Artist Talk | Diane Arrieta & Dana Donaty
January 16, 2027 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Join Dana Donaty & Diane Arrieta in the Galleries for back-to-back artist talks on each of their respective exhibitions.
Saturday, January 16th, 2027, 2pm – 3:30pm
Dana will discuss her solo exhibition “A Dream of Elsewhere; Notes on a Life Shaped by Illness”, on view in the Front Gallery of Arts Warehouse and curated by Kelcie McQuaid. In the exhibition, Dana confronts women’s health, care, and belonging through painting, fiber sculpture, and installation, drawing from her own experiences. Click Here
“Feathered Reliquaries” is a solo exhibition featuring works by Diane Arrieta, on view in the Back Room Gallery of Arts Warehouse. Diane will be on site for the Artist Talk, sharing more about her works and the exhibition. To learn more, Click Here.
Event Timeline:
2pm – View exhibitions
2:15pm – Talk begins
3:30pm – Wrap up
Diane Arrieta is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice bridges environmental science, cultural memory, and feminist materiality. Born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania and raised in Oil City— former site of a Seneca Indian village and later, the birthplace of the U.S. petroleum industry— her early life shaped a lasting awareness of the tension between ancestral land and industrial disruption. These layered histories continue to inform her work, which explores the delicate relationships between nature, resilience, and transformation. More information, here.
Dana Donaty is a Colombian-American artist based in South Florida. She holds a BFA from Moore College of Art & Design and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Her practice spans fiber, painting, sculpture, and installation, considering what it means to inhabit a body shaped by illness within the broader context of women’s health, medicine, and care. Read more here
