CV | Mojave Light Studio

diana shay diehl

Workshops:

The Art of Beeswax | Desert Art Center, Palm Springs, March 3, 9-10, 2024

JTREE Outdoor Education Experience, Oasis Elementary School 29 Palms CA: Taught solar printing techniques to nearly 200 students and created 7 installation pieces with their work. December 2023

Night Sky Festival | The Sky's the Limit Observatory, 29 Palms CA: Solar printing fundraiser Oct. 14 2023

World Cyanotype Day: INHERITANCE | Old Town Yucca Valley, CA September 30, 2023

Mojave Light Studio | Yucca Valley, CA, 2013 - current. Topics: experimental photographic printing processes, encaustic and cold wax, artistic collaborations, defining the why/where of your art practice.

Oak Gallery | Carlsbad, CA 2022 Encaustic Photo Demonstration

Desert Institute | Joshua Tree National Park, 2015, 2016, 2017 field instructor / iPhoneography

Sunnylands Estate/Annenberg Arts Education | Palm Springs CA, 2017 Using Your Camera to Tell a Visual Story

Exhibitions:

Glass Outhouse Art Gallery | 29 Palms CA solo opening show 2009, 2018
“Water in the Desert” | 2 year traveling exhibition with select photographers sponsored by Cadiz, Inc.
Art in Public Places exhibition | 29 Palms City Hall 2010
6 Chicks Pop Up Art Gallery | Joshua Tree CA 2013-2014
Hwy. 62 Open Studio Art Tours | Morongo Basin CA 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Gallery 62 | Joshua Tree, CA 2014, 2018, 2019
29 Palms Creative Center exhibition | 29 Palms CA August - October 2015
29 Palms Art Gallery, 6 Chicks exhibition | 29 Palms CA 2015

29 Palms Art Gallery, Guild Members' Show | 29 Palms CA 2010, 2018, 2022
Joshua Tree Public Library exhibition and public talk | Joshua Tree, CA January 2016

La Matadora Gallery | Joshua Tree CA, local fundraiser for art scholarships February 2021, 2022

Oak Gallery | Carlsbad CA April - October 2022

JTAG | Joshua Tree CA Holidaze Show December 2019, 2022

Borrego Art Institute (BAI) | Borrego Springs, CA. Art of Photography Show February 2023; Celebrating the Summer Show, May - October 1 2023

Goat Mountain CO | Old Town Yucca Valley, CA. Flower Power Show May 19 - June 18 2023 and the Teeny Weeny Show November 15 - December 31, 2023

Space Truckin' Gallery | Old Town Yucca Valley, CA. Hand Made Print Show. September 16 - 30, 2023

Chaparral Artists | Center of Healthy Generations, Yucca Valley CA Solo Show featuring monotypes and mixed media experimental photography May 10 - June 7, 2024

Desert Art Center | Palm Springs, CA juried gallery artist, February 2024 on-going

Publications | Awards:

The Enso Circle Exhibition Catalog, Spring 2022 Collective catalog featuring my artist residency work

Photo Collaboration on "Route", a book of poetry by Cynthia Anderson, 2019

Best of Show, 1st place, and 2nd place winner in Chaparral Artists 2017 Spring Show

“Coyote Pup” image used in land acquisition campaign with Mojave Desert Land Trust

The Hand Magazine, "When the Desert Dreams" palladium print selected for April, 2017 edition

Photo Contribution to Women Trailblazers of California: Pioneers to the Present by Gloria G. Harris and Hannah S. Cohen

3rd place in the 2010 Southland Show, 29 Palms Art Gallery

Memberships | Affiliations:

Desert Art Center (DAC) | Palm Springs CA (full-time gallery artist) DAC

Borrego Art Institute (BAI) | Borrego Springs CA BAI

Chaparral Artists | Yucca Valley CA Chaparral Artists

Encaustic Art Institute (EAI) | Santa Fe, NM EAI

Artists Council (AC) | Palm Desert, CA AC

Arts | Continued Education:

University of California, Riverside | BW Photography and Darkroom Techniques 1989
Spelman Evans Downer | Digital Photography, Copper Mountain College 2007-2009
Ralph Nordstorm Photography Workshops |Chasing Light 2012

Valerie Jardin | Street Photography, San Diego, CA 2013

Medium Festival of Photography, since 2012

Susan Burnstine | Creating Your Visual Voice 2014
scott b davis | Platinum Palladium Printmaking 2015 - 2017
Keith Douglas Skelton | California Photography Workshops, Eastern Sierra Landscape Photography
Clare O’Neill | Encaustic Photo 2017

Nancy Crawford, Paula Roland, Serena Barton | encaustic and cold wax techniques 2018

The ENSO Circle | virtual artist residency, January - April, 2022

Formal Educational background:

University of South Carolina | BA Psychology, 1982

University of South Carolina | Masters of Education, 1984
Emphasis in curriculum development, group counseling, public health
National University, California | Teaching Credentialing program, 1986