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Barbara Straker James (1918-2007) was an American artist. She was the curator of the
Museum of Northwest Art The Museum of Northwest Art (also referred to as MoNA) is an art museum located in La Conner, Washington La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States with a population of 965 at the 2020 census. It is included in the ...
from 1991 to 2002. Born Barbara Straker in Massachusetts in 1918, she graduated from the
Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase th ...
in 1942. In 1944 she left the East Coast with her husband and fellow RISD Art student Clayton James and relocated to
La Conner, Washington La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States with a population of 965 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon– Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. History La Conner was first sett ...
. She and her husband worked with fellow " Northwest School" artists
Guy Anderson Guy Anderson (November 20, 1906 – April 30, 1998) was an American artist known primarily for his oil painting who lived most of his life in the Puget Sound region of the United States. His work is in the collections of numerous museums inc ...
,
Morris Graves Morris Cole Graves (August 28, 1910 – May 5, 2001) was an American painter. He was one of the earliest Modern artists from the Pacific Northwest to achieve national and international acclaim. His style, referred to by some reviewers as Mysti ...
, and
Kenneth Callahan Kenneth Callahan (1905–1986) was an American painter and muralist who served as a catalyst for Northwest artists in the mid-20th century through his own painting, his work as assistant director and curator at the Seattle Art Museum, and his wr ...
. Barbara Straker James was part of a larger group of Skagit Valley artists who have been recognized in recent years.


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1918 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American women artists American art curators American women curators Artists from Massachusetts Rhode Island School of Design alumni 21st-century American women {{US-photographer-stub