Learn to Create A Pocket Accordion Book! Celebrate February with its many holidays by learning to make your own folded accordion book with pockets to hold photographs, recipes, poems, stories, drawings, and keepsakes! You can use this book as a diary, gift, album, sketchbook and more! Materials … [Read more...] about Celebrating February at the Panorama Branch Library!
ACCORDION FOLD BOOKS
Feeding our Souls: Making Recipe Books at the Granada Hills Branch Library
As part of my Artist Residency at the Granada Hills Branch Library supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, I led a "Recipe Book" workshop for the community, showing participants how to create an accordion-fold book with pockets to hold treasured recipes old and … [Read more...] about Feeding our Souls: Making Recipe Books at the Granada Hills Branch Library
Accordions, Books and Stories at the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library
I am honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, conducting a series of bookmaking workshops for the community. To kick off the new year and decade, I taught an accordion fold book with pockets workshop, … [Read more...] about Accordions, Books and Stories at the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library
Making Accordion Fold Books with Pockets at the Sunland-Tujunga Library
Learn to create an accordion fold book with pockets that can be used to hold your treasures: photographs, notes, poems, recipes, and more! Start off the New Year with creativity and new skills, and make something fun, beautiful and useful! This program is part of my Artist Residency at the … [Read more...] about Making Accordion Fold Books with Pockets at the Sunland-Tujunga Library
Envelope Book Workshop
Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman will lead a "Envelope Bookmaking" workshop! Learn to create a book that can be sent through the mail...snail mail! Create heartfelt gifts and cards, and develop your own content while learning new skills. All are welcome! This workshop is made possible in part … [Read more...] about Envelope Book Workshop
Latinx Heritage Celebrated
In our recent program at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, participants created accordion fold (also known as "concertina"...continuing with the musical instrument metaphor-) books. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, they added images of Latinx art and architecture, … [Read more...] about Latinx Heritage Celebrated