Blue Barn Studios creates finely crafted housewares, jewelry and other accessories from flame worked glass and welded steel. Katie Richardson, owner and artist of Blue Barn Studios, has been creating for as long as she can remember, but particularly loves the physicality and transformative magic of working with glass and steel. Katie enjoys making beautiful and functional objects that delight the eye. Katie teaches classes and workshops at her home studios, as well as local art centers. She has taught at SnowFarm’s Summer High School Art Program, and was previously the coordinator for Get Up Get Down, an arts- for-change program that engages youth in art and activism through public art, murals and metalwork.
Katie studied art and music at Hampshire College and completed a multimedia installation thesis project dealing with immigration issues. She earned her M.Ed from UMASS Amherst, and later completed an MFA in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts, focusing on sculpture that explores issues of the body, disease and technology. Her sculptural work has been shown locally and regionally, and her craft work can be found in multiple MA galleries. She currently lives on a farm in Hadley, MA, where she has her studios.
As an artist and an educator, Katie is committed to creativity, community, justice and joy.
Katie studied art and music at Hampshire College and completed a multimedia installation thesis project dealing with immigration issues. She earned her M.Ed from UMASS Amherst, and later completed an MFA in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts, focusing on sculpture that explores issues of the body, disease and technology. Her sculptural work has been shown locally and regionally, and her craft work can be found in multiple MA galleries. She currently lives on a farm in Hadley, MA, where she has her studios.
As an artist and an educator, Katie is committed to creativity, community, justice and joy.