Proceeds from all sales of Diane Gabriel’s work will go to the Diane Gabriel Visual Artist Award at Burlington City Arts. The annual award was established by Diane’s family in 2021 to support emerging Vermont-based artists in their experimentation and creative development, especially those interested in initiating innovative ideas, exploring new media, or better establishing their art-making practice.
AWARD RECIPIENTS:
2023, Luna Shen
As a first-generation American, Luna Shen’s explorations of identity are shaped by home, place, and authenticity. They work in diverse materials and gestures that articulate their personal navigation between locations and culturally accepted binaries such as here/there or native/alien. Shen’s multimedia work seeks to build visual worlds that act as a bridge between everyday life and dreamscapes.
2022, Misuk Weaver
Misuk Weaver constructs three-dimensional multi-media artworks from discarded, found, or upcycled materials and ceramics. Focusing on the essence of the materials, Weaver challenges perceptions to address themes of scarcity, culture, and gender, informed by her identity as a first-generation Korean-American immigrant.
2021, Crystal Stokes
Based in central Vermont, Crystal Stokes works primarily in portraiture as she explores the intersection of photography and painting. Capturing moments that may otherwise go unnoticed, Stokes combines keen observation with dramatic contrasts of light and dark to investigate the beauty of the world.