Del Barrett
delbarrett.bsky.social
Del Barrett
@delbarrett.bsky.social
Chief cook and bottle-washer at Hundred Heroines Museum celebrating women in photography. Based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Avid photo book collector. Spiritual home is Vienna.
Happy 85th Birthday to VALIE EXPORT 🎂🎂🎂🥳.

VALIE & me at her atelier last year 😎
May 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm on coffee duty at the museum today ☕. If you've ever thought about becoming a trustee, or volunteering, want to come and browse the library 📚 or just fancy a chat about #WomenInPhotography, come and join me. I think we even have biscuits😎
May 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If you're near #Nailsworth today, come and say hello - the coffee machine will be on! Morrisons gate is closed today, but there's plenty of parking outside the museum 🏛️.

#WomenInPhotography

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Contact
Reach out to us via email and how to find us in Nailsworth.
hundredheroines.org
May 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I'm a fan - have been lucky enough to see a lot of her work when I'm in my spiritual home #Wien 🇦🇹
Died 🖤 #OTD 2017 Ingeborg Strobl - she had this knack of making the everyday look extraordinary and vice-versa. We have a few of her books in the library for those that want to see more!

#WomenArtists

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Ingeborg Strobl
Ingeborg Strobl was an Austrian visual artist and photographer who focused primarily on conceptual art as a form of narrative expression.
hundredheroines.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Collecting our award this morning!
We won an award! 💙 Big thanks to #Nailsworth for the 2025 arts award 😎
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mini photowalks and zine-making are in the plan!
Come and join us in #Nailsworth this morning and create a visual love letter to the town. The sun will be shining on the town meeting this morning!

#photography 📸
April 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Job #opportunity 📢

If I didn't do what I do, this would be one of my dream jobs!

oca.no/news/now-hir...
Now Hiring - Head of Programme
The successful candidate will contribute to evolving OCA’s programme with a strong interest in creating new platforms, models, structures, and ways to engage with international audiences.
oca.no
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reposted by Del Barrett
Looking for a new exciting challenge?

We're looking for new Trustees to join our #museum 🏛️ board.

Details here 👇

hundredheroines.org/volunteers/h...
Help Shape the Future of HH
Published on 17th February 2021, Aesthetica Magazine named Hundred Heroines as one of their '5 to See: Women Artists Online'.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
As #WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close, a new (to me) #photographer to investigate for day 31. Edith Barlow 📸 Weirdly, the woman in the photograph bears a striking resemblance to my aunt Edith ...
March 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Latest acquisition for my bookshelf. Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth Day 30. Have I mentioned Hannah Höch is one of my favourite artists?

#WomenArtists
March 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 29 working in the archive of Elisabeth Buchmeyer Lewis - every day we find more exciting stuff!

#WomenInPhotography 📸
March 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Good morning Nailsworth! #photography #exhibition
March 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 27 Thrilled to be starting the Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska centenary celebrations tomorrow ... check out Wotton Heritage for the full programme!

#WomenInPhotography #WHM

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In Sophie’s Orbit
An illustrated journey following the footsteps of Sophie Gaudier Brzeska and illuminating the women photographers who would have been in her orbit.
hundredheroines.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Day 26 #WomensHistoryMonth - today remembering one of my favourite authors. Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989). I can just re-read her books 📚 over and over again ...

#WHM #WHM2025

www.dumaurier.org
Daphne du Maurier, famous author of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and Frenchman's Creek
Daphne du Maurier, author of the famous novels, 'Jamaica Inn', 'Frenchman's Creek' and 'Rebecca', was inspired by her love of Cornwall where she lived and wrote
www.dumaurier.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Day 25 of #WomensHistoryMonth and another street sign. The Austrians seem to be rather good at naming streets after #WomenInPhotography 📸 Inge Morath Platz

#WHM2025
March 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Day 24 of #WomensHistoryMonth - we need more streets named after women! And more statues and blue plaques ...

#WomenInPhotography 📸 #WHM2025 #Vienna 🇦🇹
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Day 23 #WomensHistoryMonth celebrating the women of the Bauhaus school. I saw the Friedl Dicker exhibition last year and have been creating refurb plans ever since!

#WomenArtists #WHM2025
March 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Day 22 of #WomensHistoryMonth - remembering a true diva, Maria Callas 1923 - 1977 💕. I haven't actually seen the film yet, hoping to rectify that shortly!

#opera #WHM2025 #WHM
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Day 21 of #WomensHistoryMonth & #WorldPoetryDay I am celebrating the life of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning - possibly a distant relative?

"I know I have not ground you down enough
To flatten and bake you to a wholesome crust"
March 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Celebrating day 20 of #WomensHistoryMonth and the birthday of Madame D'Ora born #onthisday 1881. I was lucky enough to get to Francisco Carolinum earlier this year to see her works from the museum's collection - and quite the collection it is!

#WomenInPhotography
March 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reposted by Del Barrett
‘The female gaze interested me more’: the radical vision of Dona Ann McAdams – in pictures
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘The female gaze interested me more’: the radical vision of Dona Ann McAdams – in pictures
From nuclear power plants to Aids protests, the photographer has spent half a century capturing her activist community
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Day 19 of #WomensHistoryMonth homework for tomorrow! Back to Museum in the Park, #Stroud for Photography and Protest 😎

#WHM #WHM2025 #WomenInPhotography 📸
March 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM