Barbara and Rick are award winning designers and goldsmiths.  They have exhibited their artistic seashell jewelry at juried art and craft shows nationwide, including:


Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL.

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Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI.


The  Saint Louis Art Fair, Clayton, MO.


Main Street Fort Worth Art Festival, Fort Worth, TX.


 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA.


Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL.


Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami, FL
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Artisphere, Greenville, SC.


Craft Show at Chautauqua, Chautauqua Institution, NY


Art Fest Fort Myers, Fort Myers, FL


Bellevue Arts Museum artsfair, Bellevue, WA


Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,
​New Orleans, LA.

​Naples National Art Fair, Naples, FL.

Publications:

​Showcase 500 Art Necklaces, Lark Books.  Pub. July 2013


Sunshine Artist Magazine, June 2013.


Contemporary Goldsmithing, Pub.  November 2013.


Lapidary Journal, July 2014.

Education:

Barbara:
Towson State University, Baltimore, MD.  BS in Fine Art, concentration in metalsmithing under professor John T. Fix.  Minor in Business Administration.


Beginning Blacksmithing with Marc Maiorana, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ.


Design For Survival with Thomas Mann, Penland School, Penland, NC.

Rick:
apprenticeship with Barbara Umbel, 2001.

Beginning Blacksmithing with Marc Maiorana, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ.

Professional Organizations

Gallery Representation

Sandpiper Gallery, Sullivan's Island, SC.

​Brenda McMahon Gallery, Gulfport, FL

April Daze Boutique,  Stuart, FL.

Exhibitions

2017

Adorn: A Jewelry Invitational, Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL.


2016


ART JEWELRY 2016: Distinctive Personal Adornments by American Designers
Langman Gallery, Willow Grove PA.


All That Glitters:  A Jewelry Invitational, Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

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2015


Masterpiece E-Xhibit and sale, representing the state of Florida in an online exhibit for American Craft Week.


deLIGHTed, group exhibition at Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem NC.


All That Glitters: A Jewelry Invitational,  Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL.


2014


My Oyster:  The Oceanic Jewelry of Barbara and Rick Umbel,
Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.


Endless Summer, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL.


New Artists Exhibition, Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2013

Holiday Craft Exhibition, Fifth Avenue Gallery, Melbourne, FL.

Contemporary Goldsmithing, SNAG Online Exhibition curated by Tom Herman, George Sawyer, and Judith Kinghorn.

More Than Just Bling!  A Jewelry Invitational, Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

Florida 500 Years, Melbourne Beach Library, Melbourne Beach, FL.
Sponsored by the Strawbridge Art League.

2012

A Sense of Place/ Annual Art Gala and Sale, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

Things With Wings, juried themed all media exhibition at Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston- Salem, NC.

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime, group jewelry show at the Florida Craftsmen Gallery in St. Petersburg, FL.  Curated by Tim Keogh.

Art by the Sea, members exhibit of the Vero Beach Art Club, at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL.

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