Kathleen Barta
18967 Melanie Rd.
Springdale, AR 72764
(479) 466-0640
http://kathleenbartafineart.com
Mentor
2005 – 2013 Myrtle Laabs (1904- 2013) watercolorist
Art Groups
Figure Drawing Group Art Ventures Fayetteville, AR
Portrait Drawing Group Art Ventures Fayetteville, AR
Figure Drawing Group Crystal Bridges Bentonville, AR
Artists of Northwest Arkansas
Arkansas Arts Council
Plein Air Painters of the Ozarks
Workshops and Courses
2022 University of Arkansas Monoprints
2020 University of Arkansas Digital Inquiries in Printmaking; Bookmaking and Letterpress
2019 University of Arkansas Screenprinting
2019 University of Arkansas Introduction to Printmaking
2018 Sept - Dixon Fish workshop on dry etching Fallbrook, CA
2018 May - Gary Johnson Abstract Watercolor
2017 October - Kathleen Conover Chaos to Order Fayetteville, AR
2015 June – Cheng-Khee Chee workshop Duluth, MN
2008 November – Art Escapes with Gloria Garrison at Winthrop Rockefeller Center AR
2008 May – Wild Women Retreat with Carol Cooper in Hot Springs, AR
2007 May – Wild Women Weekend with Carol Cooper in Hindsville, AR
Juried Group Exhibits
2023 Walton Arts Center Our Art, Our Region, Our Time
2020 Art Ventures https://artventures-nwa.org/blogs/virtual-exhibitions/tagged/kathleen-barta
2019 Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Annual Invitational
2018 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Member Show
2018 24th Annual Regional Exhibition Artists of Northwest Arkansas Jurors: Phil Stark, Simon Kogan, and Selma F. Blackburn
2017 Illinois River Salon
2017 Small Works on Paper – Arkansas Arts Council
2016 Illinois River Salon
2015 Illinois River Salon
2013 Fayetteville, AR Fayetteville Underground Women Take Flight – Juror: Fran Otten
2009 15th Annual Regional Art Show of Artists of Northwest Arkansas Juror: Kay Polk
2009 29th Ozark Art Alliance Exhibit Juror: Desmond O’Hagen
2008 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Members Only Exhibit Juror: Andrea Danenhauer
2008 14th Annual Regional Art Show of Artists of Northwest Arkansas Exhibit Juror: Bruce Peil
Other Exhibits
2023 May Springdale Art Walk
2020 Art Ventures Face and Figure virtual exhibition https://artventures-nwa.org/past-programs/
2019-20 Looking for America participant https://www.lookingforamerica.us/northwest-arkansas
2020 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Member Show
2018 Dia De Los Muertos/Day of the Dead Arts Center of the Ozarks
2018 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Member Show
2017 Women in Jail Pop-Up Art Nov. 11
2017 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Member Show
2011 Fayetteville Public Library solo exhibit January - March
2009 Art in Opera at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Eureka Springs
2006 – 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019 Arts Center of the Ozarks 5X5
Juries Art Fairs
2019 Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts https://www.oconomowocarts.org/booklet.pdf
2018 Third Ward Art Fair Amdur Productions
Awards
2019-20 Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts Artists Registry. Curator: Courtney Taylor http://acnmwa.org/rgcpt_artreg/kathleen-barta/
2018 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Member Show Best in Show Juror: Jeff Legg
2018 Artists of Northwest Arkansas Member Show Best in Drawing/Pastel “Recumbent” Juror Jeff Legg
2012 Fayetteville Underground Women Take Flight - Third Place for “Flight Out” watercolor
2009 29th Ozark Art Alliance - Village Art Club Award for “Reverie” watercolor
Private Collections
Stout Executive Search Springdale, AR
Publications
2020 Cover for book: All Eyes on the Sky by Samuel Totten https://africanstudiesbookstore.com/shop/all-eyes-on-the-sky/
2018 Cover for book: Teaching About Genocide: Insights and Advice from Secondary Teachers and Professors by Samuel Totten Rowman & Littlefield https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475825466/Teaching-about-Genocide-Insights-and-Advice-from-Secondary-Teachers-and-Professors-Volume-1
2017 Cover for book: Sudan’s Nuba Mountain People Under Siege: Essays by Humanitarians in the Battle Zone by Samuel Totten, McFarland Books https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/sudans-nuba-mountains-people-under-siege/
2016 Illinois River Salon Art Exhibit http://www.irwp.org/assets/gallery/2016-Illinois-River-Salonshowpreview-1.pdf
2015 Cover using “Flight Out” watercolor for book: Genocide by Attrition by Samuel Totten, Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers https://www.routledge.com/Genocide-by-Attrition-The-Nuba-Mountains-of-Sudan/Totten/p/book/9781412856713
2015 Cover using “Flight Out” watercolor for Spring Catalog of Transaction Publisher of Record in International Social Science. Piscataway, NJ
2015 Illinois River Salon Art Exhibit http://www.irwp.org/assets/PDF/2015-Illinois-River-Salon-Art-Exhibition-Pages10-12-15cmsd.pdf
Publicity
http://idleclassmag.com/fayetteville-underground/
Education
1992 University of Arkansas EdD Adult Education
1980 Boston College, MS Nursing
1975 Marquette University, BS Nursing
Employment
2015 – present Self-employed artist
1984 – 2015 University of Arkansas School of Nursing Faculty
1983 – 1984 University of Wisconsin Lecturer
1980 – 1983 University of Arkansas School of Nursing Faculty
1975 – 1978 Staff Nurse Milwaukee Children’s Hospital