Exhibitions & Events 2025
5 WOMEN ARTISTS EXHIBITION at The ArtsCenter
Carrboro, NC
9/12 – 10/22/2025
Multi media group show featuring Theresa Arico, Mary Charlton, Alina Cochran, Irena Cepulyte, and Barbara McFadyen
Recently Closed Exhibitions & Events
ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY SHOW
17th Annual ACJS show – at The Carter Center
Atlanta, Georgia
3/8 – 3/9/2025
MINERAL MINDED (PRESENTED BY SNAG)
Online Exhibition and sale on view through March 31, 2025 and select pieces are on view February 6th – 8th at SNAG @ Tucson.
PLUS ONE COLLECTIVE: A EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ENAMEL IN JEWELRY
Creative Metalsmiths
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (& various venues prior)
Opening: February 9th, 2025 / On Display: February – March, 2025
For 2024/25, the fifth edition of the Plus One Exhibition has traveled to multiple venues. Starting with Slovenia Jewelry Week in May of 2024, then on to Romanian Jewelry Week for October, and to Le Arti Orafe in Florence Italy for two weeks in December 2024, before heading to the U.S for its final stop at Creative Metalsmiths in North Carolina (on display February & March, 2025).
Le Arti Orafe in Florence, Italy
More information on the Plus One Collective
GREENHILL CENTER FOR NC ART: WINTER SHOW (2024-2025)
GreenHill Center for NC Art
Greensboro, North Carolina
12/11/2024 – 2/15/2025
2024 ORANGE COUNTY ARTISTS GUILD OPEN STUDIO TOUR
Iron Feather Studio: my Metalworking Studio
Chapel Hill, NC
11/2 – 11/3/2024 & 11/9 – 11/10/2024
Come visit me in my studio! For two weekends in November, I’ll be opening my studio as part of the Orange County Artists Guild 2024 Open Studio Tour.
Barbara McFadyen’s Artist Profile for 2024 OCAG Studio Tour
METAL MUSEUM ART SHOW “HEALTH IN ENAMEL” AND METAL MUSEUM COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECT IN HONOR OF MARTHA BANYAS
Metal Museum: Keeler Gallery
Memphis, Tennessee
7/14 – 9/29/2024
Health in Enamel: Themes of health, healing, and spirituality crystallize with a survey of current enamel holdings in the Metal Museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition features a series of recent acquisitions, in addition to examples long familiar to the Metal Museum collection and community. Featured are Martha Banyas’ twelve panel “Valley and Shadow” series, which chronicled the artist’s journey through cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery using southeast Asian religious symbolism. Yet unexhibited copper engravings from Dorothy Sturm’s background in medical illustration give context to her biomorphic abstract forms in her later enameled panels. In addition, newly acquired works by artists such as Michelle Startzman, Andrew Kuebeck, and Hosanna Rubio explore topics of illness, healing, and religious beliefs.
Community Quilt Project: The exhibition will also include over 150 examples of enameled copper squares submitted by artists from around the world. In memory of Martha Banyas and in celebration of the recent growth in our enamel holdings, the Metal Museum invited artists to participate in an Enameled Community Quilt. The project echoes the spirit and intentions behind the AIDS Memorial Quilt project, first displayed to the public in 1987, and recent Cancer Quilt projects.
Our community quilt project encourages enamel artists, museum visitors, and students to explore and grow in their shared expressions of health issues, spirituality, and the body. With Martha’s exploration of her own cancer diagnosis and healing in her Valley and Shadow series as a source of inspiration, we invite artists to submit enameled squares that express their own perspectives or experiences related to health, spirituality, and the body.
SLOVENIAN JEWELRY WEEK 2024 – GUEST: THE PLUS ONE COLLECTIVE
Ljubljana, Slovenija
5/9 – 5/20/2024
Barbara McFadyen & other artists, curated by Jennifer Wells
ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK 2024: THE PLUS ONE COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
Romanian Jewelry Week
National Library of Romania
Bucharest, Romania
10/2 – 10/6/2024
EBENDORF & THE USUAL SUSPECTS II
Form & Concept Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
7/20 – 9/28/2024
“Ebendorf & The Usual Suspects II debuts the latest evolution of Robert Ebendorf’s inventive use of found objects. One of the most celebrated artists in the studio jewelry movement, Ebendorf presents new curiosities alongside works by close confidants and long-term admirers.”
Participating artists: Robert Ebendorf, Tara Locklear, Lisa & Scott Cylinder, Laura Wood, Kat Cole, Zachary Lechtenberg, Barbara McFadyen, Anna Johnson, Laritza Garcia, & Autumn Brown.
ALCHEMY 7: The Enamelist Society 2024 Conference Juried Exhibition
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THE EMBODIMENT OF DREAMS: Enamel Work Responding to Pieces from the Collection of Dr. Stephen A. Martin
The University of Arkansas
Little Rock, AR
7/24 – 7/31/2024
Alchemy7 is the 19th Biennial International Juried Enamel Exhibition and 15th International Juried Student Enamel Exhibition, sponsored by The Enamelist Society. The Exhibitions highlight the best in contemporary enamels produced in the last 2 years. The International Juried Exhibition showcases the work of enamelists that demonstrate aesthetic and technical expertise. The Student Exhibition, which is always very inspiring, features the work of students in accredited degree programs throughout the world.
OBJECTS OF AFFECTION: Jewelry by Robert Ebendorf From the Porter • Price Collection
The Mint Museum
Charlotte, NC
4/27/2024 – 2/16/2025
The exhibition celebrates the work of Robert Ebendorf, and features more than 180 works of jewelry, metalwork, drawings, and archival materials drawn from the Porter • Price Collection designed by Ebendorf, as well as faculty and graduates of the metal design program at East Carolina University.
I was honored to have a small cameo appearance with my “Portrait of Baxter” and “Eye of the Beholder” necklace.
JIM CRANE ALUMNI AWARD AND ARTIST PRESENTATION
Eckerd College
St Petersburg, Florida
3/1-3/2/2024
2024 HANDCRAFTED: A JURIED EXHIBITION OF CERAMICS ∙ FIBER ∙ GLASS ∙ METAL ∙ WOOD
25th ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Rocky Mount, NC
1/23/24-4/8/2024
I really enjoyed participating in this year’s HANDCRAFTED juried exhibition. It was a joy seeing all of the fine craft showcased here, in so many different artistic mediums. I was touched to be named the recipient of the Honorable Mention Scholarship Award for the 2024 HANDCRAFTED exhibition.
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology Ed. 3
Virtual Exhibition (CLOSED)
2023 – 2024
PASSION FOR JEWELRY
Greensboro, NC
12/13/23-4/1/2024
6ROJW: PLUS ONE EXHIBITION
Assemblage National Jewelry Association
Romanian Jewelry Week
Bucharest, Romania
10/4-10/8/2023
Barbara McFadyen – Plus One Collective
60 YEARS OF FINE CRAFT PART 1
Piedmont Craftsman 60th Anniversary Show
Winston Salem, NC & Mt. Airy Museum of Regional History
Mt. Airy, NC
6/2-7/29/2023
This year we are celebrating our 60th year anniversary! For this exhibition we are featuring artists from the first 30years of our guild, 1963-1993. The exhibition will be open June 2nd-July 29th.
ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY SHOW
ACJS Sweet 16 Jimmy Carter Center
Atlanta, Georgia
11/3-11/5/2023
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MEMENTO MORI EXHIBITION
Night Shift Studio
Philadelphia PA
9/29-10/27/2023
“remember you will die”
The themes of mortality, impermanence, and remembrance in art are so pervasive that an artist need only include symbolic shorthand to allude to the march of time and inevitability of death; a skull, burning candle, hourglass, or wilted flower. Throughout history we have used jewelry to honor the dead, display our grief, and remember those we’ve lost. We pass jewelry down generations to remember our ancestors, bury people with jewelry, and wear mourning jewelry depicting a lover’s eye, enclosing a lock of hair, or keeping a photograph close to the heart. More recently we’ve seen memento mori as a call to adventure and a caution against regret; not a stoic meditation on the transient nature of existence, but an exuberant declaration: You only live once! This exhibition comprises the work of 34 contemporary jewelry artists and metalsmiths. Some artists have shared deeply personal work rooted in both cultural histories and specific experiences of loss and grief, yet there is still room for mirth when contemplating the absurd unknowability of death. Enjoy the show and remember! You will die. yolo baby
FORM & CONCEPT
Santa Fe, NM
2/24/23-5/6/2023
This dimensional biography of renowned jeweler Robert Ebendorf features a selection of works from the artist alongside the students and mentors who helped to embolden his wildly original practice of transforming found and natural objects into incredible adornments.
Comprised of wall pieces and wearables from some of Ebendorf’s closest confidants and long-term admirers, Ebendorf & The Usual Suspects provides a unique glimpse into the still-prolific practice of a veteran jeweler whose work has taken him across the globe, from humble beginnings in Topeka, Kansas to the frigid fjords of Norway where the artist completed his first Fulbright Fellowship.
FREE: JEWELRY TALK
Silvera Jewelry School
Berkeley, CA
3/19/23
Join us for a talk with metalsmith, enamelist, and book artist Barbara McFadyen!
Barbara has been producing unique, wearable forms for over four decades in precious metals, stones, and vitreous enamel. Much of her work focuses on humankind’s relationship with nature, a subject she explores in her jewelry and unique artists’ books. Her version of nature is filtered and transformed by her awareness of diverse cultural traditions – in particular she has an affinity to the art of Japan and aesthetic of shibusa which, she feels, embodies an inimitable, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty as well as a deep connection to the flux of nature.
In this talk, Barbara will talk about her work, her processes, and her inspirations as she creates her intricate, layered, and beautiful work.
She was first introduced to enameling at Kulicke-Stark Academy in New York and later continued studies with master enamelists Bill Helwig, Martha Banyas, Jamie Bennett, Linda Darty, and Mi-Sook Hur. Barbara has both a BA and MFA and has been working with enamels for over 40 years. A nationally recognized and award winning artist, her work can be found in museums throughout the US and she has exhibited internationally.
“My inspirations, thought, and emotions are deeply connected to the natural world; they have been nourished by observing, gathering, and exploring nature throughout the seasons, a practice continued since my childhood. I believe the sense of awe invoked by observing the untamed beauty of nature can remind us of our place in the world and reconnect us to a level of meaning that lies beneath all the distractions and demands of the everyday. Through my work I seek to capture treasured memories, reflections of nature’s beauty, and moments of tranquility into lasting objects or personal adornments.”
THE EARRING SHOW 2023
CCBC Gallery
Vancouver, BC.
5/4/2023
Join us for a talk with metalsmith, enamelist, and book artist Barbara McFadyen!
The Craft Council of BC presents The Earring Show, an annual exhibition that highlights contemporary jewellery design. The exhibition sheds light on the timeless connection between craft and culture, and how they influence each other. The event provides a novel opportunity for the general public to engage with contemporary craft.
The opening reception will be held at 7pm on May 4, 2023 at the CCBC Gallery where the winner of each category will be announced. The Earring Show as an exhibition will be available for viewing until May 18 at CCBC Gallery and will be posted online.
15TH ANNUAL ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY SHOW
The Cater Center
Atlanta, GA
11/4-6/22
Thirty of the country’s finest contemporary jewelry artists presenting exciting handcrafted work at one incredible show
FRESH
ArtSpace
Raleigh, NC
6/3-6/26/22
FRESH is a biennial fundraising exhibition that celebrates the incredible creative output across North Carolina, while demystifying the typical art jurying process. For the entire month of May, all 250+ submissions of original artwork by artists from the Mountains to the Coast were on view in Galleries 1 + 2. Visitors to the gallery had an opportunity to purchase works, vote for the People’s Choice prize, and experience the work of artists who have never shown work in a gallery alongside the work of seasoned professionals. The final juried selection of just 34 works of art represents a diverse cross section of the imaginative, thought-provoking and skilled art that is being created across our state today.
PINS + NEEDLES
The Society of Arts + Crafts
Boston, MA
3/4- 4/17/2022
It’s time to make a statement. The Society of Arts + Crafts proudly presents CraftBoston: Pins + Needles, a six-week online exhibition and sale of wearable craft. Featuring more than 70 of the finest contemporary craft artists in New England and beyond, CraftBoston: Pins + Needles shines a spotlight on the boldest brooches, pins, scarves, shawls, and other accessories. Shop the artists’ handmade wares to support individual makers and the Society, or tune in for a virtual educational event streamed from their studios
POCOSIN ARTS ANNUAL BENEFIT AUCTION
Pocosin Arts Center
Columbia, NC
Auction Bidding Begins Saturday, October 16 at 12 PM ET!
Join Us Online Saturday, October 23 For Live Auction Program, Bidding & Closing
SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN ALUMNI EXHIBITION 2021
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
The Exhibition is Hosted by:
Wellington B. Gray Gallery, ECU
Emerge Gallery
Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery, Joyner Library, ECU
The exhibition will also be available virtually through the School of Art and Design.
DRAWN TO DETAIL: METALSMITHS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Blowing Rock, NC
METAL + ? =
Splop Design
Honorable Mention- Rose Faded Memories
A juried virtual exhibition showcasing metal as it mingles with other materials. How does metal take on different roles within a piece?
CRAFT BOSTON STUDS + DROPS
Society of Crafts
Boston, MA
3/26/21-5/28/21
The SA+C is happy to present an entire new year of online CraftBoston events: showcasing four distinct themes, CraftBoston 2021 will surprise, entertain and display craft creativity at its best! Our first show is “Studs + Drops”, a show that focuses on the ancient art of earrings, online.
CLOSE TO HOME
Piedmont Craftsmen
Winston-Salem, NC
02/16/21 – 06/13/21
Explore the works of over twenty artists who live close to Winston-Salem. A variety of media including, ceramic, mixed media, fiber, leather, wood and jewelry.
The exhibit will open March 3rd – June 13th
UNDER FIRE 3: An International Juried Enameling Exhibition.
Enamel Guild North East
10/2020
Enamel Guild / North East (EG/NE) is a professional organization dedicated to the Art of Enameling through communication and cooperation.
RECENT ACQUISITION
The Enamel Arts Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
6/2020
The Enamel Arts Foundation has recently acquired 2 additional pieces, “Balance Brooch” and “Winged Brooch” for their archive, bringing Barbara’s total representation to d4 enamel works to date. The purpose of The Enamel Art Foundation is to promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of modern enameling as a vibrant art form.
Piedmont Craftsman Virtual Craft Fair Nov 20-21 10:00AM
POCOSIN ARTS GALLERY
Columbia, NC
Ongoing
The Pocosin Arts Gallery exhibits and sells work created by former and current artists in residence and artists from across the United States. Our carefully curated gallery is open year-round for the enjoyment of the public to appreciate and purchase one-of-a-kind works.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY
Kobe Design University
Kobe, Japan
Exchange exhibition
SIX YEARS SMITTEN: OBJECTS OF ADORNMENT
Cabrillo College Gallery
Aptos, CA
3/9/2020-4/10/2020
Extended dates: 8/24/2020-9/25/2020
35TH ANNUAL PENLAND BENEFIT AUCTION
Penland School of Craft
Penland, NC
8/1/2020 -8/8/2020 The Penland Benefit Auction is a gala event featuring the sale of roughly 200 works in books, clay, drawing, glass, iron, letterpress, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles, and wood.
The auction will be held online and includes the set pictured left; “Firenze Demi-Parure” in fine silver, 24k gold Keum-boo, 18k gold.
Register Now
BIBLIO SPECTACULUM
Main Street Arts
Clifton Springs, NY
RADIANCE
The Smithery
Columbus, OH
6/18/2020 – 8/23/2020
RADIANCE features a collection of each artist’s inspired interpretations of the classic hoop, dangle, and stud earrings.
TENSION OF OPPOSITES
Piedmont Craftsman
Winston-Salem, NC
6/12/2020 – 9/30/2020
Piedmont Craftsmen presents an annual theme show – Tension of Opposites.
FRESH
ARTSPACE Gallery
Raleigh, NC
4/10/2020 – 5/31/2020
FRESH is a fundraising exhibition with 70% of the proceeds from sales of artwork going directly in the pockets of artists and 30% going to the Artspace Inspiration Fund to support exhibitions and art education programs.
THE EARRING SHOW
Craft Counsel of BC
Vancouver, BC, CAN
5/9/2020
The Earring Show highlights earrings in every shape, size, material and concept, made by artists across North America.
Grab a drink and join us on Zoom or Facebook Live on May 9th at 4pm PST (7pm EST) as we showcase this year’s The Earring Show finalists, award the winners and show off the earrings so you can shop, virtually. Also featuring: surprise guests, a cocktail demo, fashion tips and more. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to support the craft community—from home!
RSVP to your preferred channel—we’ll be streaming the same live show to both:
ALCHEMY V
Museum of Glass
Tacoma, Washington
11/23/2019 – 5/10/2020
Alchemy V is The Enamelist Society’s 17th Biennial International Juried Enamel Exhibition.
It is an honor to be part of this exhibition once again!
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Metal Complexions
Jung Center in Houston, TX
2/2/2020-2/28/2020
This exhibition celebrates the diverse field of metalworking through jewelry and objects. The Houston Metal Arts Guild, Inc. (HMAG) invited artists to share jewelry and objects that explore these ideas through the expression of metalworking techniques
THE 2020 HANDCRAFTED SHOW
Maria V Howard Imperial Arts Center
Rocky Mount, NC
1/10/2020-4/12/2020
The Handcrafted Juried Art Show is a national art show that features handcrafted materials such as ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and mixed media.
Regalos
Hecho a Mano Gallery in Santa Fe, NM
11/29/2019-1/1/2020
Hecho a Mano supports artists making work at the intersection of innovation and tradition.
FREED FORMATS: the book reconsidered
Traveling Exhibition, March-October 2019
Freed Formats: the book reconsidered was a traveling exhibition of 135 works of book art from 53 artists representing 17 US states and 2 countries. Freed Formats will appeal to all ages. Each person has a different feeling about what a book means to them, and book art engages anyone who has ever read, written or, for that matter, just held a book in their hands.
Handcrafted 2018 Juried Exhibition: 1/26-5/13/2018
Juried by Will Hinton. The Handcrafted Juried Exhibition featured artists from around the nation specializing in craft media including: clay, metal, wood, fiber, stone, paper, glass, and more.
Maria V Howard Imperial Arts Center
Rocky Mount NC
By Hand: An International Fine Crafts Biennial: 1/19-3/3/18
Juried by Brigitte Martin, By Hand is an international biennial fine craft competition. Hand items include everything from furniture, elegant vases and jewelry to wall hangings, pottery and sculpture made by hand from glass, wood, metal and fiber.
Blue Line Arts
Roswell CA
UNT Metalsmithing & Jewelry, Lineages: 2/9-3/16/18
The exhibition featured the work of metalsmithing and jewelry graduate students in the College of Visual Arts and Design program at the University of North Texas next to the pieces of the mentors. Invitation as mentor by faculty member Sarah Loch-Test
UNT on the Square
Denton TX
Vitreous Voices: The Enamel Traditions of East Carolina University: 1/5-1/25/2018
Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville NC
A Juried Exhibition Curated by Robert Ebendorf and Barbara McFadyen
Exhibition Catalog by designed and produced by Barbara McFadyen available for $20. mailto:Bnmcfadyen@gmail.com
Vitreous Voices honors the tradition of enameling at East Carolina University as it recognizes its leaders and those who have carried this tradition forward; featuring 70 diverse works in enamel by 23 alumni and 5 professors.
Exhibition catalog available for purchase for $20. Please contact Barbara if you would like a copy.
