Barbara Siegel
Education
2015 Ulab, MIT Sloan School/Presencing Institute
2011-12 American University – MS Organization Development Program (12 credits)
2009-13 Montgomery College Takoma Park - printmaking (Joyce Jewel, Nancy McNamara)
1985-92 The Corcoran Gallery School of Art
studied sculpture with Bert Schmutzhart and F.L. Wall
1985 Master of Architecture, The University of Maryland
MD registration current
1980 BA in English, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Studied ceramics with Don Reitz
Selected Awards
2022 Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council Individual Artist Grant
2020 Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council Individual Artist Grant
2018 Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council Individual Artist
2000 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
Selected Presentations
2024 Seeing Ambiguity: Virginia Mediators Conference, Williamsburg, VA
2024 Seeing Ambiguity: MidAtlantic Facilitators Network, Tysons Corner, VA
2019 Drawn to Connect/Goethe on Art: Thinking Through Drawing Conference, New Paltz, NY
2018 Drawn to Connect: Organization Development Network, Alexandria, VA
2017 Visual Collective Experience, Plexus Institute Conference, Bethesda, MD
2014 Neurocognition and Graphic Recording: EUViz Berlin, Germany
1996 Women in Architecture: Smithsonian Associates/National Building Museum, Women in Architecture, DC
Selected Shows
2019 2nd Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry (Invitational), Baltimore, MD
2007 Bethesda Regional Library, Bethesda, MD, (Solo)
2004 University of Maryland Architecture Gallery (Juried), College Park, MD
2002 Watercolor Invitational group show; Marlboro Gallery, PG Community College
2002 Capitol Parade, DC Arts Council, George Washington University, WDC
2001 Foundry Gallery, invitational show, WDC
2001 Bookmark, Little City Art Studio, Bethesda, MD
2000 Other Places, New Horizons Gallery CNMC, WDC (Solo)
2000 Featured Artist, Montgomery Hospice Ball, Silver Spring, MD
2000 Corcoran Alumni Exhibition (Juried), WDC
2000 Suburbanscape Anne Arundel Community College, Gary Sangster, director of the Contemporary Art Museum Baltimore, juror
2000 Room with a View, Gallery 505, WDC
2000 Sweet and Sour Group Show Wilson Center Gallery, Willem de Looper, juror
1999 Time Returned, Barnes and Noble, Bethesda, MD (Solo)
1999 Sculpture and Still Life Group Show, Wilson Center Gallery, Joan Danziger, Juror
1999 Elements Group Show, Wilson Center Gallery, Eliza Rathbone, Curator of the Phillips Collection, Juror
1998 The Place to Be, New Horizons Gallery 2, Children’s National Medical Center, WDC (Solo)
1998 Bethesda Regional Library, Bethesda, MD (Solo)
1998 Then and Now: Twenty Years of A.Salon Washington DC Juried
1998 March Solo Show, Quartermaines Coffee Roasters, Washington, DC
1997 Bethesda Regional Library, Bethesda, MD (Solo)
1996 Montgomery County, MD Juried Art Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD. Juror: James Hilleary
1995 Drawing for Art, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD
1995 Bethesda Regional Library, Bethesda, MD (Solo)
1995 Cafe Zino, Bethesda, MD (Solo)
1995 Montgomery County Juried Art Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD.
Barbara Fendrick, Juror (Third Prize)
1989-1992 FreeTime Toys, Feature, The Washington TImes, WDC
Selected Collections
Bay Terrace Jewish Center, NYC
The Children’s Inn at NIH, Bethesda, MD
Children’s National Medical Center, WDC
The Family Justice Center, Rockville, MD
The Foundations Schools, Largo, MD
Housing Opportunities Commission, Montgomery County, MD
National Association of HomeBuilders, WDC
Ronald McDonald House, Baltimore, MD
Publication
2018 The Shattered Sky: How Tycho Brahe Lost His Nose and Broke the Sky
1989-1993 Free Time Toys (weekly drawn feature in Washington Times)
Selected Press
2013 Rose, Kara; Adding color to the meeting minutes: Graphic recorders illustrate notes for city and corporate clients to facilitate learning, Washington Post, 7 February,
2002 WETA documentary Party Animals
1989-1992 FreeTime Toys, Feature, The Washington TImes, WDC
Additional Information
As architect worked on National Building Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, National Capitol Police Building, The Cosmos Club. Numerous home additions and renovations in various locations in DC, MD, VA. Wrote successful historic designation application for Hospital For Sick Children in Washington DC. Argued successful zoning variances and permits in various historic districts. Currently helping organizations understand and apply complexity thinking. Served on the advisory board to Brainy Camps of Children’s National Medical Center. Currently a board member of Plexus Insititute and founding partner at Awareful Systems. Created and led workshops on language using drawing; graphic facilitation with groups and for individual coaching.