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I finally met the artist responsible for the mesmerizing woman on the Feria di Primavera cards. Barbara Roche is a professional artist in the Twin Cities with training in Flamenco Dance. She created the image for the post cards based on a 1930s Spanish Feria poster.
During our visit we chatted a little about the history of Ferias…or Fairs…in Spain. The long and short is that wealthy families used to host a fair each year. Tents would be set up for food, drink and entertainment…and the highlight was the dancing – both the dancing by professional dancers as well as social dancing. Feria Posters were made to advertise the fair and highlighted popular bands and dancers.
Barbara came to the Feria card project because she is personally involved with the theater…a personal friend is/was on staff there. She enjoyed going through the cards with me and was thrilled to take possession of them. I figured it seemed fitting that she have the cards instead of them sitting in a plastic bin in my Minneapolis studio. The plan for now is to create a display of the cards for the 2008 Feria here in Minneapolis and I will keep everyone up to date on when the event will be held. If you haven’t sent me your altered card yet, please do so…I will forward them on to Barbara. Also, look at the gallery and make sure your name is spelled correctly and attributed properly because that’s where she will gather information from for the display.
Barbara is a wonderful artist and will currently has one of the 10-day art journal books to work in…however if you’d like to see her work in its ‘natural habitat’…please visit her website at: http://www.barbararoche.org She does incredible stuff and its worth the time to take a look…or to buy a piece. My favorites are Crimson Tide, Garden, and draw08 -- all very different, but absolutely captivating!
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