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Listed on other websites: Chicago Artists' Coalition and Pulcheria Arte - (click on artist's name)

E-mail: dianekelly@worldnet.att.net

• 1995-present - Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
• 1988-1990 - Oakton Community College, Art Department, Des Plaines, IL
• 1966 University of Illinois, B.S.N., Chicago, IL

My work in clay embodies large free-form coiled sculptures of vessels. I form the outer texture, which reveals the nature of the clay body, during the process of constructing the pot. The openings are small; the viewer's eye is thus directed to the clay's exterior surface, while the mind is invited to contemplate the space within.

Clay is a medium of earth, a symbol of motherhood. We ourselves are of the earth, nurtured within a womb, a closed vessel. These forms manifest my interest in the ancient feminine mystical view of life in its darkness and mystery, its celebrations and creativity.

• 2003

  Omma Center of Contemporary Art, International Spring Art Festival; Chaniá, Crete, Greece; March 2003

• 2001

  Pulcheria Arte, Associazione Culturale 218 a.c., Piacenza, ITALY, Pulcheria Arte

• 2002

  The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.

• 2001

  Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL

• 2001

  Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY

  Honoring the Crone, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL

  51st Annual Quad State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

  American Parkinson Disease Association Benefit, Chicago, IL

  Festival of American Basketry, Amana Arts Guild Center, Amana, IA

  14th Annual Women's Works 2001, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL

  Skin, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

  44th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

• 2000

  7th Annual Member's Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

  Barenaked Ladies, The Art House Oak Park, IL

  Wilmette Festival of Fine Arts, Wilmette, Illinois

  Barat College, Lake Forest, IL

• 2001

  4th Annual Chicago ART Open, Chicago, IL

  Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, Chicago IL

• 2000

  3rd Annual Student Show, Chicago ART Open, Chicago, IL

  Women's Day Conference, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL

  Evanston Art Center Student Show, Evanston, IL

  Adam & Eve's Artists' Ball 2000, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

• Illinois Artisans' Program, Illinois State Museum Society, Rend Lake, IL
• Woman Made Gallery, 1900 South Prairie Chicago, IL