Brian Barreto

I'm very excited to announce I'll be a part of the incredible cast of good folks at the California Sculptors Symposium. I'll be teaching stone carving this year, specifically how to rough out your work quickly and get to really exciting parts faster. This magical workshop is held on the coast at Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, CA. Immerse yourself in a creativity community and spend your days in one of the most delightful and breathtaking parts of the world. There are three instructors this year: Inflatables- with Amy Brown (CA). @artwormsbrown Figurative Clay Sculpture- with Alexander S. Peter (CA) @artofalexanderpetermfa Stone Carving- with Brian Barreto (NM) Registration is open and several plan options are still available, don't let it fill up without you! California Sculptors Symposium Camp Ocean Pines April 12-19th, 2026 link in bio @marble_speak #CaliforniaArt #CaliforniaArtist #CAArtClasses, #CaliforniaArtistWorkshop #BayAreaArt #LAArtScene #SoCalArtists #ArtClassCalifornia #CaliformniaSculptorsSymposium #Stonecarving #Stonesculpture #Sculpture #studiobarreto #marblespeak #findingsoul #taosabstractartistcollective #sunanddust

Day 2 on Komono Kodo trail

👀 Thank you @taostempo for featuring SPEX26 on the front page of today’s paper! “To call the exhibition expansive is accurate yet incomplete. What “SPEX ‘26” offers is more than a survey of abstract work in Northern New Mexico, but rather a living, shifting conversation about what abstraction can be and who it is for.” come see us tomorrow at the opening reception. Friday, May 8 at the Stables Gallery at Taos Center for the Arts from 4 to 8 PM. 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte. Free, accessible, and open to the public! The show runs through May 16th. #taos #taosabstractartistcollective #spex26

✨🔴 OUR CATALOG PRESALE IS LIVE! Designed by TAAC Vice Chair, bianca goyette and cover design by Jonny Urban, this 159 page, matte finish, perfect-bound catalog features 77 artists from our 4TH Annual TAAC SPEX26 Exhibition running from May 8-16th, 2026. purchase at the link in our bio $45. Flat rate shipping throughout the United States. Local pickup option is available in Taos. If you choose to pick up your catalog, it will be available from 5/8-5/16 during the Spring Exhibition at the Stables Gallery at the Taos Center for the Arts. TAAC 4th annual exhibiting Fall and Spring Artists - check your email for the discount code! It is important to share with you that TAAC does not take any portion of proceeds from art sales at our community exhibitions. We are all volunteer board members and working artists. We rely on sales from these catalogs as well as individual and grant support to provide free and accessible programming and events for our community. Thank you for supporting TAAC through the purchase of one of these wonderful and collectible archival catalogs. Your support means the world to us! Yours in abstraction, TAAC Board of Directors #taac #taosabstractartistcollective #taacnm #SPEX26

🔴 Save the Date! TAOS ABSTRACT ARTIST COLLECTIVE CELEBRATES SPEX 26: 4th ANNUAL SPRING EXHIBITION. TAAC presents SPEX ‘26, from May 8th – 16th, 2026, at the Stables Gallery at the Taos Center for the Arts. Featuring work by 78 abstract artists working across diverse media and disciplines. The event is free, accessible and open to the public. 🔴TAAC is proud to announce Santa Fe-based Phoenix Savage as the recipient of the TAAC Scholar award. Phoenix is a medical anthropologist and sculptor creating interactive installations that evoke sensory engagement. Savage maintains a layered, research-based studio practice that investigates West African Yoruba philosophy and the meaning of being human. The TAAC Scholar Award is given to an artist whose work has pushed the bounds of abstraction within the Northern New Mexico artistic community. 🔴TAAC recognizes 4 NMSA seniors for excellence in abstraction: Ayana Anaya, Zoé Penot, bri tweet, and Sofia Lansrud-Lopez. One TAAC HS Scholar will be awarded a scholarship to help further their artistic practice beyond high school. 🔴Gallery hours listed on our website TAACNM.org 🔴 SPEX cover design by Jonny Urban. See you in May! #taac #taosabstractartistcollective #taosnewmexico

Do you need to get away for a week and make art among kindred spirits? . Do you want to try #inflatablesculpture and #figurativeclaysculpture and #stonesculpture but need some guidance? . Join the tribe at the #californiasculptorssymposium April 12-19th. Learn more at tinyurl.com/CalSculptors . This year's instructors are @jumbojibbles @marble_speak and @artofalexanderpetermfa !

✨OUR OPEN CALL FOR ART + WRITING IS LIVE! 2027 will mark TAAC’s 5th anniversary! And in celebration of this monumental milestone, we will be self-publishing a special-edition anniversary book, reflecting all of you and the energy and vibrance of our collective over our first five years. This book will be released in conjunction with a special anniversary exhibition that will run from May-September of 2027. We are seeking original art and writing from Northern New Mexico artists and contributors. The call deadline is 11:59pm MT on June 15th, 2026. Please see the call details at the link in our bio or at TAACNM.org Our book will be self-published as an original artwork and an expression of our commitment to artist voices, inclusivity and to telling the story of abstract art in Northern New Mexico. Submission fee is $10 to support administrative costs. Scope of Book: TAAC is obtaining our own publishing imprint for this and future art publications. We intend the book to include a collection of the following: ✨TAAC Artist Artwork ✨Essays, poetry/poetics regarding artwork; in response to/accompanying artwork ✨Essays, poetry/poetics about art practice and artist collective ✨Essays, poetry/poetics about New Mexico, the Southwest ✨Essays, poetry/poetics about inclusivity and access in the arts ✨Essays, poetry/poetics about abstraction ✨Photography ✨Excerpts from TAAC TALK interviews (radio/video) ✨Guest contributors from the artist community ✨An acknowledgement of every TAAC artist who has participated in a program or exhibition over the last five years 💕We intend to kick-start the funding of this book project with specific fundraising initiatives, private support and grant monies. If you or your company or organization are interested in sponsoring this project, please email Lauren at [email protected] #taac #taosabstractartistcollective #albuquerqueart #taos #santafeart

This Friday i have some miniature works in this fun group show now in its second year! Come mingle and take away some very adorable affordable works for your home or that of a loved one. Show runs March 6 - 31 Featuring work by: Izzy Hines Becky Wareing Steele Kimberly Thompson Cyn Kirk Diego Rigales Brian Barreto Emily Spykman Carol Schrader Jessi Cross Alex Rudolph Zoe Chressanthus Carmen Ribadenera Rosario Glezmir  Jessica LaVecchia Sasha Faust Emily Rankin 223-1/2 Canyon Rd Santa Fe, NM

I added lights to a mask Brian made. We miss you Dharma dog! And every other familiar, family and friend on the other side.

So the reason my jewelry IG is called Mattison Art Jewelry Studio is because I’m actually a dabbler in several mediums besides silver and goldsmithing. Now that I’m having a multidisciplinary show of my work I’ll be mixing this page with not just jewels but drawing, painting, and etching too. I hope you like what you see coming up! @embudovalleyvineyards @marble_speak #asilvergirl #dixonstudiotour

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In 2026 we will be missing Dharma-dog, the black Calupoh best dog on the hill. Dharmita, 'Mita, Darms, Stinker ( she was stinky), Ears... She was a great dog, i think I'll try to find another of this breed, but it might be tough as i only feel good about pound dogs.