At UPL, we believe that displaying art enhances the library experience for our patrons, staff, and volunteers. When we see art in our community spaces, we’re inspired to engage with it and make art of our own. We seek to exhibit the work of diverse voices that reflect the communities in which we live.

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Dianne Lynn | Works on Paper

September-October 2025

ARTIST STATEMENT

I once colored the sun red on my weather map and a classroom teacher told me l was wrong. The sun is hot and red is hot and so I knew I was right. Sometimes we learn who we are when others tell us we are wrong, and yet we know we are right.

Eileen Baldwin and Robert Timerson were my art teachers while I attended Trumansburg Schools. With these two as teachers, I never felt wrong. Art is a language that I've always understood more than the language of numbers and words.

My art teachers at Trumansburg knew that too. Given my fluency in the language of art, my career as an art teacher was perfect. I taught over 8,000 students that they were right and that they were beautiful human beings.

As you look at these collages you might see depth or other qualities you can name. These collages are made from mono printed papers and arranged in ways I find aesthetically pleasing.  I push patterns and textures together that compliment or blend until I have a sense that they are complete. Whatever you sense is correct. I hope you enjoy.

You are right in what you see, or how you feel when you engage with the art in this show. My hope is you will spend time looking, naming, and, in your own personal way, enjoying what you know and feel as right.

BIOGRAPHY

I graduated from TCS in 1968, a turbulent year to explore my values. I raised three children as a single mom with help from my parents. I finished a BA at Lesley College, received an MFA at Syracuse University, and then began teaching art. Teaching was a treasure that used the best of who l am. At the end of my teaching career I entered the PhD program in educational leadership at Lesley University. My dissertation topic was to research the relationship between an artist's own personal creative practice and their practice of art teaching. My dissertation has been downloaded over 2,000 times, and has been used to further research the connections between making art and teaching art.

ARTIST RECEPTION

Please join us for a reception welcoming and celebrating Dianne Lynn, Saturday September 27th, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm. All are welcome!