DIANE HOFFMAN

Diane Hoffman was born and raised in Cambridge, MA, where her maternal grandfather was a working musician. Growing up, she was surrounded by a strong musical presence, hearing her father’s Tommy Dorsey and Harry James big band records, experiencing her mother’s love for opera, show tunes, and pop music, and listening to her grandfather play guitar at family occasions. She was influenced by the thriving jazz and folk scene in her teens and was particularly taken with the Delta Blues. It was at these small concerts and intimate coffee houses where an inspiration for self-expression was kindled. Hoffman moved to California during a period of great cultural change. She designed and made her own clothes and silver jewelry, and formally studied at the California College of Art where she earned a BFA before spending a year of independent study in Erongarícuaro, Mexico with renowned painter Jacques Fabert; she later exhibited read more...