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DIANE SAVONA

dianesavona@aol.com

http://dianesavonaart.com

157 Marietta Ave Passaic, NJ, 07055

(973) 773-1468

Exhibitions

2017  

  • Excellence in Fibers,  juried exhibition in print (FiberArtNow) and at New Bedford Museum

  • Fantastic Fibers show, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

  • Fiber, Fabric, Fashion,  New Hope Art Center, PA

2016

  • 4 person show at the Buddy Warren Gallery, NY, NY

  • Featured in Where Women Create magazine, vol 9

  • Featured in Art Quilting Studio magazine, summer issue

  • Between the Threads show at Rowan University Gallery 

  • Inspirational #8 e-magazine by John Hopper

  • One woman show at Metuchen Rotunda Gallery

  • Represented by River Queen Artisans Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

2015     

  • Permanent installation at Stockton College, NJ

  • Pinelands show at Noyes Museum, NJ

  • Toying with Art, Animal Kingdom, Morris Museum, NJ

  • Fiber Art Now, special winter issue

  • International Fiber Arts 7 Award of Excellence, Sebastopol, CA

2014    

  • Fiber Art Now, spring issue feature

  • Art Quilt Elements show, Wayne PA

  • What the Fiber, West Windsor Art Center

  • Exposition, Warwick Art Gallery, QLD Australia

  • Workshops for Fibre Arts Australia

  • Represented by Gravers Lane Gallery, Germantown PA

2013

  • NJ Arts Annual, the Noyes Museum in Atlantic City, NJ

  • Pushing the Surface The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH

  • Industrialism The Art Factory, Paterson, NJ

  • Triad, Arts Guild Rahway

  • The Art Factory Textile Show in the Dolphin Gallery, Paterson, NJ

  • Underneath It All, ISE Gallery, NY, NY

2012

  • Quilting Arts Magazine, Aug/Sept issue, feature

  • FiberPhiladelphia 2012 committee member

  • N J State Council on the Arts Visual Fellowship Awards Exhibition at The Noyes Museum

  • Curator of group show, Mending=Art, at Gershman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

  • 4 person show, Consuming Boundaries, at the Perkins Gallery, Collingswood, NJ

  • Community Map Quilt Project, at the Perkins Gallery, Collingswood, NJ

  • Underneath It All at the Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN (traveling)

2011

  • FiberPhiladelphia 2012 Committee member

  • Gleanings, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

  • One woman show, Hollandia International, Philadelphia, PA

  • Connecting Threads , Trenton, NJ

  • Viewpoints, Studio Montclair group show at Aljira, Newark, NJ

  • 2 person show, UU Gallery, in Rock Tavern, NY

  • included in The Studio Quilt, no. 6: State of the Art

2010

  • FiberArts Magazine, April issue, cover and article

  • PieceWork Magazine, May/June 2010 issue, photo

  • Closet Archaeology, one woman show, Hermitage Museum, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

  • 500 Art Quilts, by Lark Books ( FOSSIL STRATA #2)

  • Cover art for book published by The Calandra Institute

  • Art In The Open (AiO) Philadelphia

  • AiO Exhibition at City Hall, AiO Exhibition at UArt's Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery

  • Re-Purposed Textiles, 3 person show, Speakeasy Gallery, Boonton, NJ

  • from the archives, 3 person show, CFEVA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  • Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

  • Sew New: Contemporary Quilt Artists, Tarrytown, NY

  • One woman show, Cottage Place Gallery, Ridgewood NJ

2009

  • NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship winner

  • Center For Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) Fellowship winner

  • NJ Public Television segment featuring my work in NJ Arts Annual

  • 2 person show at Eileen Tognini’s Studio 214 in the Skybox Gallery, Philadelphia

  • 2 person show, Sculpted & Sewn, Georgian Court University Gallery, Lakewood, NJ

  • NJ Arts Annual, The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ (3 pieces)

  • NJ Arts Annual, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ (2 pieces)

  • The Exchange, Pittsburgh Center of the Arts

  • Introduction ’09 at Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

  • Evolution 20 @10 Rahway Art Guild, Rahway, NJ

  • Lincoln 200, Philadelphia, PA

  • Seen Anew, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

  • New Year, New Yearnings at Watchung Arts Center, NJ

  • Threads Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ

2008

  • Form Not Function Best in Show Carnegie Center, New Albany, Indiana

  • Threadlines, MSU, Springfield, MO 3rd place winner

  • Fabulous Fiber at the Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

  • Seams: Contemporary Art to Wear, Noyes Museum of Art

  • photograph in NJ Savvy magazine

  • New Jersey Arts Annual, Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ (4 pieces)

  • Currents at William Patterson University, NJ

  • Studio 6 at Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

  • One woman show at Educational Testing Services in Princeton, NJ

  • Winter Residency Show at Peters Valley Craft Center

  • Craftforms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

  • Recycled/Rethought (invitational) Westmoreland Museum of Art, Youngwood, PA

2007

  • Featured in PBS video The Art of Quilting

  • Residency, Peters Valley Art Center with Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation scholarship

  • Pulp Function at Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA (photograph in American Craft magazine)

  • Craftforms 2007, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

  • Clothing as Metaphor (invitational) Edna Carlsten Gallery, Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

  • Small Works show, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

  • Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ

2006

  • Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, Philadelphia, PA

  • One Woman show, Language of the Cloth, St. Peter’s Church Gallery, Lexington Ave, NYC

  • New Jersey Arts Annual, Morristown Museum, NJ

  • Off The Rack (4 artist invitational) Rahway Arts Guild, NJ

  • Small Works show, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

  • Beyond the Stitch II, Ocean County Artist’s Guild, NJ

  • Fine Focus, Houston, TX (traveling)

  • JFVS show, Edison, NJ

  • Every Picture tells a Story, Northbrook, Illinois

  • Surface Tension, Kean College, Union, NJ

2005

  • Piecework magazine feature

  • One woman show, Lambert Castle Museum, Paterson, NJ

  • Threads of Story (3 artist invitational) Bloomfield College, NJ

  • Fiber Directions, Wichita, KS

  • Mixed Media Quilts, Guilford Craft Center, CT

  • Small Works show, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

  • As She Sees It (8 artist invitational) Pierro Gallery of South Orange, NJ

  • Trashformations, the Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA

2004

  • Art of the Quilt, Boothbay Harbor Quilt Festival, Boothbay, MA

  • Quilts for Art’s Sake, Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2003

  • One woman show, Hamilton House Museum, Montclair, NJ

  • Smithtown Township Quilt Show, Smithtown, NY

  • Organized group show Angry Needles, the Simmons Gallery, Boston, MA

Education

BA in Fine Arts, Montclair State University.

Selected Professional Experience

  • Newark Museum workshops

  • Peters Valley workshop

  • Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY workshop

  • Kean College, Union, NJ workshop and slide presentation

  • Long Island Quilters workshop

  • Director, Women’s Empowerment Quilt Project, Urban League, Jersey City

  • Slide presentation of my work for Women’s Study Colloquium, Colby College, ME, Women’s Festival in Morristown, NJ, Clifton Quilter’s Guild, Bergen County Embroidery Guild, NJ, (with Miriam Milgrim) for Women’s Caucus for the Arts, NYC and many quilt groups

 

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