Carol Barton is a paper engineer, painter, book artist, and teacher who has published her own artist’s book editions and has organized national shows, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Science and the Artist's Book exhibition. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in numerous collections, including the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She has taught at elementary, high school, and university levels, and has conducted adult workshops at art centers internationally. Her resume includes teaching positions at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the Corcoran College of Art in Washington, D.C., and an honorary professorship in book arts at James Madison University in Virginia. She has had residencies at the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy, the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil, the Moulin a Nef Studios in Auvillar, France, and the GilsfjordurArts Studios in Iceland.