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COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING

Learning Online: Making a Rainbow

July 7, 2020

I have been honored to serve as Artist in Residence at the Granada Hills Branch Library, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. In concert with the Library Staff I created several online bookmaking workshop presentations, including, below: Learn a colorful technique and … [Read more...] about Learning Online: Making a Rainbow

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Teaching Artist Tagged With: "We Write The Book", Artist Residency Culmination Program, Bookmaking, Books you can make yourself, CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Community Arts, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, Culmination Event, Distance learning, Family Bookmaking, Flag Book, Granada Hills Branch Library, Handmade Books, LAPL, Online learning, Teaching Artist, THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Community Bookmaking Workshop at the Brentwood Art Center!

June 8, 2019

Join us to create the fun, innovative and versatile flag book structure and learn “found writing” techniques to take the anxiety out of the writing process. Learn to fold an accordion spine, attach covers, and add multiple flag book pages which create a pattern and move and groove when the book … [Read more...] about Community Bookmaking Workshop at the Brentwood Art Center!

Tagged With: Art and Writing, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Arts Workshops, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, Books made by Hand, Brentwood Art Center, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, Community Workshop, Family arts, Family Bookmaking, Flag Book, Flag Books and Found Writing, Free Community Workshop, Handmade Books, The Brentwood Art Center

Marbling Unfurled: Making Marbled Scrolls at the Granada Hills Library

May 24, 2019

It has been exciting to lead programs at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, as part of my Artist Residency there:  “We Write the Book“, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. In honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, I led a workshop for all on how to … [Read more...] about Marbling Unfurled: Making Marbled Scrolls at the Granada Hills Library

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, Artists' Book/s, Asian and Pacific Heritage Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Asian/Pacific Heritage Month, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, Bright Tagboard, CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, DCA, Family Bookmaking, Fowler museum, Granada Hills Public Library, Handmade Books, Library Arts Programming, Monoprints, Paper Craft, paper marblng, Scroll, Scroll-making, Scrolls, Washi Tape

Getting Lit: Making Matchbox Books at the Granada Hills Public Library

March 22, 2019

It has been exciting to lead programs at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, as part of  my Artist Residency there:  “We Write the Book“, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. In honor of Women's History Month, I led a workshop on how to create mini "matchbox … [Read more...] about Getting Lit: Making Matchbox Books at the Granada Hills Public Library

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accordion Fold, accordion-folded pages, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, Artists' Book/s, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, DCA, Fabric Collage, Faith Ringgold, Family Bookmaking, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Granada Hills Public Library, Handmade Books, Library Arts Programming, Liza Lou, Matchbox books, Mini-books, Story Quilt, Textile Collage, Women Artists, Women's history month, Yayoi Kusama

Seeing Double Vision: Double Flower Bookmaking

February 13, 2019

  It has been exciting to lead programs at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, as part of  my Artist Residency there:  “We Write the Book“, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs In honor of  Chinese New Year, community members participated in creating … [Read more...] about Seeing Double Vision: Double Flower Bookmaking

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, Artists' Book/s, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, Chinese New Year, CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, DCA, Double Flower Books, Double Flower Fold Book, Exploding Books, Family Bookmaking, Folded pop-up books, Granada Hills Public Library, Handmade Books, Library Arts Programming

Freedom of Expression and More…

January 30, 2019

It has been exciting to lead programs at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, as part of  my Artist Residency there:  “We Write the Book“, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and freedom in all its forms, participants created … [Read more...] about Freedom of Expression and More…

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: ACCORDION SPINE, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, Artists' Book/s, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, DCA, Family Bookmaking, Granada Hills Public Library, Handmade Books, Library Arts Programming, Sewn Books, Single Signature Books, Washi Tape

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