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Barbara Thomas is a visual artist and a writer with a longstanding record as an arts administrator in the Northwest. She has overseen programs for the city of Seattle and the Northwest’s largest arts festival, Bumbershoot. Currently she is the Major Gifts Officer of the Northwest African American Museum where she has served since 2008. Thomas has exhibited artwork consistently since 1982 and her work is included in several prestigious public and private collections including the city of Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Safeco and Microsoft. As an award-winning writer her essays have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including What to Read in the Rain an 826 anthology, Raven Chronicles, Arcade Magazine, Gathering Ground, A Single Mother’s Companion, Calyx, Intimate Nature: The Bonds Between Women and Animals, The Gift of Birds: True Encounters with Avian Spirits and Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon.
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