Barbara Toole is a self taught potter. her undergraduate education was in anthropology and sociology. She worked for a major sportswear compnay in California and Ne York. During this period she began a 40 year pursuit of cericans, taking classes at night school, doing workshops, and attending Parsons Instuitute, Silvermine Craft School, Truro Center for teh Arts, and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. Barbara is a member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.