U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers and Barbara in front of her painting Gallantly Streaming on exhibit at the Security Council Office of the President at the United Nations

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nicki Haley and Barbara in front of her painting Gallantly Streaming

Barbara Prey with George Lucas at The White House National Medal of Arts Awards

Barbara Ernst Prey with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu in Barbara’s studio

Barbara Prey with Tom Hanks at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company’s Simply Shakespeare

President Jimmy Carter and U.S. Ambassador to Spain Eduardo Aguirre in front of Barbara’s painting at the U.S. Embassy Residence, Spain

Barbara Prey with U.S. Ambassador to France and Mrs. Craig Stapleton in front of Barbara’s painting Patriot on exhibit in the entryway of the U.S. Embassy Residence in France

Barbara with Kenneth Branagh at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company’s Simply Shakespeare

Barbara and Actress Olivia de Havilland after Barbara’s lecture at the U.S. Embassy Residence in Paris for the opening of the Embassy’s art collection including Barbara’s painting God and Country

Barbara with James Taylor at The White House

Barbara Prey with artist John Baldesarri at The White House for The National Medal of Arts Awards

Barbara with Joan Didion and Ellsworth Kelly-at the National Medal of Arts Awards dinner

Barbara Prey with Sally Field at The White House for The National Medal of Arts Awards

Barbara with Linda Ronstadt at The White House

Barbara Ernst Prey, U.S. Ambassador to France Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stapleton and Corcoran Gallery of Art Curator Sarah Cash at their Lecture at the U.S. Embassy in Paris

Raynham Hall Museum in New York honored Barbara for her contribution to American Art at their annual Gala. Raynham Hall Museum Director Harriet Clark presents Barbara with the award.

Barbara is presented with Distinction Magazine’s Woman of Distinction Award by New York Senator Charles Schumer

Barbara and Corcoran Gallery of Art Curator Sarah Cash joint lecture about John Singer Sargent for the Sargent and the Sea exhibition at the Corcoran

Thyssen Bornemisza Museum Director Carlos Fernandez de Henestrosa, Curator Javier Arnaldo, Barbara Prey and U.S. Ambassador to Spain Eduardo Aguirre at the Thyssen Museum, Madrid

Barbara lecturing about American Art at the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection in Madrid

Barbara and William Wegman, Down East Magazine Cover Artists selected to celebrate Down East Magazine’s 60th Anniversary

Barbara Prey with Pianist Van Cliburn at The White House

Barbara Ernst Prey with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia

National Endowment for the Arts 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Barbara Prey with Al Pacino at The National Medals Dinner in Washington D.C.

Women at the Helm of American Art Lecture– Solomon Guggenheim Museum Chief Curator Nancy Spector, The Museum of Modern Art Curator Laura Hoptman and Barbara

National Gallery of Art Lecture for the Homer Exhibit Frank Kelly, Deputy Director National Gallery of Art, Curators Anne and Frank Goodyear National Portrait Gallery, Curator Sarah Cash National Gallery of Art

Barbara with Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Supreme Court luncheon for National Endowment for the Arts Opera Awards

Barbara with Justice Anthony Kennedy at the Opera Awards Supreme Court Luncheon

Justice Anthony Scalia and Barbara at the Supreme Court National Opera Awards luncheon

Barbara with Faith Hill at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company’s Simply Shakespeare

Barbara with Tim McGraw at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company’s Simply Shakespeare

Barbara Prey with Rita Wilson at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company’s Simply Shakespeare

Barbara Ernst Prey with Reba McIntyre at the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company’s Simply Shakespeare

Barbara with Country Music singer Lee Greenwood

Barbara with musician Keith Jarrett at The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Awards

Barbara with Poet John Ashbury at the National Medal of Arts Awards

Barbara and Boomer Esiason with her print Winter Project at the Boomer Esiason Foundation’s Cystic Fibrosis event in New York City

Barbara Prey with jazz legend Wynton Marslais

Barbara and Paul Lieberman, Cultural Writer for the Los Angeles Times unveiling the NASA Commissioned Shuttle Discovery Return to Flight Painting in New York

Barbara with her Williams College mentor Lane Faison sharing a story at her exhibition lecture