Barb Siegel’s art is in collections around the world and has been in numerous shows through out the DMV area. Her many recognitions include a MD State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and multiple Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council Individual Artist and Scholar grants, as well as inclusion in many juried and invitational shows. Siegel has studied with several recognized artists, including Don Reitz (ceramics) and with FL Wall and Bert Schmutzhart at the Corcoran School of Art. She is a registered architect and currently works in the field of complexity thinking and confluent communications. Siegel has been invited to make presentations internationally in the area of art and cognition. She wrote and illustrated, The Shattered Sky: How Tycho Brahe Lost His Nose and Broke the Sky out of curiosity about what can only be communicated through the (then relatively new) medium of graphic novels.