Barbara Weinberg Barefield: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

San Francisco Jazz Center: Jazz at the BlackHawk June 2026

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:47:20 GMT

]]>Jazz at the BlackHawk/It's a Family Affair concert at the San Francisco Jazz Center was held on Saturday, June 6, 2026. Presented by the San Francisco Recovery Theatre, headliners were the Barefield Family (guitarist A Spencer Barefield, violinist Jannina Barefield Norpoth, bassist John-Paul Norpoth,) vocalist/harmonica player David Alan Grier and MC/host Geoffrey Grier with Dave Austin on piano, and vocalists Eric Ward, Paula West, Vernon Medearis, Sherrie Taylor, Barry Graves Jr, Phoenyx Rose. Photo by ©Barbara Barefield 2026

Venmo QR code for BB

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 01:00:58 GMT

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Art Ensemble Sound Check 50th Anniversary Concert

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:44:34 GMT

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Art Ensemble Back Stage 50th Anniversary Concert

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:18:41 GMT

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Art Ensemble of Chicago 50th Anniversary Concert

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:18:41 GMT

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New All Photographs-photos

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:57:28 GMT

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Home page slide show

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 07:42:20 GMT

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ArtPrize Photos

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 07:42:20 GMT

]]>These are the photos that appear in the JazzSpace Detroit exhibit, a 25 x 7 ft photographic triptych. It was originally displayed during ArtPrize at the Grand Rapids African American Museum to reflect Michigan’s rich musical heritage of jazz, blues and Motown history.

The artwork is divided into three sections: two fabric panels are covered with photos printed via the dye sublimation process. The panels are hung on either side of a 5 x 7 ft canvas printed with the photo of saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey on a Detroit rooftop. This image was created from my original 35mm black and white negative that I printed on archival, fiber-based photo paper in my darkroom, color-tinted with Marshall Oil Paints, scanned, and digitally enlarged.

Approximately 70 photos are printed on the fabric panels. The collage design is reminiscent of a quilt — a collection of patches, each one a photo of a legendary musician that symbolizes an individual story and history. Included are Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Sippie Wallace,
John Lee Hooker, Yusef Lateef, Marcus Belgrave, Roscoe Mitchell, Betty Carter, Roy Brooks, Griot Galaxy, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, A. Spencer Barefield, Regina Carter, Geri Allen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marion Hayden, James Carter, Robert Hurst, Ralphe Armstrong, and many others.

Videos-photos

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:43:34 GMT

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All Photographs-photos

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:11:02 GMT

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Creative Music at the DIA

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 08:45:06 GMT

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Abyssinian Mass by Wynton Marsalis

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 07:15:51 GMT

]]>On May 18, 2019, The Carr Center with partnership from Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, presented The Abyssinian Mass, A Gospel Celebration composed by Wynton Marsalis. The performance featured volcalist Karen Clark-Sheard, with The Gathering Orchestra conducted by Rodney Whitaker and the Carr Center Community Choir conducted by Maestro Damien Sneed. It was held at the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 2089 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, Michigan. Photos by © Barbara Barefield 2019

Creative Music at DIA posters

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:40:34 GMT

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CAC Ensembles

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:19:33 GMT

]]>Spencer Barefield Ensembles who performed at the Creative Music at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts) concert series presented by Creative Arts Collective from 1979-1992.

Jazz Space Exhibit

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:40:05 GMT

]]>The JazzSpace Detroit exhibit, a 25 x 7 ft photographic triptych, was originally displayed during ArtPrize at the Grand Rapids African American Museum to reflect Michigan’s rich musical heritage of jazz, blues and Motown history.

The artwork is divided into three sections: two fabric panels are covered with photos printed via the dye sublimation process. The panels are hung on either side of a 5 x 7 ft canvas printed with the photo of saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey on a Detroit rooftop. This image was created from my original 35mm black and white negative that I printed on archival, fiber-based photo paper in my darkroom, color-tinted with Marshall Oil Paints, scanned, and digitally enlarged.

Approximately 70 photos are printed on the fabric panels. The collage design is reminiscent of a quilt — a collection of patches, each one a photo of a legendary musician that symbolizes an individual story and history. Included are Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Sippie Wallace, John Lee Hooker, Yusef Lateef, Marcus Belgrave, Roscoe Mitchell, Betty Carter, Roy Brooks, Griot Galaxy, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, A. Spencer Barefield, Regina Carter, Geri Allen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marion Hayden, James Carter, Robert Hurst, Ralphe Armstrong, and many others.

The left-hand panel displays 20th Century “darkroom” photographs, shot between 1973 and the late 1990s with 35mm black and white film. I developed the film and printed silver gelatin prints in my darkroom; some of the images were transformed from black and white to color by old-fashioned hand-tinting, oil-painting techniques, taught to me by Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Tony Spina, who was my mentor and head of the photo department at the Detroit Free Press when I was Art Director of the Free Press Sunday magazine in the late 1970s.

The right-hand panel includes “lightroom” photographs from the 21st Century, shot digitally and “developed” on my computer. Many of the photographs were shot at events that I helped to produce or organize. Each photo is embedded with personal stories. Most of the people I photographed are/were Detroiters or have Detroit roots, and many of them are personal friends.

All the photographs were shot in Michigan, primarily in Detroit, except for one photograph from 1981 of Stevie Wonder, which was shot in Washington, DC, for a huge Solidarity Day labor demonstration, where I also had the honor to photograph Coretta Scott King, Bella Abzug with Gloria Steinem, and thousands of workers from throughout the country. I was photographing the event for the UAW’s Solidarity magazine, where I was the art director at the time.

For information about exhibiting the artwork, please contact barbarabarefieldphotos@gmail.com

Historic Art Ensemble of Chicago photos

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:47:36 GMT

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Congressman John Conyers, Legendary Civil Rights warrior

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:56:19 GMT

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Art Ensemble of Chicago recording session

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:01:15 GMT

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Art Ensemble of Chicago group outside

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:59:25 GMT

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Aretha Franklin

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:12:49 GMT

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Events

(Barbara Weinberg Barefield) — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:57:39 GMT