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Barbara Straker James (1918-2007) was an American artist. She was the curator of the Museum of Northwest Art from 1991 to 2002.[1]

Born Barbara Straker in Massachusetts in 1918, she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1942.[2] In 1944 she left the East Coast with her husband and fellow RISD Art student Clayton James and relocated to La Conner, Washington.[1] She and her husband worked with fellow "Northwest School" artists Guy Anderson, Morris Graves, and Kenneth Callahan.[3] Barbara Straker James was part of a larger group of Skagit Valley artists who have been recognized in recent years.[4]

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