Contemporary Handwoven Tapestry
Certificate of Excellence for Never More Cartoon My cartoon/design for my upcoming tapestry Never More has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Circle Foundation of the Arts in Lyon, France. I submitted the cartoon to their Themed Contest: Art in the time of … Read more
Heallreaf 2 Award Pas de Deux has been awarded the Heallreaf Prize! Many thanks to the jurors of Heallreaf. Along with the £500 prize goes the beautiful “Heallreaf Bobbin” made from 2000 year old bog oak and made by local craftsman Andrew Dickinson. Heallreaf is a … Read more
Artists in Their Studios Photography Project I was honored to be awarded a photo shoot from The Maine Crafts Association in 2017 along with several other artists. Their Artists in Their Studios, a photography project documents Maine fine craft artists throughout the state in the … Read more
5th Triennial of Tapestry, Novi Sad, Serbia “Revolution’ by Barbara Burns has won the award for classical, traditional tapestry in the 5th triennial of Tapestry Novi Sad 2014 in Serbia. The triennial of tapestry in the organization of the Institution for Tapestry Making “Atelier 61″ was founded … Read more
Preserving Past Fabrics for the Future from the Bergen County Historic Preservation Advisory Board 2009. This award was given for all the conservation and preservation work I performed at the Pascack Historical Society in Park Ridge, NJ as a member. My work there includes creating and … Read more
FIRST PLACE decorative, non-functional category, Blue Ridge Hand Weaving Show, Supported by the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild Inc. Asheville, NC, 2008 NICHE AWARDS finalist juried 2008 Both awards were given to Woman With Red Turban Artist’s collection
Handweaver’s Guild of America Award for Excellence in Weaving, juried, 2003 This is a transparency weaving, a Finnish technique known as Kuulto kudo. I created several of these weavings before I started traditional tapestry weaving.
Best in show at Creative Strands, juried, 2003 This is a transparency weaving, a Finnish technique known as Kuulto kudo. I created several of these weavings before I started traditional tapestry weaving.