Diane Hause is an artist originally from Long Island New York with a B.F.A. degree in painting from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a M.F.A. degree in painting from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
After extensive travels in Europe and cross country travels and moves in the United States she relocated to Atlanta, GA in 1995. Diane taught at The Atlanta College of Art from 1995-2001 and after attending a student's art exhibit in the Castleberry Hill area, she sought and then bought a 4,000 square foot former automotive warehouse in 1999.
The vision for this warehouse, located at 310 Peters Street, became 3TEN HAUSTUDIO, an art studio but also a new approach in how her work was to be presented and exhibited. In purchasing a warehouse not only large enough to accommodate her large canvases, it also permitted a space where she could exhibit her work to the public on an ongoing basis with opening receptions and exhibitions. The renovation process to it's current state as a thriving and vital alternative exhibition space and working studio has been an act of determination, vision, energy and creativity.
"Diane Hause is one of those Castleberry Hill pioneers. In 1999, she converted an automotive warehouse in the downtown neighborhood into a studio/exhibition space, which now features a 20-year retrospective of her multifarious work. She makes large expressionist canvases, using a vivid palette and stylized forms, figure drawings, prints and collages. Her sources include her often prescient dreams and contemporary politics. She exhibits a spiritual bent."
- Catherine Fox for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
3TEN HAUSTUDIO has carved out a unique presence as a space that is still emerging. As Diane has stated, she wishes
to continue to have her work and herself personally accessible
to the public. She sees her space as an educational tool, a studio space that can be used creatively, as an artist, with unlimited opportunities to treat her studio much like a canvas.
She has used it to create installations as well as having the opportunity to use it to brainstorm different events such as the "Call to Atlanta Artists" for a photo shoot, by hosting a political meeting for a discussion on the City's %-for-the-Arts issue with guest speaker Cathy Woolard, President of the Atlanta City Council, and numerous benefits for various causes.
She has also used her space for performance art, for various musical performances as with Cellist and author, Helen Kopec, and guest speakers such as Playwright and activist, Eve Ensler.
"When I saw the beautiful and poignant imagery in Diane Hause's artwork, I knew she had that deeper understanding of the relevance of the situation of the women in Afghanistan to the issue of violence against women in the world."- Eve Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues," "Necessary Targets" and "The Good Body."
One unique emergence to 3TEN HAUSTUDIO has been the extension of the studio as a place for hosting various fundraising benefits and events.
"Diane Hause is a Castleberry neighbor whose curating suggests a kind of grassroots activism. Her openings become multimedia events that combine musical performances, spoken word, ethnic cooking and fundraising for causes from Sudan's "Lost Boys," to Navajo weavers and Afghan women."
-Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing.
As an artist, by nature, she is an advocate for artists. Diane enjoys bringing artists together whenever possible. With the "Atlanta Artist Photo Shoot", it was an opportunity for artists to come and be part of an event that celebrated them on an equal stage. And, in her last exhibit, "Studio Sweepings" a benefit for children in coffee growing communities, she wanted a similar opportunity for artists. "Studio Sweepings" was a non-
competitive group exhibition that was all inclusive as well as offering the opportunity for artists to share in the giving
and thus, rewarding aspect to a fundraising benefit.
"Studio Sweepings is an art party and ought to be a good time, but this is also a party with a purpose. Artist Diane Hause, who frequently opens her studio for benefits, is raising money for Coffee Kids. She's hit on a novel idea. Hause gave artists a 12 by 16 inch plastic coffe bag and asked them to fill it with stuff around their studios or to make a piece that would fit in the bag. It turns out this was the kind of challange to get the creative juices going. More than 100 artists responded."
-Catherine Fox for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
