Barbara Bash

Barbara Bash has worked for many years as a calligrapher and teacher of book arts and nature journaling, and teaches Big Brush calligraphy workshops throughout the U.S. She was co-director of the book arts program at Naropa University and has collaborated over the years with musicians, storytellers, and dancers, exploring calligraphic performance art. Her study of Dharma Art with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Chinese pictograms with Ed Young contributed to her understanding of Eastern principles as applied to Western forms. She has written and illustrated many award-winning books on natural history for children and adults, including her most recent work, True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude. Barbara teaches Creative Process workshops at the ALIA Institute, has been a core faculty member since 2002, and has been collaborating with Bob Wing and Toke Moeller since 2005. See also www.barbarabash.com