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
• Sororan Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ - December 2018 - February 2019
• San Jose Quilt and Textile Museum, San Jose, CA - April to July 2019

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