Diane Castle Babcock
Diane has been practicing the art of linoleum block printing for more than forty years. The process she uses is called the reduction method, because she continually cuts away from one block to create a multiple color image. Her images are created in four to six steps of cutting and printing. As the print is created, the block is destroyed, ensuring a limited edition.
Diane graduated from Nazareth University and Binghamton University with degrees in art, business and an art education certification. She recently retired from Adirondack High School in Boonville, NY where she taught high school Art. She exhibits her work in galleries in five galleries in Upstate New York. Diane has received awards at many arts festivals and is a member of the Roycroft Arts and Craftsmen Guild.
Website: http://www.dcastlebabcockart.com/
Awards:
2024 & 2025 Second Place for Drawing and Graphics, Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
2023 First Place for Drawing and Graphics, Corn Hill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
First Place for 2 Dimensional Art, Artists Row, Rochester, NY
SecondPlace for Drawing and Graphics, Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
2022 Best in Show Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
2019 & 2021 Second Place for Other Media, Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
2019 & 2021 Merit Award Artist’s Row Art Festival, Rochester, NY
2015 & 2016 First Place in Other Media, Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
2010-2014 Roycroft Artisan, East Aurora, NY
2014-present Roycroft Artists & Craftsmens’ Guild
2003, 2005 Merit Award, Clothesline Festival, Rochester, NY
2003 First Place, Drawing & Graphics, Cornhill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
Second Place Award, Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
2000 Second Place for Drawing & Graphics, Cornhill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
1999 Second Place Award, Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
1998 First Place, Graphics & Drawing, Cornhill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
1995 to 1997 Merit Award, Downtown Syracuse Art Festival, Syracuse, NY
1994 Judges Award, Quaker Arts Festival, Orchard Park, NY
1993 Merit Awards, Downtown Syracuse Arts Festival
1992 Second Place, Drawings and Graphics, Cornhill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
1991 Merit Award, Clothesline Art Show, Memorial Art Gallery
First Place Graphics and Drawings, Lewiston Art Festival, Lewiston, NY.
Exhibitions:
Nazareth College Juried Alumni Show, Pittsford, NY
Café Aqueduct, Palmyra, NY
Artist’s Row, Rochester, NY
Colorscape Chenango, Norwich, NY
Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
Chardon Square Art Festival, Chardon. OH
Lakewood Arts Festival, OH
Woodworking and Fine Arts Weekend, Northville, NY
High Peaks Arts & Antiques Show, Keene Valley, NY
Chautauqua Arts Festival, Mayville, NY
Shain Park Art Festival, Birmingham, MI
Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, MA
Craftproducers Art Festivals, Shelburne and Stowe, VT
Boston Mills Art Festival, Peninsula, OH
Cornhill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
Clothesline Art Festival, Rochester, NY
Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting, Shelburne Farms, VT
Art by the Falls, Chagrin Falls, OH
Downtown Syracuse Arts Festival, Syracuse, NY
Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo, NY
Crosby Festival of the Arts, Toledo, OH
National Craft, Gaithersburg, MD,
Mt Gretna Outdoor Art Festival, Mt. Gretna, PA
Detroit Festival of the Arts, Detroit, MI
Finger Lakes Juried Art Exhibition, Rochester, NY
Printmaker’s World Juried Art Exhibition, Worchester, MA
Roycroft Summer Art Festival, East Aurora, NY
Speculator Craft Show, Speculator, NY
Art in the Park, Inlet, NY
Art in the Wilds, Kane, PA
Fall Art Festival at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Represented By:
The Gallery Store, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
H’Art Studio and Gallery, North Creek, NY
The Copper Shop, East Aurora, NY
Demonstrations & Workshops:
Penfield Art Association
Irondequoit Art Club
Niagara Arts Guild
Carnegie Art Center
Henrietta Art Club
Chili Art Group
Sea Serpent Art Guild
Ontario Art Guild
Pittsford Art Group
Print Fair at the Memorial Art Gallery
Suburban Art Group
West Irondequoit Art Club
Western Wayne County Art Club
Roycroft Corporation
Artist-in-Residence:
Nativity of the B.V.M. School, Brockport, NY
W. Irondequoit Middle Schools & High School
Penfield Middle School
Honeoye Falls Elementary School
Webster Elementary Schools & High School
Pittsford High Schools
Victor Elementary Schools
Gananda Elementary School
Fairport Middle Schools and High School
Juror For: Irondequoit Art Club Exhibition
SUNY Brockport Student Art Exhibition
Downtown Syracuse Arts Festival
Scholastic Art Show, Rochester NY
SKILLSUSA Graphic Design State Competition
