Diane J. Wren
wrendj at hotmail.com
Education
Maine College of Art (MECA), BFA with a concentration in photography
Graduated with honors, Dean's list, 2008 – 2010
PILLARS award, Maine Campus Compact
University of California, Santa Cruz, BA Psychology
Phi Beta Kappa, Stevenson College Honors
Selected Exhibitions
2011
Lana Santorelli Gallery, Distilled, group show, Hoboken, New Jersey
Photo Place Gallery, Seeing Myself, Seeing Others, group show, Middlebury, Vermont
Joanne Waxman Library, solo show, Mold, Portland, Maine
2010
21 Grand Gallery, 10th Annual Benefit Show, Oakland, California
Sylvia Kania Gallery, Imagining Spaces, group show, Portland, Maine
Free Street Gallery, Intertidal Zone, solo show, Portland, Maine
Public Art Installation, Congress Street and Deering Oaks Park, solo show, What We Are/What We Are Not, Portland, Maine
Public Art Installation and Fundraiser for Haiti relief efforts, group show, Building Refuge, Portland, Maine
2009
MECA Baxter Building group shows, First Fridays, February, March and April, Portland, Maine
MECA, Spring BFA Merit Show, Portland, Maine
Faces of Literacy, Voices of Courage, group show supporting Literacy Maine
Joanne Waxman Library, solo show, Oh Fading Beauty, Portland, Maine
MECA, Fall BFA Show, Portland, Maine
2008
21 Grand Gallery, 8th Annual Benefit Show, Oakland, California
Cygnet Gallery, Student Show, Portland, Maine
MECA, BFA Merit Show, Portland, Maine
2007
21 Grand Gallery, Uncertain Closure, Oakland, California
2006
The Lab, Post/Postcard Holiday Show, San Francisco, California
The Compound, Holidayland Gift Sale, Oakland, California
University of California, Berkeley Extension Program Student Show, San Francisco
Awards and Honors
2010
Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation Grant: creating resources for identifying mold in library collections and historical societies in Maine (full project funding)
2009 – 2010
Endowed Scholarship , Irving B. Ellis and Judy Ellis Glickman, from Photography Department, MECA
Endowed Scholarship , Joanne Waxman Library
2008 – 2009
Student Senate representative to the Board of Trustees, MECA (elected position)
2008 – 2010
Merit Scholarship
2008
Endowed Merit scholarship , Beatrice Bouton Barrett Memorial
Publications and Presentations
2011
Books Gone Bad - Mold in Library Collections
2007
Use of a Rich Media Recorder for Distance Education Learning Modules , New Learning Technologies conference, 2007 (Society for Applied Learning Technology ®)
2006
Successes in Partnership: Industry/Academia partnership to deliver statewide distance-based Bachelor's in Nursing degree program , New Learning Technologies conference, 2006 (Society for Applied Learning Technology ®)
2005
Building Innovative Solutions to Professional Development Needs in Nursing Education , Interactive Technologies conference, 2005 (Society for Applied Learning Technology ®)
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