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DIANE EDISON

208 Carrington Drive Athens, Georgia 30605

Fax: 706-549-1166

phone 706-248-2483

dedison@uga.edu

 
 
EDUCATION:

 

        Master of Fine arts, Painting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

        1984          Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan Maine

 
FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS - GRADUATE FACULTY 1992-present

                  

      2010-2011      Fulbright Scholar Grantee Senior Lecturer/Researcher Sofia, Bulgaria

            

       2009                Chair, Drawing and Painting

      

       2007                Walter Gropius Master Artist Series workshop, Huntington Museum of Art, WV

 

       2004-2006       Co-Director, Faculty, Ghana West African Study Abroad Program

     

       2005-2006       Co/Chair Program Review Committee for Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, Department of Family                                          and Consumer Sciences

 

        2005                Elected to the executive, Finance and Budget Committee of the College Art Association serving as Vice                                    President for Committees, Chairing the Nominating Committee

 

        2002                Elected to the College Art Association Board

   

        1999-Present   Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia

 

        1997-1999       Associate Director, Lamar Dodd School of Art

 

        1997                Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

        '93, ‘97 ’03      Faculty member, Cortona Study Abroad Program, Cortona Italy

   

        1992-1996        Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

        1990-1992        Assistant Professor of Foundations, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

 

        “Anonymous Was A Woman” Award Winner 2007

 

 

 

DIANE EDISON      SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

 

Textbook publication “Dynamic Color Painting For The Beginner” by Harry Abrams N. Abrams Inc USA, United Kingdom spring 2008, Spanish Language EL COLOR EN LA PINTURA: COMPOSICION Y ELEMENTOS VISUALES, MEZCLA DE PINTURA, TECNICAS, TEMA Y CONTENIDO DE LAS OBRAS spring 2009 CHINESE LANGUAGE EDITION 2014

Represented by the George Adams Gallery, 525 west 26th NYC, NY 10001
http://www.georgeadamsgallery.com/artists

 

 

        2015            “Diane Edison New Portrait Drawings” George Adams Gallery New York City

 

        2011-2012   “Drawing Across Borders” featuring Professor Ekaterina Russinova of the New

                             Bulgarian University and Professor Diane Edison from the University of Georgia.

                             The exhibition was first held at the Mission Gallery in Sofia Bulgaria. It then traveled to The Lamar Dodd

                             School of Art in Athens Georgia

 

        2010            “Mosaic Project” Diane Edison and at The Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA exh cat

 

        2007-2008   “Introductions” Diane Edison, Ten year Survey of drawings and paintings,

                             Curated By Paula Katz of the Columbus Museum, Columbus GA

 

        2007          “Diane Edison: “Black & White”

                           At the George Adams gallery during April and May of 2007, will travel to the Greenville County Museum

                           of Art, South Carolina (June - August), and to the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia * (September -

                           November). An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition with an introduction by Tom Styron, director

                           of the Greenville County Museum of Art.

 

        2003         “New Drawings,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

 

        2002         “Diane Edison,” Broad Street Gallery, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

 

        2000         “A Second Look,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

 

        1998         “My Mothers Daughter,” Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, brochure: Interview with

                          George Adams of the George Adams Gallery

 

        1997         “Portraiture and Self Portraiture,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

 

 

DIANE EDISON            GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

 

        2016        Face To Face: Self Portraits From the collection of Jackie and Curtis Finch Jr. Julie Collins

                        Smith Museum, Auburn University

 

        2017        Featured in “ Artist Magazine”

 

        2017        Featured in “Foundation of Drawing: A Practical Guide to Art History, Tools, And Techniques By Al Gury” 

 

        2016         Looking a head Selections from the Mott-Warsh Collection

                         Visual Arts Center of New Jersey 2016 (Traveling exhibition)

 

        2016         “From Flint With Love: Art of the African Diasora” Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Summit, NJ

 

        1995         “Autobiographical Narratives,” Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, brochure  

 

        1995         “Drawings and Paintings,” Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, Georgia, brochure

 

        2014         “Real/Imagined” George Adams Gallery New York City, New York

 

        2013         “Making Faces” Salena Gallery of Long Island University in Brooklyn NY

 

        2012         “Artist Ink” Temporary Tattoos in Printed Edition by the George Adams Gallery

                          New York City, New york

 

        2012-2013 “The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World”, Pennsylvania Academy of     

           

        2010-2011  "Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits," Pennsylvania Academy of Philadelphia PA

 

        2010           Summer Group Show: “New and Classic”, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY

 

        2010         “Professori di Cortona Exhibition” Selected Works from the Faculty of the

                          UGA Cortona, Italy Studies Abroad Program 1970 2009

 

       2010          "REAL(ists)" The Selby Gallery at Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL. exh. cat,

 

DIANE EDISON      GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED

 

        2008-2009-2010       Traveling exhibition” Looking Ahead:  Portraits from the Mott-Warsh Collection”, Flint, Michigan, 

                                         exh. cat, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art & Culture, Las Cruces, New Mexico, November 21, 2010 -

                                         January 30, 2011, February 11-May 8, Art Museum of South Texas Corpus Christi, Texas exh. cat,

 

        2009          “Get With The Program” George Adams Gallery New York City, NY

       

        2007-2008 “Visions: Contemporary Drawings from the James T. Dyke Collection” Naples Museum of Art, Naples,

                           Florida,  exh. cat.

 

        2007           “The Feminist Figure” Forum Gallery, New York City, New York,  exh. cat.

 

 

        2007         “What F Word” Cynthia Broan Gallery New York City, New York,  exh. cat.

 

        2006         “ Collector's Show & Sale," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006.

 

        2006         “OMAA, Figure in American Painting and Drawing 1985 – 2005” at the Ogunquit Museum of American

                          Art Ogunquit, Maine,  exh. cat.

 

        2006         “In the Gallery” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

 

 

        2008         “Ghana West African Study Abroad Exhibition” University of Georgia

 

        2005         “Ghana West African Study Abroad Exhibition” University of Georgia

 

        2005         “Body Language” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

 

        2005          “In Ever Greater Measure” 90 years at the Philadelphia Art Alliance,

                          Collections from the Rittenhouse Square Area,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

        2005         “Refusing to Dance Backwards” The Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

 

        2004         “Collectors Exhibition,” Arkansas Art Center Little Rock, Arkansas

 

        2004         “BUSH-WACK,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        2004         “Anima of The African Diaspora: The Feminine Presence,” Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia

 

        2003         “Modern & Contemporary Portraits,” Forum Gallery, New York City, New York

 

        2003         “Collectors Exhibition,” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

 

        2002         “Collectors Exhibition,” Flint Institute, Flint, Michigan

        2002         “Collectors Exhibition,” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

        2002         “About Face: Self Portraits From the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch,”

                          The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida, exh. cat.

        2002         “Me Myself and I,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        2002         “The Art Show: Henry Street Settlement Benefit,” Art Dealers Association of America, New York City, New York

        2002         “9-11-01 Gallery Artists Respond,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

DIANE EDISON      GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED

        2001         “I love New York Art Benefit” Art Dealers Association, New York City, New York

        2001         “Advancing Traditions,” Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

        2001         “Figure/Disfigure,” University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Kingston, Rhode Island, brochure

        2000         Art in the Embassy Program, American Embassy, N’djamena, Chad, exh. cat.

        2000         “The Likeness of Being,” DC Moore Gallery, New York City, New York,  exh. cat.

        1999         “New Realism for a New Millennium,” University of Rochester,

                          Memorial Gallery, Rochester, New York, brochure, poster

        1999         “Local Figures 1999,” Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, brochure

        1999         “Large Drawings (1996): Traveling exhibition,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA (January-March),

                          sponsored by the Arkansas Art Center Foundation, exh. cat.*

 

        April-May       Butler Institute of American Art*

 

        1999               Youngstown, OH*

 

DIANE EDISON      GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED

 

        1999          Mississippi Museum of Art, Jacksonville MS*

        1999          Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA*

        2000          Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN*

        2000          Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO*

        2000          Georgia Museum of Art Athens, GA*

        2001          Washington State University of Art Pullman, WA*

        1998         “Faculty 98,” The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia                  

        1998         “Luminosity,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

           

        1998-       “In Her Voice: Self Portraits by Women,” The Berman Museum, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Brochure, Poster

        1998         “In the Name of the Place,” Grand Arts Kansas City, Missouri, GALA Collaborative Art Committee, exh. cat

        1998         “Self Portrait Diane Edison,” Art in the Embassy Program, American Embassy, Moscow, Russia

        1997         “Mixing Business with Pleasure,” Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia exh cat

        1997         “Drawing From Life,” Tatischeff & Company, Inc. New York City, New York

        1997         “A Show of Hands,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        1997         “In the Name of the Place GALA Committee:’ Unmapping the Earth,”

                          GwangJu Biennale, GwangJu, Korea, exh. cat.

        1996         “Portrait Exhibition,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        1996         “It Figures,” SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas  

        1996         “Women Artist/ Educators,” Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia

DIANE EDISON      GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED

        1996         “Gallery Exhibition,” George Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        1995         “Summer Exhibition,” Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        1995         “Collectors Exhibition,” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

        1994         “Diane Edison: Recent Work,” Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia

        1994         “Around the House,” Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, New York

        1994         “Collectors Exhibition,” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

        1994         “1994 SAF/NEA Fellowship Exhibition,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

                         Winston-Salem, North Carolina, exh. cat.

        1994         “National Drawing Invitational,” The Arkansas Art Center

                          Little Rock, Arkansas, exh. cat.

        1994         “Reaffirming the Media,” University of Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, exh. cat.

        1994         “Figurative Drawings,” Charles More Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

        1994         “With Our Own Eyes,” Georgia Artist Registry Atlanta, Georgia

                 

        1994         “Collectors Exhibition,” The Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock, Arkansas

                 

        1992         “Diverse Directions: School of Art Faculty Exhibition,” The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, exh. cat.

 

        1992         “Collectors Exhibition,” The Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock, Arkansas

                 

        1992         “Large Scale Drawings,” Frumkin/Adams Gallery New York City, New York

 

        1992         “20th Century American Drawing” Arkansas Art Center exh cat

 

        1992         “Figurative Drawings,” Frumkin/Adams Gallery New York City, New York

        1992         “Beyond The Innocence,” The St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, exh. Cat.

        1991         “Speaking for Myself,” The Rotunda Gallery, New York, NY

        1990         “The Figure Now,” The Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York

DIANE EDISON      GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED

        1990         “Women Native Other,” The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College,

                          New York City, New York, brochure

        1990         “The figure” Salena Gallery, Long island University, Brooklyn NY

   

        1989-1990  “In her Voice: Self portraits by Women “Philip and Muriel Berman Museum or Art,

                            Ursinus College, Collegeville PA

 

        1989         “10 Women Contemporary Portraiture and self portraiture Marymount Manhattan College 

                         Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

                       

                      Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter            Pennsylvania Academy of Fine

                                                                                                                   Arts

 

                       Marion Fulk                                                                                Little Rock AR

 

                        Mott-Warsh Collection                                                           Flint, Michigan.

                       

                     Clark Atlanta University                                                             Atlanta, GA

                       

                     The Leeway Foundation                                                           Philadelphia, PA

 

                      American Embassy                                                                  N’Djamena, Chad

 

                        American Embassy                                                            Moscow, Russia

                  

                        Malcolm Holzman                                                               New York, NY

                       

                        James T. Dyke Collection                                                        Little Rock, AR

                       

                        The Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection        Little Rock, AR

                       

                        Curtis Finch Jr.                                                                    Little Rock, AR

 

                        Virginia Bailey                                                                     Little Rock,  

 

                         Dr. Robert Porter                                                                Little Rock, AR

 

                      Arthur Kaplan                                                                      Philadelphia, PA

                  

                                         

DIANE EDISON: COLLECTIONS:

 

                    Ellen Oppenheimer                                                                 Oakland, CA

                   

                      Kay Turner                                                                              Austin, TX

                       

                       

DIANE EDISON REVIEWS / ARTICLES / CATALOGUES / INTERVIEWS:

Person to Person Artist Magazine Interview by Austin R. Williams

Working with colored pencils on black paper, Diane Edison

crafts portraits both intimate and commanding.

2019 Francis Niederer Artist Residency Hollins University

 

The Plot to Put Conceptual Art on ‘Melrose Place.’ Yes, Really. 2017

 

Diane Edison Talks about her work by Adriana Rabinovitch theartblog.org 2013

 

Montgomery Media “The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World” Linda Dormont 2012

 

Broad Street Review “Beautiful bodies, yes. But Sexy? “Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self Portraits,” Anne R. Fabbri 2011

 

The libraryJournal.com. “Dynamic Color Painting For The Beginner” Daniel Lombardo 2008

 

Art In America “The Feminist Figure at Forum” Susan Harris June/July 2007

 

Art 21 PBS “Melrose Place” GALA COMMITTEE 2004

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution: “Anima of The African Diaspora: The Feminine Presence,” Clark Atlanta Gallery 2004

 

Walter Robinson, Artnet.com Weekend update, November 2004 (Exhibition: “Bush-Whack,” George Adams Gallery

 

Steven Vincent, Vitriolic Hate Through Paint, National Review Online November 16 2004

 “Bush-Whack”

 

Peter Schjeldahl,” Diane Edison at George Adams,” New Yorker, Magazine, January 2003

 

Townsend Wofe, About Face: Collection of Jackeye and Curtis Finch, exh. cat. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, 2002

Lisa hoashi, “About Face: Collection of Jackeye and Curtis Finch,” American Artist Magazine, (Special Issue on Drawing) 70 (May 2002)

 

 

DIANE EDISON            REVIEWS/ARTICLES/CATOLOGUES/INTERVIEWS CONTINUED

 

Ken Johnson, “Diane Edison/James Mcgarrell, at George Adams Gallery,” New York Times, February 25, 2000

 

Artist Magazine, (Special Issue on Drawings) 64 (January 2000)

 

Judith Stein, The Likeness of Being, exh. cat., DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, 2000

Grace Glueck, “The Likeness of Being,” New York Times, January 21, 2000

Carol Diehl, “The Likeness of Being,” Art News (April 2000)

 

Robin Cembalest, “The Likeness of Being,” ELLE (January 2000)

 

Paula Routly, “The Likeness of Being,” Back Talk, January 19, 2000, 7

Joyce B. Korotkin, “The Likeness of Being,” The New York Art World.com.nyaw.com (February 2000)

 

Rachel Youens, “The Likeness of Being,” NY ARTS, Vol. 5, Number 1 (2000)

 

Edward J. Sozanski, “Viewing Women Artists Looking at Themselves,” The Philadelphia Enquirer,     January 1999      

 

Jerry Cullum, “Celebrating Local Figures Nexus Biennial,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 1999

 

Candy Haas-Simmons, “Self-portraits at Berman are enigmatic windows to the soul,” The Arts Connection, Collegeville, PA, February 1999

 

Marguerite Devers Green, “In Her Voice: Self-portraits by Women,” Hearthstone Town & Country, Pennsburg, PA, Jan. 14, 1999

 

“Ursinus Exhibit Looks at Contrast in Portraiture,” The Mercury, Collegeville, PA, January 29, 1999

 

George Adams, My Mother’s Daughter, brochure, Macon Museum of Art, Macon, GA, 1998

 

Jim Murphy, “‘Her Mother’s Daughter:’ Artist Explores Herself, Others in Powerful Portraits,” Macon Dispatch, January 1998

 

DIANE EDISON            REVIEWS/ARTICLES/CATOLOGUES/INTERVIEWS CONTINUED

 

Joshua Decter, “Primetime: ‘In the Name of the Place’ of Art and Television,” The GALA

 

GALA Committee Grand Arts Brochure, Kansas City, MO, 1997

 

Primetime Contemporary Art: Art By the GALA Committee as Seen on Melrose Place, auction catalogue, Sotheby’s Auction House, Beverly Hill, CA, 199

 

Ca. Carr, “A Brief History of Outrage” (GALA Collaborative Art Committee), Village Voice, September 22, 1999

 

Roberta Smith, “‘a lot to see (But Not an Artwork in Sight):’ GALA Committee Art View,”

New York Times, 1997

 

Ca. Carr, “Masterpiece Theater: Artists imbed secret messages in Melrose Place,” Village Voice, New York City, NY, April 22, 1997

 

Christopher Knight, “The Social-Art Genre,” GALA Committee, The Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1997

 

“GALA Committee Art Reproductions,” Sculpture Magazine, 3, 21, 42, 57, 58, 62, 81

 

Julie Lazar, “In the Name of the Place,” Uncommonsense, eds. Tom Finkelpearl, et al., exh. cat., Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1997, 2-23

 

“In the Name of the Place,” Unmapping the Earth, Kwangju Biennale, exh. cat. (Kwangju: Biennale Press, 1997), 244-47 and 460

 

Arlene Raven, “Diane Edison,” in Large Drawings and Objects from The Arkansas Art Center Foundation Collection, eds. Townsend Wofe, et al, exh. cat. Little Rock, AR, 1996, 157-160

 

Diane Edison: Paintings and Drawings, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, brochure, February1995

 

Cathy Downey, “Diane Edison: Autobiographical Narratives,” Nexus Contemporary Art Center, brochure, 1995

 

Jerry Cullum, “Diane Edison in ‘Drawings and Paintings,’” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA, February 17, 1995

 

 

 

DIANE EDISON            REVIEWS/ARTICLES/CATOLOGUES/INTERVIEWS CONTINUED

 

Carol May, “Diane Edison,” in Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment For The Arts, 1994, Regional Arts Fellowships, exhibition eds. Lisa Richman, et al., exh. cat., Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 1994

 

Alice Thorson, “Reaffirming the Media,” The Kansas City Star, April 17, 1994

 

Townsend Wolfe, National Drawing Invitational, exh. cat., The Arkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR, 1994, 12, and 33-35

 

Comp Health/Kron Locum Tenens, recruiting brochure, “Art reproduction,” Salt Lake City, UT, 1994,

 

Tom Patterson, “‘Eye On Art,’ Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts,” Winston-Salem Journal, NC, December 11, 1994

 

William U. Eiland, “Diverse Directions,” School of Art Faculty Exhibition, ed. William Squire, exh. cat., Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, 1992

 

Esther Iverem, “Works by Three Women at Brooklyn’s Rotunda Gallery,” New York Newsday, January 29, 1992

 

Leon Hicks, Beyond the Innocence, brochure, St. Louis, MO, 1992

 

Robert W. Duffy, “Beyond the Innocence,” St. Louis Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, January 29, 1992

 

Katherine Sherman, “Portrait of a Young Woman,” The Georgia Guardian, Savannah, GA, January 17, 1992

 

Karen Shaw, “Personae: Contemporary Portraiture and Self-Portraiture,” Islip Art Museum, brochure, September 10, 1989

 

DIANE EDISON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

        2013            The Arc Of The Creative Resolve Visiting Artist Auburn University

 

        2013           Women and Portraits visiting Artist Pennsylvania Academy of Art

        

        2013          Search Committee, Drawing and Painting

 

        2013          University Tenure Review Committee

 

DIANE EDISON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

        2013          Hosted Visiting Artist Maria Elena Gonzalez

 

        2012           Visiting Artist, Jurist: Auburn University

 

        2011-2012           Search Committee, Theatre Department Scenic Designer

 

        2011         Search Committee Undergraduate University Wide Fulbright Nominees

 

        2011        University Faculty Awards Committee

 

        2010         Visiting Artist: The Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

 

        2010         Visiting Artist Ringling School of Art and Design

 

        2009          Paul C. and Margaret Beasley Broun Support Fund

                                     Grady College of Journalism

        2009         Appointed to Professional Practices Committee College Art Association

 

        2009         CAA Round Table Moderator Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

 

        2008         Presentation and Workshop, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia

 

        2007         Anonymous Was A Woman Award Winner

 

        2007         Public Lecture, Greenville County Museum of Art

 

        2007         Pubic Lecture, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Georgia

 

        2007         CAA Round Table Moderator “The Search And The Fit” Annual Conference New York City, New York

 

        2004         Appointed to Nominating Committee College Art Association

 

        2004         Outside evaluator, University of Wisconsin Green Bay “Tenure and Promotion Consideration”

 

        2004         Appointed to the conference committee College Art Association

 

        2004         Chair of the Career Development Workshop, College art Association

 

        2004         Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

 

        2002         Elected to the board of the College Art Association

 

DIANE EDISON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

        2002         Outside Evaluator, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, “Tenure and Promotion Consideration

        2002         Outside Evaluator, Bowling Green State University, “Tenure and Promotion Consideration

        2001         Appointed Member, “Art’s Place” Task Force, College Art Association,

        2001         Panelist Grantee “Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation” Baltimore, MA

        2001         Participant, “Print Odyssey,” Cortona International Print Symposium, Cortona, Italy

                         

        2001           “Art’s Place” Task Force College Art Association, Appointment           NYC NY

 

        2002-2004      Juror, The Heinz awards

 

        2000         Online Mentor for “Student and Emerging Professional Committee,” College

                         Art Association, New York, NY

 

        2000         Committee Member,” Services to Artists,” College Art Association, New York

 

        1999-Present            Mentor, Career Development Workshop, College Art Association New York, NY

                                                                                                                                                           

        1999         Outside Evaluator, The Pennsylvania State University, “Tenure Consideration,” University Park, PA

 

        1998         Outside Evaluator, Kansas State University, “Tenure Consideration,” Manhattan, KS

 

        1997         Panelist, The Mid America Southeastern College Art Association,

                         “The Crit, The Object and the Grade,” Richmond, VA                                    

 

        1997         Panelist, Grand Arts, “Sisters of Sam,” Kansas City, KS

        1997         Panelist, Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference, “Expanding the Creative Interval,” Philadelphia, PA

        1997         Panelist  “Sisters of Sam” Mel Chin and the GALA Committee Kansas City, KS

        1997         Research Travel Award, Gwang Ju Biennale, Kwang Ju, Korea

      DIANE EDISON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

        1996         Panelist, Large Drawings and Objects from The Arkansas Art Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR

        1995         Milton Avery Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY

        1994         Sal/National Endowment for the Arts, New York, NY

                  

        1993         Georgia Council for the Arts Grant, Athens, GA

        1997-       “Who’s Who of American Women,” “Who’s Who in American Art,” “Who’s Present Who in the World,”

                         “Who’s Who in the Southeast,” Marquis Publishers

 

        1997         “Georgia Women in the Arts,” Recognition Award, Atlanta, GA                                    

 

        1996           Artist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

        1995          Artist Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY

        2014           Lecturer

        2012          Search Committee Drawing and Painting

        2011          Search Committee Undergraduate University wide Fulbright nominees

 

        2011           University Faculty Awards Committee

        

        2011-2012  Search Committee, Theatre Department Scenic Designer

        2009           Curriculum Committee

     

        2009           School of Art Advisory Committee

        2009           Chair, Drawing and Painting

     

        2007          Program Review Committee, Lamar Dodd School of Art

        2007          NASAD Self study group

        2007          CO/Chair Visiting Artist and Dodd Chair Committee

        2005-2006 CO/Chair Program Review for Textiles, Merchandising and

 

 

DIANE EDISON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

 

        2005         Travel Grant For my Graduate Assistant to attend the Ghana West Africa Study Abroad

 

        2005         Junior Faculty Research Grant Committee Wilson Centers for Humanities and Arts

       

        2004-2006       University Council, Faculty Benefits Committee

 

        2004-Present      Honors Faculty Mentor Program for Honors Students

         

        2004-2006       Promotions and Tenure Review Committee Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

 

        2003-2006        Graduate Faculty Promotion Review Committee

 

        2003-2006       University Council

 

        1993-1995      Grantee, Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

 

        2002         “Is Marketing Killing the Arts?” Panel with Kunal Basu CHA Visiting Scholar

 

        2000         CO/Chair Search Committee Digital Media, Athens, GA

          

        2000- 2000        Deans Forum, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

        2000- 2003        Graduate Dean search committee UGA Athens, GA

 

        1999          Senior Faculty Research Grant, Athens, GA   

 

        1999          Dean’s Forum, The University of Georgia

 

        1998          Search Committee, Drawing and Painting, Assistant Professor

 

        1997          Search Committee, Director for the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA                                  

 

        1997-Present         Portfolio Review Committee  

               

        1996           Search Committee Drawing and Painting University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

        1995           Faculty Committee on Basics Courses, Lamar Dodd School of Art

 

        1994          Visiting critic for senior painting students, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

 

DIANE EDISON: PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY SERVICE CONTINUED:

 

        1993            Junior Faculty Research Grant, Athens, GA          

 

        1993          Panelist, Georgia Museum of Art, “Guerrillas in our Midst” (The Guerrilla Girls)

     

        1993          Search Committee, Sculpture, Assistant Professor Athens, GA

   

        1992-Present        Biannual Jurist for students entering BFA Painting  and  Drawing area

 

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