COMMISSIONS

MASS MoCA commission – 2017 MASS MoCA Building 6, Watercolor and mixed media, 8 x 15 feet

NASA Commission – 2005  The Discovery Shuttle Return to Flight

NASA Commission – 2005  The x-43

NASA Commission – 2004  Columbia Tribute Painting

NASA Commission – 2004  The International Space Station

United States Presidential Commission –  2003 Official White House Christmas Card

Williams College Bicentennial Calendar

For 10 years Barbara’s artwork was included regularly in the following publications: The New Yorker, The New York Times, Gourmet Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Travel and Leisure among others.

This July 4th every U.S. Ambassador and Embassy worldwide used Barbara’simage of The Collection for their U.S. Independence Day invitations.

AWARDS

  • Ajunct Faculty, Williams College, 2013-current

  • Appointed by the President of the U.S and approved by the Senate to the National Council on the Arts which advises the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, 2008-current

  • Heckscher Museum Celebrate Achievement Gala Honoree, 2011

  • Raynham Hall Museum Gala Honoree, 2010

  • Aspen Institute Ideas Roundtable Invitee, 2010

  • New York State Senate Women of Distinction Award, 2004

  • Artist in Residence, Westminster School, Simsbury, CT 1998

  • Best of Show, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 1996

  • Henry Luce Foundation Grant, 1986

  • Fulbright Scholarship, 1979

  • San Francisco Art Institute, Summer Grant, 1974

  • Lectures

  • Distinguished Lecture Series, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT (2024)

  • Horasis USA Meeting (2022)

  • Nassau County Museum of Art, Artist in Gallery Series, Roslyn, NY (2019)

  • Island Institute, Island Insights and Inspiration, Rockland, ME (2018)

  • MASS MoCA, Free Day, North Adams, MASS (2018)

  • Williams Club New York, with MASS MoCA director Joe Thompson, New York, NY (2017)

  • US Mission to the UN, "Insights on my process and career, New York NY

  • The National Gallery of Art, “The Watercolors of Winslow Homer”, Washington, DC

  • Women at the Helm of American Art, Panel Moderator, New York, NY

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, “John Singer Sargent: A Conversation with Curator Sarah Cash”

  • Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College American Masters, Watercolors in the Collection

  • Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL

  • U. S. Embassy – Oslo, Prague, Madrid, Paris

  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain