Artist Statement:
As a fiber artist, I make my own original designs working in a variety of medias and techniques. I hand dye and or paint many of my fabrics with procion fiber reactive dyes, acrylics, oil paint sticks, inks and wax pastels. The fabrics are then texturized by adding tulle, sheers, cheesecloth, fibers and heat distressed plastics. My goal is to capture the viewer’s attention through both visual and tactile means.

Professional Affiliations:
International Quilt Association (IQA)
Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)
Austin Area Quilt Guild (AAQG)
Quilt Guild of Dallas (QGD)
Austin Fiber Arts (AFA)
Fiber Arts of San Antonio (FASA)
Texas Federation of Fiber Arts (TFFA)

Professional Experience:
2004: Taught Quilting Techniques in Phoenix, Arizona
2006: Taught Quilting Techniques in Fort Collins, Colorado
2009: Machine Needle Felting Demonstration at The Wesley Gallery in Dripping Springs, Texas
2009: Planning Committee for Texas Federation of Fiber Arts Conference 2011 Biennial Juried Show
involving vendors
2009: Secretary for Austin Fiber Artists
2010: Vice President of Austin Fiber Artists in Charge of Programs
2010: Demonstrated Techniques for Using Misty Fuse at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas
2010: Demonstrated How to Make 3 Dimensional Trees at Make It University for Quilting Arts Magazine at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas
2011: Taught “Artful Coloring: A Painting Techniques Class” for Austin Area Quilt Guild Gift of Quilting in Austin, Texas
2011: Contributor to Quilting Arts Magazine Interweave Publications
2011: Contributor to Quilting Arts In Stitches Emagazine Volume V, Interweave Publications
2011: Contributor to Machine Quilting Unlimited with Meander Publishing
2011: Taught Mixed Media Beads at Quilting Arts Make It University Booth at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas
2011: Demonstrated How to Make 3 Dimensional Palm Trees and Foliage at Open Studios for Quilting Arts Magazine at International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas

Juried Exhibitions:
2007: Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Scarlet Apassionado, Arthur’s Quest and Face of Serenity
2008: Texas Museum of Fiber Arts “Deep In The Art of Texas” at the State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas
Little Rascals, and The Fertility Goddess
2008: Wesley Gallery Austin Fiber Arts Show in Dripping Springs, Texas
Moroccan Play, and A Leap of Faith
2008: International Quilt Festival World of Beauty Show in Houston, Texas
Little Boy Blue and Little Rascals
2008: International Quilt Festival Journal Quilt Travelling Exhibit in Houston, Texas, Chicago, Illinoise, Long Beach, CA
Elemental Dance
2009: The Copper Shade Tree Gallery “It’s Not A Quilt Or Is It” Show in Round Top. TX
Esmerelda, Moroccan Play, Purple Mountain Majesty and Hot Fusion
2009: Denver National Quilt Festival: “High Hopes” in Denver, Colorado
Contemplation
2009: Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Fertility Goddess, Little Rascals and Ruby
2009: Sacred Threads Show in Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Cara Mia and The Fertility Goddess
2009: International Quilt Festival 2009-2010 West Coast Wonders Travelling Exhibit in Long Beach, California, and Houston, Texas Emerald Treasures and Life’s A Beach
2009: International Quilt Festival World of Beauty Show in Houston, Texas
Group Conversations, a collaboration with Kathy York, Frances Holliday Alford, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Connie
Hudson, Sherri Mc Cauley, Diane Sandlin, Jean Dahlgren and Pearl Gonzales
2009: Austin Bergstrom International Airport Exhibit featuring Austin Fiber Artists in Austin, Texas
Little Boy Blue
2009: Pacific International Quilt Festival XVIII : It’s The Getting There” Exhibit in Santa Clara, California
Generation Y: Song of Hope
2010: Textile Twists in 2010 show in Austin, Texas
Vertical Horizon and Spherical Illusion
2010: Art In Fiber exhibit at The Copper Shade Tree in Round Top, Texas
White Lightning, Mountain Retreat, Beloved Companion and Calypso
2010: International Quilt Festival World of Beauty (Juried) Show in Houston, Texas
Pixel Perfect, a collaboration with Kathy York, Frances Holliday Alford, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Barb Forrister, Sherri Mc Cauley and Connie Hudson
2010-2011: International Quilt Festival Beneath The Surface Travelling Exhibit in Long Beach, California, Houston,Texas and Cincinnati, Ohio
Treasured Waters
2010-2011: International Quilt Festival West Coast Wonders Travelling Exhibit in Long Beach, California and Houston, Texas
Ruby In The Emerald Forest
2010-2011: International Quilt Festival Text On Textiles (Juried) Travelling Exhibit in Long Beach, California, Houston, Texas and Cincinnati, Ohio
Welcome To My Garden
2011 Art In Fiber 2011 Show at The Copper Shade Tree Gallery in Round Top, Texas
Call of the Wild, Amethyst Garden, Eastern Bluebird, Shadow Dancer and Queen of the Nile
2011: Welcome to My Garden will travel overseas to the International Quilt Festival Open European Quilt Championships in the Netherlands
2011: Celebrate Spring at International Quilt Festival Juried Show in Cincinnati, Ohio, Long Beach, California and Houston, Texas with Generation Y: Song of Hope
2011: Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta Eighth Biennial Juried Show in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Key Largo and Treasured Waters
2011: United In Textiles at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery located at the Daugherty Art Center in Austin, TX
2011: 175th Birthday of Texas as a Republic, The International Quilt Festival’s Texas Juried Show in Houston, Texas with Life’s A Beach and Little Boy Blue; Group Conversations, a collaboration.
2011: Tactile Architecture, “Artist Village,” a Collaboration with 17 International Artists at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas.
2011: “The Trail That Lay Before Them, a Juried invitational, Contemporary Quilt Exhibit at the Flagstaff Gallery Located in the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) in Baker City, Oregon with “Contemplation”.
2011-2012: International Quilt Festival Juried Invitational Special Exhibit, The Space Between in Long Beach, California, Houston, Texas and Cincinnati, Ohio with “Lost Cavern.”
2011-2012: International Quilt Festival Juried Invitational Special Exhibit, In Full Bloom at Long Beach, California, Houston, Texas and Chicago, Illinois with “Austin tatious.”
2011: International Quilt Festival World of Beauty Juried Show with “Songbird” and “Artists Garden,” a group collaboration.

Museum Exhibitions:
2006: The Heritage Museum in Seymour, MO featuring Little Boy Blue and Screech
2008: Texas Museum of Fiber Arts “Deep In The Heart of Texas” at the State Capitol Building in
Austin, TX featuring Little Rascals and The Fertility Goddess
2009: Texas Museum of Fiber Arts “Big As in Texas” at the State Capitol Building in
Austin, Texas featuring Blue Jays

Gallery Representations:
2008-2011: The Wesley Gallery in Dripping Springs, TX
2009: The Copper Shade Tree Gallery in Round Top, TX
2010: The Art In Fiber exhibit at The Copper Shade Tree in Round Top, TX
2011: The Art In Fiber 2011 Show at The Copper Shade Tree Gallery In Round Top, TX

Work Featured In Private Collections:
Fire, Sunburst, Aria, Fish Bones, Dark Shadow, Elliptical Illusion, The Fertility Goddess, White Lightning, Feels So Good, Colorado Trail, Reach For The Stars With All Your Heart, Purple Mountain Majesty, Calypso, Mountain Retreat, Tranquility, Call of the Wild, Eastern Bluebird and Chantilly Lace .

Publications:
2007: Webster County Citizen, Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Seymour, Missouri Inaugural Quilt Show A Success
Screech
2008: Wesley Gallery Postcard Invitation Featuring Moroccan Play
2008: Austin Fiber Artists Brochure in Austin, TX
A Leap of Faith, Ruby and Emerald Treasures
2009: Studio Art Quilts Associates Inc. Portfolio 16: The Art Quilt Sourcebook (p. 93)
Life’s A Beach, September 2009
2009: Austin Fiber Artists 2008 Fun, Fall Folly With Black Misty Fuse Sponsored by Attached Inc., maker of Misty Fuse p 6-7 Copyright 2009 by Iris Karp
A Place In Time
2009: Commemorative Catalogue of the 2009 International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, California Special Exhibits: West Coast Wonders II (page 33) Emerald Treasures by Barb Forrister
2009: Quilt Festival @ Home: The Official Webcast of the International Quilt Festival/Long Beach! Selected Special Exhibits: West Coast Wonders II with Emerald Treasures by Barb Forrister http://www.quilts.com/fqf09/enVivo/SpecialExhibits/West/Emerald%20Treasures.jpg.html
2009: Quilt Festival @ Home: The Official Webcast of the International Quilt Festival/Long Beach! Selected Special Exhibits: West Coast Wonders II Life’s A Beach by Barb Forrister http://www.quilts.com/sqf10/enVivo/SpecialExhibits/Wonders/Lifes%20a%20Beach.jpg.html
2010: The Art In Fiber 2010 American Landscapes book (p10)
Mountain Retreat
2010: Studio Art Quilts Associates Inc. Portfolio 17: The Art Quilt Sourcebook
Generation Y: Song of Hope, September 2010
2010: Dinner At Eight Artists Present Beneath the Surface (p28-29), an interview with Barb Forrister and photo Treasured Waters
2010: Quilt Festival @ Home:  The Official Webcast of the International QuiltFestival/Long Beach Selected Special Exhibits: West Coast Wonders 2010 Ruby In The Emerald Forest http://www.quilts.com/lbqf10/enVivo/SpecialExhibits/West/Ruby%20in%20the%20Emerald%20Forest.jpg.html
2010: The Official Webcast of the International QuiltFestival/Long Beach Selected Special Exhibits: Beneath The Surface Treasured Waters
2010: Texas Artist Portrait Project: Interview. Please visit http://www.txartistportraits.com/artists/barb-forrister/
2011: Lone Stars III: A Legacy of Texas Quilts 1986-2011 by Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes
Life’s A Beach, Little Boy Blue and Group Conversations, a collaboration
2011: Art In Fiber 2011 Paperback with “Moon Shadow”
2011: In the Spotlight, Barb Forrister in April/May 2011 edition of Quilting Arts Interweave Publications with “Generation Y: Song of Hope” and “Little Rascals”
2011: Studio Art Quilts Associates Inc. Portfolio 18: The Art Quilt Sourcebook with “Call of the Wild”
2011: Quiting Arts In Stitches Emagazine Volume V Interweave Publications with “3 Dimensional Wildflowers” by Barb Forrister
2011:Dinner At Eight Artists Presents The Space Between By Jamie Fingal and Leslie Jenison with “Lost Cavern”
2011: Machine Quilting Unlimited, a Meander Publication, Nov- Dec Issue in “Noteworthy Quilts From Our Readers (page 71) with Songbird
2011: Winter 2011-2012: International Quilt Festival Quilt Scene: Insider’s Guide to Today’s Quilt Scene Special Annual Issue with International Quilt Association Presents “Quilts: A World of Beauty (Songbird p. 34).