PUBLICATIONS & LINKS
- Barbara's latest work and returning to Northern Illinois University in this article
School of Art and Design alumna Barbara Lee Smith: “It started with a dream”
- As part of "Connections," the Renwick Galley's exhibition of some of their permanent collection, each artist was asked to
respond to one other work in the show. Here is Barbara's response to the iconic "Ghost Clock" by Wendell Castle
Barbara Lee Smith on Wendell Castle—Connections: Renwick Gallery
- Review by NW Military.com ; Transitions and Reflections
of Barbara's January 2016 solo show at Tacoma Community College Gallery, Tacoma, WA
- Read an online interview with Barbara in Textile Artist Magazine
- Click the PDF to download an exhibition essay for Barbara's Tacoma Community College show by Dr. Pamela Transue
PULL OF THE MOON: Recent Works of Barbara Lee Smith
Catalog for Barbara’s solo show at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, 2011
TRACES: Mapping a Journey in Textiles
Exhibition at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, winter and spring of 2011
Barbara explains how the exhibit Traces: Mapping a Journey in Textiles came about and her thought process behind the exhibition in this
CELEBRATING THE STITCH: Contemporary Embroidery of North America
By Barbara Lee Smith
The Taunton Press, 1991
This book was the first to focus on artists from the United States and Canada using embroidery as their primary medium. Rather than focusing on "how to", the profiles offer in depth commentary as to why the artists chose to use this medium.
Out of print, but occasionally available on the web