A self-employed studio studio artist and instructor for University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Member of Society of North American Goldsmiths and Society of American Silversmiths.
MFA and BFA from University of Georgia; Certified Welder, Athens Technical College.
Recent commissions include:
“The Delta Prize for Global Understanding” [joint project with Gary Noffke] — recipients include President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter (1999); Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu (2000); President Mikhail Gorbachev (2001); Sadako Ogata (2002) and Válclav Havel (2004).
Sculpture commissions from CODA (Committee for Olympia Development of Atlanta) for the 1996 Olympics.
“Medallion, John D. Kehoe Scholarship,” University of Georgia Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy.
Wittner Center, St. Petersburg, Flordia, eight suite and elevator doors.
Her work is in numerous private and public collections including Nations Bank, Nexus Contemporary Art Museum and The University of Georgia. She is a recipient of Georgia Council of the Arts Individual Artist Grant. Numerous other organizational and individual commissions for jewelry and other art objects over the part twenty-five years.
Terry College of Business, “Pinnacle Award” a small scale silver sculpture which was presented to million dollars donors.
Georgia Manufacturers Award designer and maker.
Her work has been displayed in numerous exhibitions from California to Baltimore, from Atlanta to Italy to Melbourne, Australia, including exhibitions that traveled throughout the US and Australia.
Barbara has led many workshops and taught numerous courses in Georgia and Italy and was Artist-in-Residence for the University of Georgia Summer Studies Abroad in Cortona, Italy in 1978, 1979, 1997 and 2000.