Diana Fairbanks

Diana Fairbanks is a Seattle-born artist who has lived and worked at Alki since 1974. She received a classic art education at Wenatchee Valley College with Robert Graves, and, upon being awarded a full-tuition scholarship for art studies, completed a B.A. and B.F.A. at Fort Wright College with instructors including Paula Mary Turnbull and Benjamin Franklin Moss. She later completed an M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Educational Technology at the University of Washington. She was awarded a Kellogg Allied Health Education Fellowship to continue studies in Medical Illustration as part of her graduate work.

During and after graduate studies, Diana taught art courses in post-secondary settings for fourteen years. These classes have included beginning and advanced drawing, survey of rendering techniques, and a wide variety of media production topics. Concurrently, she also served an extensive list of media clients through her graphic arts business.

Today, Diana is a full-time artist and teacher who exhibits regionally and internationally. She has been awarded grants for creative projects for the city of Seattle.

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