D I A N E   W I L L I A M S

Personal                                 

• Native of California
• Born 1958
• Educated in Santa Barbara, Sacramento, China, Berkeley
• Married to Chuck Potter
• Goal: to continue the evolution as an exhibiting artist, educator and  community advocate

Education

• Cold Wax Workshop, taught by Jerry McLaughlin (MD, Gearbox Gallery, Jen Tough Gallery), Benicia, CA 2017
• Global Arts Project, Painting, Collage and Stitching,  Taught by Carl Hayward(founder of the Global Arts Project), Akiko Suzuki (award winning fiber artist) and Joan Stennick (painter), Benicia, CA 2015
• John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies Master of Fine Arts and Consciousness, Berkeley, CA 2003
• China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 2001
• California State University, San Jose, CA 2000
• California State University, Sacramento, Masters of Art, Berkeley, CA 1999
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelors of Art, Bachelors of Sociology with distinction in the major, Santa Barbara, CA 1981

Awards and Honors

• San Luis Obispo  Museum of Modern Art Painter's Group, Award of Excellence, Morrow Bay, CA 2018
• Arts Benicia Presents, Rellik Curator, Benicia, CA 2017
• California State Fair, Award of Excellence,  Sacramento, CA 2012
• Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Best of Show, Abstract All Media juried exhibition, Juror Jeremy Morgan (John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley; Academy of Art, San Francisco) Sebastopol, CA 2012
• Castro Valley Sanitary District, 10th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2007
• Mind Body Medicine Professional Training Program, Grant Recipient, Berkeley and San Diego, CA 2006
• Castro Valley Sanitary District, 9th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2006
• Solano County Courthouse, Finalist, Government Commission, Fairfield, CA 2005
• Castro Valley Sanitary District, 8th Annual Recycled Art Contest, First Prize, Castro Valley, CA 2005
• The Creative Center New York, Artist in Residence, Manhattan, New York, 2004
• California State Fair, Award of Excellence,  Sacramento, CA 2003, 2001, 2000 and 1999
• John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Susan Seddon Boulet award, Berkeley, CA 2003
• John F Kennedy University Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Olga Kendall scholarship, Berkeley, CA 2000
• California State University, Sacramento, JAM Inc. Studio Arts Award, Sacramento, CA 1999
• California State University, Sacramento, Student Purchase Award, Sacramento, CA 1999
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Sacramento, CA 1999
• California State University, Sacramento, Increase Robinson Memorial Fellowship, Sacramento, CA 1998
• California State University, Sacramento, President Graduate Art Student’s Hub, Sacramento, CA 1997
• Renee de Rosa Art and Nature Preserve, Docent, Napa, CA 1997
• Coastal Arts League Museum, 13th Annual Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Half Moon Bay, CA 1996

Publications

• 71 Women in Art, Kurt Edward Fishback, 2017
• Flora & Fauna, National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsome Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. June 17-July 15, 2017

Teaching Experience

• Arts Benicia Classes, Instructor, Benicia, CA 2016-17
• IANI Studio, Instructor, Benicia, CA 2007-2017
• Kaiser Hospital, Instructor, Walnut Creek, CA 2006-2007, 2017
• City of Concord Parks and Recreation, Instructor, Concord, CA 2006-2007
• John F Kennedy Graduate School for Holistic Studies, Graduate Student Mentor, Berkeley, CA 2004-2006
• Chabot College Quest Program, Instructor, Hayward, CA 2003-2007
• National University, Adjunct Professor, Sacramento, CA, 2001-2007
• Arts Benicia, Stretcher Bar Instructor, Benicia, CA 2002
• Robert Semple Elementary School, Instructor, Art Day, Benicia, CA 2001-2003
• California State University, Sacramento, teaching assistant, Sacramento, CA 1997-1999

​Memberships

• Arts Benicia,  Benicia, CA 1997-2017
• Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA 2017
• Main Street Artists, Quincy, CA 2014-2017
• Gallery 621, Benicia, CA 2011-2013