Diana Moya
Diana Moya is a visual artist with a body of work that includes paintings, etchings and photography. Diana has been an advocate for the Arts and a professional artist for over 20 years. She has participated in many solo and group shows and her work is collected in the US, Latin America, and Europe. Moya is the former president of the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco and was honored with the ‘Art Starter’ Award by the Frisco Association for the Arts. For many years Moya has developed youth arts programs in Frisco, including ‘The Rising Stars’ in FISD schools, ‘Learning to Recycle’ summer camp in collaboration with the city’s environmental services and as the Art Director for the summer program for the Frisco Boys & Girls Club.
Moya made famous the old Frisco water tower when she chose it as one of her favorite subjects. Her original paintings are on display at Frisco City Hall. Her iconic rendering of the water tower hangs in the light pole banners throughout historic downtown. Her paintings are used as their logo by the Main Street Merchants Association and the Link to Frisco networking site, as well as for packaging of local products and many community events. Diana was invited as a special guest of the Société des Pastellistes de France to exhibit her portrait work in the Festival International du Pastel and the European Congress of Pastel leading a delegation of Master Pastellistes to represent Frisco and the State of Texas.
“I believe Arts of Collin County will be a great legacy to the next generation, to help develop their creative thinking and the problem solving skills they’ll need to face the challenges of the future” – Diana Moya.
