, Amherst Crepes, Amherst, MA
- Juried Art Festivals
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2010–present:
Cambridge Arts Open Studios
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2009–2014:
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Holly Fair
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2008:
Pittsfield Art Show, Pittsfield, MA
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2007–2008:
Great Falls Art Fest, benefit for the
,
Turners Falls (Montague), MA
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2006–2007:
Northfield Summer Arts Festival at
Green Trees Gallery, Northfield, MA
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2005–2006:
University of Massachusetts Holiday Craft Fair, sponsored by the
, Amherst, MA
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2004–2005:
ArtShow Amherst Fine Art Street Galleries, Amherst, MA
- Curatorial Experience
- September 2020 – present: "Thomas Nast: A Life in Cartoons", online exhibit of Boston Comics Roundtable artists, co-curated with J. L. Bell and Dan Mazur, featuring writing by J. L. Bell; at Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
- 23 February – 22 April 2012: "Comics and Society: Observations of Boston Comic and Cartoon Artists", featuring art of the Boston Comics Roundtable, at Riverside Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- 29 June – 31 July 2009: "Five Valley Cartoonists", at Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, Amherst, MA
- 1 April – 29 May 2008: "Accounts of Events: Narrative Works by Connecticut Valley Artists", at Greenfield Community College Downtown Center, Greenfield, MA
- Teaching Experience
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2010–2015:
Introduction to Cartooning,
Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA
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Spring–Fall 2014:
Comics and Graphic Storytelling,
Amigos Cambridgeport Community School After School Program,
Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA
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Summer 2008:
Basic Cartooning,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Continuing and Professional Education Program, Amherst, MA
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Spring 2008:
Editorial Cartooning,
Greenfield Community College,
Community Education Program (teen to adult), Greenfield, MA
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Summer 2007:
Editorial Cartooning,
Sunderland Public Library, Sunderland, MA
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Spring 2007 – Spring 2008:
Basic Cartooning,
Greenfield Community College,
Community Education Program (teen to adult), Greenfield, MA
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Winter 2007:
Cartooning, A.C.E. of Clubs (After Class Experience),
Mohawk Trail Regional High and Middle Schools, Buckland, MA
- Reviews
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Ex Libris Universum,
the blog of the
Neils Bohr Library and Archives at
American Institute of Physics, featuring
"Women's History Month Graphic Novel and Picture Book Recommendations":
Caroline's Catalog
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Solrad, The Online Literary Magazine for Comics:
Thomas Nast: A Life in Cartoons, online exhibit at
Massachusetts Historical Society, curated by E. J. Barnes,
J. L. Bell, and Dan Mazur, with writing by J. L. Bell
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Comics in the Classroom:
Colonial Comics: New England, 1620-1750, highlighting
"Thomas Morton, Merry Mount's Lord of Misrule"
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Dig Boston:
Hellbound V: End of Comics,
highlighting "Consummation"
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New York Times/Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting:
Caroline's Catalog
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Comic A Day:
Caroline's Catalog
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We Got Issues:
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed
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Optical Sloth:
Caroline's Catalog,
Tales of the Ling Master #1, #2, and #3;
Arithmetic on the Frontier;
and Birds of the Baltic