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Barbara and I clicked from the first phone call.
She made me feel so comfortable,
I felt like I knew her for years.
~ Jadee & Damian, married in May
• Phone: 646-648-0128
• Email: Barbara@JesterOfThePeace.comI was called upon by two sets of friends in the summer of 2005 to officiate both of their weddings on opposite coasts. I loved it with a capital L-O-V-E. Upon moving to New York City in 2009, on Valentine's Day no less, I answered that call anew by becoming a registered wedding officiant. In 2013, I became an Ordained Interfaith Minister through One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, after a two year soulful and joyful journey of my heart and mind in a courageous, clever and caring community.
So far, I've been featured as a wedding officiant on the Four Weddings show on The Learning Channel, in the New York Times, New York Daily News, the Huffington Post, New York Magazine... and in dear family photo albums all over the world.
Today, I am so happy to serve your love with my creativity, sensitivity, wit, wisdom, and laughter. You'll feel at home with me, and your wedding ceremony will feel like a homecoming celebration into your love.
Love is Art. Art is Love.
Barbara, what's unique about you as a Wedding Officiant?
What sets me apart is my range of custom design. I am open to whatever expression of love is most true for you, from cherished tradition to artful invention to a mix of everything in between. Sweet beach side wedding to helicopter wedding to intimate living room gathering to roller disco extravaganza. It's the way I bring myself as a collaborative artist to your love.
Now, here's my "official" biography. Enjoy!
Visit my artist website: Jester Of The Peace
Barbara Ann Michaels, Jester of the Peace, and Ordained Interfaith Minister, makes a career of the interplay of love, art, and comedy. She is an award-winning wedding officiant in New York City, specializing in highly personalized weddings, including costume and adventure ceremonies. She has been featured on The Learning Channel’s Four Weddings, in the New York Times, Boston Globe, New York Daily News, New York Magazine, and the Huffington Post, among other new outlets. She celebrates interfaith and intercultural unions, and embraces Marriage Equality.
Artistically, Ms. Michaels specializes in audience-interactive and improvisational art that invites communication, transformation, and unity. She makes performances and installations, often employing humor to create access to serious topics. Her current project is the House of Holy Humor, a secular congregation for the humor arts. Recent projects include the Clown Curious with Air BnB Experiences, touring projects #IVOTE4U and AND NOW:WOMAN expression salon, and the annual Love Letter Lounge. She also has created theatrical characters to entertain and educate for corporate and community events across the USA. She has performed at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the New York Clown Theater Festival, Miami Project, San Francisco Fringe Festival, ImprovBoston, Boston Museum of Science, First Night Boston, on the Discovery Channel.
She has an honors BA in Media from Brown University, an MFA in performance art from Massachusetts College of Art, and is Ordained by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City.
She chooses to believe she was conceived on Valentine's Day, as her birthday falls nine months later, lovingly landing on November 14th each year. Ms. Michaels was born to love.