DIANE GILBERT
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2010 “Muse”, played guitar strings and painted screen (192” x 48”). Commissioned by Yavapai
College Visual and Performing Arts Division and Clyde and Mercedes Tango
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Inner Geographies: Diane Gilbert, Carol Rawlings, Bonny Stauffer. Yavapai College Art Gallery. Prescott, AZ
2021 Beauty Passing Through Us: Natural History and Art as Intervention. On-line group exhibition at the
Natural History Institute in support of the global art project, Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss.
2021 Liminal. On-line group exhibition at Verum Ultimum Art Gallery. Portland, OR.
2018 Lunar Garden. Installation at the Tempe Post Office, Tempe, AZ
2016 Slow Waltz in B: An interactive installation. Milagro Arts Center, Prescott, AZ
2015-16 String Theory: Contemporary Art and the Fiber Legacy. Invitational. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2015 Chamber Music: A mostly silent installation. Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2012 Conversations with Beauty: Carol Rawlings, Diane Gilbert, Bonny Stauffer. Prescott College Art Gallery at
Sam Hill Warehouse, Prescott, AZ
2009 5th Biennial Rose Mary Mack Memorial Art Auction. Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse.
Prescott, AZ.
2008 Yavapai College Art Gallery Faculty Exhibition. Prescott, AZ.
2006 Where the Earth Meets the Sky: Diane Gilbert, Janet Schultz, Aurore Chabot, Jason Hess. Yavapai College Art
Gallery. Prescott, AZ.
2004 Sense and Essence II. Four views: Diane Gilbert, Glen Peterson, Carol Rawlings, Bonny Stauffer. Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
2003 Intermountain Weavers Conference Board and Signature Show. Prescott, AZ. (People’s Choice Award)
2003 Shuttles and Spindles IX. Prescott Fine Arts Gallery, Prescott, AZ (Handweavers‘ Guild of America Certificate
of Excellence and People’s Choice Award)
2003 Fiber Directions 2003. The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS (3rd Place)
2002 Light Form Installations. Suranadi Studio, Prescott, AZ
2001 Fiber Directions 2001. The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
1999 Sense and Essence: Four views: Diane Gilbert, Glen Peterson, Carol Rawlings, Bonny Stauffer.
Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
1994 Four Fiber Artists: Jeanne Bartholomeaux, Emily DuBois, Diane Gilbert, Jennifer Sargent.
Pima College Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1993 Fiber Celebrated ’93. Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas, NV
(Schacht Excellence in Weaving Award)
1993 Paper/Fiber XVI. The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA (Handweavers’ Guild of America Merit Award)
1993 Fiber Now 1993. Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1992 It’s Elemental: Wood, Fiber, Clay, Glass & Metal. Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
(Best of Category & Special Award of Excellence)
1992 Shuttles and Spindles IV. Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ (Best of Show)
1991 Tempe Arts Center and Sculpture Garden, Tempe, AZ
1991 Yavapai College Art Gallery Faculty Exhibition, Prescott, AZ
1989-91 Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition
1989 Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
1987 Fiber Celebrated ’87. Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
1985 Highline Community College Art Gallery, Midway, WA
1985 Seastar Gallery, Bigfork, MT
1983 Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA (1st place)
1982 From the Weaver’s Hand. Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS
Emily and Peter Kohl. Prescott, AZ
David and Marcella Hirschy. Prescott, AZ
ATEX Corporation, Redmond, WA
David Shaner, Bigfork, MT.
Joel Greene and Jean Mandenberg, Olympia, WA
Michael Jackson and Peggy McLeod, Seattle, WA
Joyce and Michael Johnson, Seattle, WA
Carol and Donn Rawlings, Prescott, AZ
Cathy and Dave LeVine, Prescott, AZ
Amy and Alan Snyder, Prescott, AZ
Sybil and Shelby Yastrow, Scottsdale, AZ
Barbara and Leonard Salonsky, Prescott, AZ
Naomi Lyons and Jeremy Cox, Prescott, AZ
Jan Marshall and Joe McShane, Prescott, AZ
Frederick C. Weiland, The Netherlands
Lee and Mike Cohn, Phoenix, AZ
Jane Ruth and Tim Hansen, Longmont, CO
Linda Saperstein, Scottsdale, AZ
Ann Graham, Mesa, AZ
Margit and Juergen Sattler, Carefree, AZ
Anita Miller, Prescott, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
5ences Magazine: Culture, Science, Ideas. April 2022. “Weaving Lines of Life: The Textured, Musical Environments
of Diane Gilbert” by Abby Brill. Cover: Installation by Diane Gilbert
Phoenix New Times, July 24, 2015. “9 Best Things We’ve Seen in Metro Phoenix in 2015--So Far” by Lynn Trimble
Arizona Surface Design Association Newsletter, Feb. 2015.
Fiberarts Design Book Seven. Spring 2004.
Surface Design Association On-line Gallery, Winter 2004.
Surface Design Journal, Winter 2002. “Review of Fiber Directions 2001” by M. Fricke.
American Tapestry Alliance: Tapestry Topics, Fall 2002. “A Weaver’s Journey to Color and Light: Conversation with
Diane Gilbert” by Mary Dieterich
ACADEMIC CAREER
1988-2009 Weaving instructor, Yavapai College Art Department, Prescott, AZ