Artist's Biography & Exhibit History
Diane Thompson Skidmore
- Quilt maker and fiber artist since 1974
- Resident of Bloomington, Illinois
- SAQA - Studio Art Quilters Association member
- Co-Founder of Hands All Around Quilt Guilt of Central Illinois in 1982
- Wife of woodworker Ron, mother of art teacher Lindsey & photographer Evan, and "Didi" to Linden & Ellison
- "Star of Life" - 1st place hand pieced and quilted wall category at the NQA National show in 1986.
- "Rising Star with Lilies" - 3rd place in the HAAQG Challenge in 1989
- AQS Paducah, KY in 1990.
- David Davis House Baltimore Album quilt project ... 1985- 1992
- AQS Paducah, KY in 1996.
- Four Decades of Quilts - From Function to Art
- Visiting artist 40 year retrospective, HAAQG Quilt Spectrum - April 2013
- "HOPE, is the Thing with Feathers" - SAQA "Text Messages" exhibit
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - October 2013
- Chicago International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL June 2014
- Quilt! Knit! Stitch! Portland, OR - August 2014
- Round Bobbin Quilt & Sewing Expo, St. Charles, MO - September 2014
- Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg, VA - October 2015
- Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ - December 2015
- "The Heart is Evergreen" - 2014-2015 SAQA 25th Anniversary Trunk Show - traveled in Western Canada
- "Mackinaw Morning"
- Preserving ParkLands - McLean County Arts Center - Bloomington, IL September - October 2014
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- "My Ephemeral Quilt"
- Illinois Quiltscape McLean, County Arts Center - Bloomington, IL July - August 2015
- Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL - August - October 2015
- "The Place We Cannot Breathe" SAQA "H2oh!" Exhibit
- National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY - June - September 2017
- New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA - July - September 2018
- Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ - December 2018 - February 2019
- San Jose Quilt and Textile Museum, San Jose, CA - April to July 2019
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN - September 2019 to January 2020