Diane Cadrain

Fiber Arts, Felting

Diane Cadrain turned full-time to art in 2015 after retiring from her job as a lawyer and free-lance writer specializing in employment law topics.  As a fiber artist, she came of age during the time when sewing was taught in public schools and was a part of mainstream culture.  Today, her fiber artwork includes piecing and quilting, felting, hand embroidery, and knitting, but felting has been her main medium for several years.  She is a former co-president of Connecticut Women Artists, an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and an Artist Member of the West Hartford Art League. 

Diane has taught The Felted Landscape at the New Britain Museum of American Art, the West Hartford Art League, Arts Center East (Vernon, CT), Glastonbury Arts, the Spectrum Gallery (Centerbrook, CT), the Hartford Artisan Weaving Center, and Gallery 53 (Meriden, CT).  She has taught The Painted Art Quilt for Women Against the Grain in Simsbury, Ct.