Dale Barbick

I make very simple beaded earrings so when I saw Dale Barbick's complex and intresting creations, I understood the quality of her materials and was in awe of her talent. She combines textures and colors in innovative and creative ways that bring out the best of the materials and result in peices that are richly layered in symbolism and meaning. Each one is a wearable individual one-of-a-kind work of art.

History

First we were a co-op gallery in a tiny rented space in a dental building in Illinois. There were 5 of us who each worked one day a week in exchange for the right to display their art. We had about 2 dozen consignment artists. In 2005, I moved the gallery to an historic building in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Sometimes, I run the gallery, and sometimes my artists staff it for me. Mineral Point is a special town with over two dozen artist-owned galleries, and many of them, like me, carry the work of many diverse artists.