Exhibition Dates: October 25 – December 21, 2025
Diane Williams, Juror
1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia
Grief and loss are universal human experiences, causing complex emotions, thoughts, and feelings that are difficult to express verbally. The various mediums and styles of art provide a vehicle for individuals to describe and communicate their feelings in a tangible way that can be shared with others. Arts Benicia, a non-profit art center in Benicia, CA, invites artists to submit artwork for Where the Spirit Meets the Bone: Grief and Healing, a juried exhibition that seeks to showcase artists’ representations of the concepts and process of grief, loss, and healing.
Juror
Diane Williams is an American artist whose paintings have been widely exhibited in the United States. Having shifted her artistic focus towards tranquility, her compositions emphasize the potential of nature and the human spirit. Williams’ paintings reflect a meditative calm with “an assurance of resiliency and resolve to heal the soul”.
Diane uses intuitive color, bold brushwork and monumental scale as a vehicle for the voice of the strong feminine to weave nature’s story across time. Multiple layers chronicle what is concrete and what is illusive; erasures remind us that nothing is permanent, yet everything leaves an impression. The calm, vast space of the canvas allows a story to be told through generations. Her paintings invite the viewer to enter uncharted territory; a world where women and elders are revered as holders of our collective intuitive lineage and where listening to one’s intuition is the highest form of prayer. Diane has a studio in Crockett, CA.
Artwork featured by Diane Williams
* Used with permission from Lucinda Williams in acknowledgment of her music Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (inspired by Millar Williams’ poem Compassion).
Exhibition Artists Information:
Hand Delivery of artwork: October 10-11, 2025, 1-4 pm
Delivery of shipped artwork: October 7-10, 2025 (no later than October 10)
Members and Exhibition Artists Preview: Thursday, October 23, 2025, 6 – 7 pm
Opening Public Reception: Saturday, October 25, 2025, 4 – 6 pm
Close of exhibition: Sunday, December 21, 2025
In Person Pick-up of Artwork: December 22, 2025 1 – 4 pm (or by appt)
Return Shipped Artwork: begins December 22, 2025
GALLERY LOCATION
1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia, CA 94510
GALLERY HOURS
Thursday – Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, during exhibitions. The gallery is closed between exhibitions.
CONTACTING ARTS BENICIA
Staff often works remotely. The best way to reach staff is via email or leave a phone message: Jean@artsbenicia.org; 707-747-0131.