Exhibitions
2023
Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Galatea Fine Art
August 23 -27, 2023
100: Marking the Attleboro Arts Museum Centennial
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
April 11-May 6, 2023
2022
38th New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts Exhibit
Lincoln Center Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
July 8-September 10, 2022
Bits and Pieces
Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA
March 2o-May 8, 2022
The Artist as Quiltmaker
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
April 2-July 3, 2022
2021
Cambridge Art Association, Holiday Sale
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
December 6-20, 2021 (on line and at Speedway Gallery)
Illumination
Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
December 3, 2021-January 2, 2022
2020
H2O (online exhibit)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, CA
July 11-August 22, 2020
2019-2020
Excellence in Fibers V
In print exhibition, Fiber Art Now Magazine, Winter 2019-20
Physical exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
December 15, 2019-March 15, 2020
Fiber Exhibition
100 Market Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
December 13, 2019-February 28, 2020
Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
October 26, 2019-January 5, 2020
2018
Red
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
November 8-December 20, 2018
Rhythm & Hues
Belmont Gallery of Art
September7-October 12, 2018
A Woman’s Place
Chocolate Church Art Center, Bath, ME
April 13-May 18, 2018
A Woman’s Place
Belmont Center for Arts, Belmont, MA
January 12-March 16, 2018
2017
Blue: It’s More Than a Color
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
November 8-December 20, 2017
Winner of Juror’s Choice Award
Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
October 28, 2017-January 7, 2018
2016
Fiber in the Present Tense
Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI
December 7, 2016-January 22, 2017
Interactions (solo exhibition)
St. Marks School, Southborough MA
September 9 – October 7, 2016
Fiber in the Present Tense, 2016
Arsenal Art Center
September 7 – November 3, 2016
The Artist as Quiltmaker
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
May 15 – July 31, 2016
2015
Excellence in Fiber Gallery (online)
Fiber Art Now magazine
December, 2015- ongoing
Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
October 31, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Water Effect
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
August 29-October 18, 2015
Out of the Blue: Art Quilts 2015
Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
August 12-September 19, 2015
Mainly Black and White
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
June 19-July 31, 2015
Spark and Fling
Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
June 6-July 12, 2015
The Zen Zone (Solo Exhibition)
Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens
Ormond Beach, FL
January 9-February 8, 2015
2014
Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
November 2, 2014-January 4, 2015
Fantastic Fibers
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
April 5-May 24, 2014
Fiber in the Present Tense
ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA
February 28-March 29, 2014
2013
Point of View
Vandroth Gallery Promenade at the David A. Stein Jewish Community Alliance, Jacksonville, FL
December 8, 2013-January 8, 2014
Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
October 27, 2013-January 5, 2014
Winner of Surface Design Award
What’s My Line?
Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachusetts
August 7, 2013-September 14, 2013
31st New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts
Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
July 9, 2013-August 31, 2013
Transformations (solo exhibition)
Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Whitinsville Massachusetts
April 5th-May 31
2012
30th New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts
Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
July 3, 2012-September 5, 2012
Fiber in the Present Tense
The Arsenal Arts Center, Watertown, MA
March 3, 2012-April 22, 2012
2011
Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
October 30, 2011- January 8, 2012
The Sea
The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
August 11, 2011-September 10, 2011
Awards
Surface Design Award, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, 2013
Juror’s Choice Award, Blue, Cambridge Art Association, 2017
Publications
The Life and Work of Judith Scott: Fiber Artist Extraordinaire
Fibre Arts Take Two Blog, 2023
Attleboro Art Museum Exhibition
A Review of 100: Marking the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Centennial, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA, US
Fibre Arts Take Two Blog, 2023
Looking to Spain, Fiber Art Now, Summer 2019
A Woman’s Place
Article on Fiber Art Now’s blog, February 2018
http://fiberartnow.net/a-womans-place/
Notes from the Road: The State of Fiber Art in the Netherlands, Fiber Art Now, Fall, 2017
Dyeing Alchemy: A Primer and Dyeing Alchemy: An Interactive Workbook
2014: Self-Published E-book: http://www.dianewfranklin.com/dyeing-alchemy/
“Dyeing Alchemy” Enhances Procion MX Dyeing Process
Article on Surface Design Association News Blog, September 25, 2014
http://www.surfacedesign.org/newsblog/consult-dyeing-alchemy-to-enhance-procion-mx-dyeing
Teaching
Workshop on Shibori Dyeing, Ormond Art Museum, 2015
Workshops on Deconstructed Screen Printing and Composition, DIY Textile School, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017
Classes on Color Theory, DIY Textile School, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018
Private classes on dyeing and printing in my studio, ongoing
Art Education
Workshops with Jan Myers-Newbury, Carol Soderlund, Mary Taylor, Elin Noble, Beatriz Grayson, Joan Schulze, Kerr Grabowski, Paula Roland, Amelia Poole, Pia Best, Joyce Silverstone, Sally Hirst
Education
Radcliffe College, B.A., cum laude, Social Relations
University of Chicago, MA, Social Psychology and Sociology
University of Chicago, PhD, Social Psychology and Sociology
Post Doc: London School of Economics, Anthropology
Professional Affiliations
SDA (Surface Design Association)