Barbara Hageman Sarvis was born and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey and academically trained at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, Vermont Studio Center, The Charles Cecil Studio in Florence, Italy, and Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia. In addition, she worked as an apprentice to Audrey Flack in the 1970s. She continued graduate level work in both art and special education at the University of North Florida. After graduate studies, she was employed by Episcopal High School as the Visual Arts Chair. She held various art administration positions including the Curator of Education for The Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art and Executive Director for The Cultural Center in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. She served as the Chairperson of Visual Arts and President of The National Society of Arts and Letters, Northeast, Florida Chapter. During the last ten years, she wrote, illustrated and published five children’s books in addition to having two paintings published this year by literary journals. Presently she works as a Gallery Teacher at MASSMoCA and lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont.