““...you see, Attwell is a very, very strong story teller no matter what media she uses.”
Matt Adams, HALT713”
EDUCATION
University of Texas. Fine Arts with emphasis on Foundry and Sculpture. BFA Cum Laude. Austin, Tx
Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Scholarship annually renewed on the basis of merit. Houston, Tx 1965-1973
EXPERIENCE
Artist Self Employed . Austin Tx . 1988 – present
Artisan Crafts Instructor . Austin Tx . 2015 – current
Public Program Developer Jacobs Well Natural Area . Wimberley Valley Watershed Association . Wimberley TX 2009 – 2012
WORKS AND AWARDS
Endangered Wildlife Video Series . Six wildlife film productions slowed down and enhanced to calm airport visitors and educate about our local rare species . Calming Towers at Austin Bergstrom Airport . Austin Tx . 2024
Texas FreeStyle Textiles Retreat Instructor. Wimberley Tx . 2023
Consultant, From Farm to Craft Table fiber Installation, a Community Arts Initiative Project by Alexandra Adamo . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Boston, Ma . 2023
Whirlpool Cave Mural . Mural on perforated steel, 40’ x 12 . Whirlpool Patio, Violet Crown Trail . Austin Tx . 2022
FELT: Fiber Transformed. Fiber Art International Magazine . Summer issue 2022
Fellow Travelers. Felted sculptures . Austin Bergstrom International Airport . Austin Tx . November 2021 – April 2022
Austin’s Underground Frontier. Felted and painted works that inspire care for endangered cave fauna . Exhibition shown at The Wildflower Center, Texas State Capitol, Travis County Administration, National Cave and Karst Symposium, Beverly Sheffield Gallery. Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan . Austin Tx . 2019 - current
National Speleological Society . Best of Show . Cave life underground images . Online 2020
Texas Juried Exhibition 2020 . Felted sculpture . Juror: Kristen Gaylord Amon Carter Museum of American Art . Artspace III . Ft. Worth Tx . 2020
Barbara Attwell: Rewylding . Felted works and habitat sculptures . The Elizabet Ney Museum. Austin Tx . 2020
Rewylding Video . International Feltmakers Association . Facebook . 2020
Mitch Watkins, Musician. . CD Covers, painting on guitar . Austin, Tx . 1996-2023
In Depth . Group show . Davis Gallery . Austin Tx . 2018
Elements . Felted sculptures . Davis Gallery . Austin Tx . 2017
Trails and Vistas Art Hikes . The Language of Trees: Felted seedpods. Mount Rose Wilderness . Lake Tahoe Nv . 2017
Rewylding: The Art of Barbara Attwell . Felted works and paintings . The Jung Center . Houston Tx . 2017
Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition. Felted sculpture. Juror: Eric Lee, Director Kimbell Art Museum . Artspace III . Ft. Worth Tx . 2016
People’s Gallery 12th Anniversary Exhibit . Felted sculptures . Austin City Hall . Austin Tx . 2016
Wild Basin Creative Research Center . Felted wildlife puppets . Wild Basin . Austin Tx . 2015
Morphogenesis: The Felted Works of Barbara Attwell . The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center . Austin Tx . 2014
People’s Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibit . Painting . Austin City Hall . Austin Tx . 2014
Best of Austin Critic’s Choice EAST Studio Tour . The Austin Chronicle . Bat habitat sculpture . Austin Tx 2012
