CV

DEBRA DISMAN
Lives and works in Los Angeles
(Complete CV available upon request)

SELECT SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
“I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do”, ReflectSpace Gallery, Glendale, CA, Curators: Anahid and Ara Oshagan
2022
Concurrencies: Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse, 18^th Street Arts Center, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA,
Exhibition design and curatorial support: Frida Cano
2018
Debra Disman and Huong Nguyen: New Works, Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean, Santa Monica, CA
2017
The Sheltering Book, (Installation), The Gallery At The Braid and assorted venues, Santa Monica / LA, CA
2016
The Art of the Book, The Santa Monica Public Library/Montana Branch, Santa Monica, CA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCE
2025
Tryst Alternative Art Fair, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, Organized by: Max Presneill, Curator: Anne Bray/Textile Arts LA
BRAND 53: National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA, Juror: Sigrid Burton 2025 (catalogue)
The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers, The Long Beach Museum of Art
NOMAD IV, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, Curator: Max Presneill
Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined,View Art Center, Valley Forge, PA, Juror: Rhoda Rosenberg
CARE, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Juror, Priya N. Green
FIBER, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Curators: Tom Grotta/Rhonda Brown (catalogue)
A Woman’s Place – Visual Voices, The Ebell of Los Angeles, Jurors: Andi Campognone/Lilly Dawson/Jennifer S. Li
Cut/Fold/Press, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO Juror: Buzz Spector
Paper, Site: Brooklyn, NYC, NY, Juror: Rachel Gladfelter (online)
Don’t Judge a Book By its Cover, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Curator: Molly Demeulenaere
EXPO 44, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, Juror: Emily Olek (online)
62^nd Annual Juried Competition, Mazur Museum, Monroe, LA, Juror: Annemarie Sawkins
Pendulum, The A.D. Gallery, Pembroke, NC, Juror: Emily Beck
Visual Language of Modernity, Whosmuseum / Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, Curator: Shuai Xu
Rewriting her Story,Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Juror: Hera Gallery, (year-long virtual exhibition)
LA OPEN 2025, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror/Curator: Genie Davis
DWELLINGS: An Exhibition of Inhabited Spaces, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN, Juror: Steve Garst
2024
Paper and Fiber, 1202 Contemporary, Gilroy, CA (online)
White and Texture (Monochrome Unity), The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Curator: Molly Demeulenaere
Women Making Their Mark, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Jurors: Donna Seager/Pricilla Otani (online) (catalogue)
Iteration Reiteration, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, Jurors: Roya Amirsoleymani/Addoley Dzegede/Christopher Kardambikis
Word and Weft: Visualizing the Word, Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO, Juror: Noriko Yuasa
Women. Defining Our Representation, Black House Artist, Juror/Curator: Ellen Mattesi (online)
We Are Doing It All Wrong, Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH, Jurors: Ed Dixon/Stacy Kranitz/Judith L. Huacuja
Evidence of Joy, Intersect Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO, Curator: April Parvitz (catalogue)
Soliloquy, presented by The Bridge Arts Foundation at The Scholarts Selection, San Gabriel, CA
Jurors: Charles Christopher Hill, Xin Song Curator: Tia Xu
Whisper, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR, Curator: Jennifer Gullia Cutshall (catalogue)
Interplay, presented by the Surface Design Association at The Dairy Barn Arts Center O’Bleness Gallery, Athens, OH, Juror: Annet Couwenberg
Midway Marvels, ArtBarLA, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Randi Matushevitz
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI, Juror: Debra Brehmer
The Circular Ritual of Spring, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Susan Lizotte (online)
Materiality Matters, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseville, OR, Juror Panel: UVA Staff and Pacific NW professionals
Pulp: Book and Paper Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Juror: Donna Seager
Fantastic Fibers 2024, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Juror: Sandro Tiberi (catalogue)
String Theory, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Curator: Molly Demeulenaere
2023
Art of the Word, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, Jurors: Fatemeh Burnes, Maurice Quillinan, Niamh Cunningham (catalogue)
By the Book, Artopia Gallery, Arcadia, CA, Curator: Rosie Getz
From Fiber…, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL, Juror: Ann B. Coddington
Contemplating Boundaries, Launch LA-The Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Mika Cho,Teayoun Kim-Kassor
Material World: A Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition, "We Are The Arts"/The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County, NC
International Fiber Arts XI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Jurors: Judith Content and Ann Johnston
Engulfed, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO, Juror: Sarah E. LaBarre
Text/Message, Shoebox Projects, (virtual exhibition), Curator: Kristine Schomaker
Brand 51 Annual National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA, Juror: Ara Oshagan (catalogue)
Safekeeping: SDA Juried Members' Exhibition, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK, Juror: Anita Fields
In Tandem, (Collaboration with Luciana Abait), The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Juror: Peter Michael Martin
Oh, Mother, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Juror: Nadiah Rivera Fellah,
Fantastic Fibers 2023, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Juror: Rena Wood (catalogue)
A Common Thread, ArtShare LA, Los Angeles, CA, Curation: Bahah Danesh/Beth Stryker
Aries Rising, (six women show), The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Curator: Virginia Arce
Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York City, NY, Juror: Patricia Miranda 2023 (catalogue)
Objects of Agency, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Juror: Hera Gallery, (year-long virtual exhibition)
“The Center Will Not Hold”, (PERFORMANCE), with Deborah Lynne Irmas and Frida Cano , Santa Monica Beach; part of
"Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)": Main Beach, East Hampton, NY and Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, CA;
East Coast partner: Jeremy Dennis; Curators: Warren Neidich, Christina Mossaides Strassfield, Anuradha Vikra m, Rene Petropoulos,
2022
(Re)Imagining Home: On Care For Our Common Home, !8^th Street Arts Center Kitchen Lab, Santa Monica, CA,
Curators: Venus Lau and Emma Balda
Yarn/Rope/String, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, Juror: Michael F. Rohde/Organized by Fiber Art Now
Telling Stories, Shoebox Arts, (online), Los Angeles, CA, Juror and Curator: Michelle Robinson
Fifty Years of Fiber Art, Kelso Art Center, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, Juror: Paula Owen, Second Place Award, (catalogue)
Surface Design Association Southwest Regional Exhibition 2022, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ, Juror: Annie Lopez
Small Sculpture Survey Part 2, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curators: Susan Aurinko and Susan Blackman (Curators Gone Rogue)
Yarn/Rope/String, Fiber Art Now, (print/online), Eugene, OR, Juror: Michael F. Rohde
PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Jurors: Alicia Bailey, Helen Hiebert, Third Place Award
PAPERWORKS 2022, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, (online), Juror: Kiko Aebi
All Media 2022, (collaboration with Luciana Abait), The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA , Juror: Joseph Daniel Valencia
Alternative Fiber, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX, Juror: Karena Bennett, Honorable Mention
Please Touch, Blue Roof Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Curators: Kristine Schomaker, Sheli Silverio
Book / Art / Artifact, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Fantastic Fibers 2022, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Juror: Matt Collingsworth, (catalogue)
Collective Acts of Peace/Actos Colectivas de Paz, Slipstream Galleries, 18^th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Frida Cano
35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, Juror: Jennifer Dasal (catalogue)
Material III, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA, Juror: Ryan Lytle, Curator: Amanda Bradley, Honorable Mention
Expo 41, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, Juror: Sewon Kang
2022 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminister, NJ Juror: Erin Jenoa Gilbert
2021
Mostly Monochrome, WoArt, (online), Curator: Christina Massey
Tricksters and Transformation, Helms Design Center/Textile Arts LA, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Carol Shaw-Sutton
Brand 49 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, (Collaboration with Luciana Abait), Brand Library and Art Center,
Glendale, CA, Juror: Marvella Muro (catalogue)
Reflection, The Korean Cultural Center/Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Sunook Park, Terrell Tilford
2021 California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Gronk Nicandro
The Book as Art v9.0: Muse, Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, Decatur, GA, Jurors: Anna Embree,
Beth Shoemaker, Sande Wascher-James (catalogue)
Liminal, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, Curator: Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, (catalogue)
Backroads: Art, Less Traveled, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Curator: Alexander Sands
The Fine Art of Denim, Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University Center for the Arts, W. Long Branch, NJ, Juror: Vincent DiMattio
2021 Los Angeles Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Gallery Staff
2021 International Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, NY, (catalogue)
conVERGEnce, MarinMOCA, Novato, CA, Juror: Susan Snyder,
Turmoil and Transformation, Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, Wakefield RI, Juror: Francine Weiss
Core New Art Space: A Thousand Words, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO, Juror: Richard Chamberlain,
Content, The Artery, Davis, CA, Jurors: Nikki Thompson, Adele Shaw
Fantastic Fibers 2021, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Juror: Sandra Johnson (catalogue)
Insight, The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Juror: Grace Hopkins
Recovery Justice: Being Well, 18th Street Art Center, Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Frida Cano
Home Sick, The Trolly Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juror: Mary-Kay Lombino/Youth Jurors
small works – BIG TALENT, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Curator: Lori McBride 2021
2020
Identity, Art Fluent, online, Curator: Amy Matteson Neill
Illuminate, Springboard Arts Chicago, Inaugural Exhibition, Chicago, IL, Curator: Gallery Team
Facing Darkness, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Frida Cano
Chasing Ghosts V: Art that Pierces the Veil through Remembrance, Legacy, & Beyond, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery,
Portland, OR, Curator: Jennifer Gillia Cutshall (catalogue)
Building Networks of Empathy, 18th Street Art Center, Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Frida Cano
2020 California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Kate Mothes
Transition, Launch LA/Tarfest 2020, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Holly Jerger
The Book as Art v.8.0: Infinity, Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, Decatur, GA, Jurors: Bexx Caswell-Olson,
Ann Kresge, Joe Sanders (catalogue)
Material Identity, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO, Jurors: Jiseon Lee Isbara, Jessica Kooiman Parker
Drive By Art (Public Art in This Moment of Social Distancing) Los Angeles, 18th Street Arts Center/18th St. Campus,
Organized by Warren Neidich, Renée Petropoulos, Michael Slenske and Anuradha Vikram
Expressions 2020, Art Centre Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Andrea Schwartz
3rd Annual Spring Small Works Show, Vanessa Lacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Juror/Curator: Vanessa Lacy
Drawing Connections, 18th Street Art Center, North and South Galleries, Airport Campus, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Frida Cano
The HeArt of the Book,  South Gallery at Artworks Loveland, Loveland, CO, Jurors: Alicia Bailey, Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
2019
2020 LA Open Exhibition, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Juri Koll
The Artful Book, The Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (catalogue)
Fresh Art, Art Centre Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Juror: Donna Seager
Book and Paper Arts, UI Kokomo Downtown Gallery, Kokomo, IN, Juror: Anita Garza
Artists Who Teach, Ellington-White Contemporary / FSU Rosenthal Art Gallery, Fayetteville, NC, Juror: Dwight Smith
The Book as Art v.7.0: Wonders, Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, Decatur, GA, Jurors: Denise Bookwalter,
Mari Eckstein Gower, Andrew Huot (catalogue)
Brand 47 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA, Juror: Alma Ruiz (catalogue)
All Stitched Up, Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, Jurors: Catherine Alice Michaelis, Jane A. Carlin,
Diana Weymar (catalogue)
Offal, The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Jurors: Ron Finley, Julio César Morales, Genevieve Erin O’Brien
2019 LA Open Exhibition, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Juror: James Panozzo
2018
Formation, The Guild of Book Workers traveling exhibition: The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN;
The Robert C. Williams Papermaking Museum, Atlanta, GA; The Charles E. Young Research Library Lobby Gallery, UCLA; Los Angeles, CA;
The North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA; The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Curators: Exhibitions Chair- Jackie Scott, Jurors- Coleen Curry, Graham Patten, Sarah Smith (catalogue)
BlackOut, Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th, San Diego, CA Juror: Daniel Foster
We The Artists,  18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
The Book as Art v6.0: Pulp, Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, Decatur, GA,, Jurors: Lisa Beth Robinson, Stephanie Smith,
Cynthia Nourse Thompson (catalogue)
2018 California Open Exhibition, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Kim Abeles
Amuse Yeux, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, Juror: Eriq Hochuli
2017
Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California, Craft and Folk Art Museum, (now Craft Contemporary), LA, CA Curators: Holly Jerger
with Danielle Sommers
2016
F451 Art Exhibit, Mike Kelley Gallery, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, Curator: LA Marler
2013
The Word is Art Gallery, Culver City, CA

SELECT COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC ART
2021
“Unfolding Possibilities”, Artists’ Book, 18^th Street Arts Center/LA County Dept. of Mental Health We Rise,
campaign, Santa Monica/Los Angeles, CA 2021
2017
"Chromatic Interactions", Interactive Artists' Book for "Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California",
Craft and Folk Art Museum, (now Craft Contemporary), Los Angeles, CA 2017
2016
“The Sheltering Book”, Life-sized (traveling) Book installation, Jewish Institute for Creativity, AJU, Los Angles, CA, 2016

SELECT RESIDENCIES/GUEST ARTIST
2018-Present
18^th Street Arts Center, Local Artist-In-Residence, 1653 18th Street, Studio #1, Santa Monica, CA
2017-Present
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Artist-in-Residence: Northridge Branch Library; Canoga Park Branch Library;
West Valley Regional Branch Library; Panorama City Branch Library; Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library; Granada Hill Branch Library;
Verdugo Hills High School, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean, Studio Artist-in-Residence, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division, Santa Monica, CA
2016
The Big Read in LA, Featured Artist, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Guest Artist, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
2013-14
Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, Artist in Residence, La Vida West, Lawndale; Diamond Bar Library, DB, CA

SELECT AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2022
Surface Design Association Award of Excellence, Surface Design Association, Albuquerque, NM
Second Prize Award, Fifty Years of Fiber Art, Kelso Art Center, San Antonio, TX
Third Prize Award, PULP: Book & Paper Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Honorable Mention, Alternative Fiber, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
Honorable Mention, Material III, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2021
Santa Monica Artist Fellowship, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division , Santa Monica, CA
2016
WORD Grant 2016: The Bruce Geller Memorial Prize, Artist Grant for “The Sheltering Book”, Los Angeles, CA
2013
The Firehouse Theater Company, Creative Programming Development Grant, Los Angeles, CA

SELECT PRESENTATIONS
2025
“A Candid Conversation with artist Debra Disman: Art, Community, and the Beautiful Chaos of Creative Life”,
Candid Conversations with Kirstine Schomocker, Shoebox Arts, June 3, 2025, LA, CA
“Rewriting her Story”, Artists’ Talk, Hera Gallery, Sonja Czekalski/Gallery Director, June 12, 2025
“CARE”, Artists Talk, Hera Gallery, Sonja Czekalski/Gallery Director, May 29, 2025
Raw Conversation I, Podcast with Erika Sukstorf / “Raw Footage”, May 13, 2025
2024
“Adapting Through Curiosity and Connection With Debra Disman”, Podcast with Alyson B. Stanfield/Art Biz Success, September 5, 2024
“Women Artists Making Their Mark”, Artists’ Roundtable, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Donna Seager/Pricilla Otani, July 30, 2024
“Women. Defining Our Representation”, Artists’ Roundtable, Black House Artists, Ellen Mattesi, Founder, July 10, 2024
2023
"Objects of Agency", Exhibition Artists Talk, Hera Gallery, Sonja Czekalski, Gallery Director, December 21, 2023
"Text/Message", Exhibition Artists Talk, Shoebox Projects, Kristine Schomaker, Curator, June 4, 2023
"Oh Mother" Exhibition Artists Talk, Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, June 1, 2023
“A Common Thread” Exhibition Artists’ Talk, Baha Danesh/Beth Stryker, ArtShare LA, May 4, 2023
“Aires Rising” Exhibition Artists Panel, Virginia Arce, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, May 13, 2023
2022
"Telling Stories", Artists' Talk: exhibition artists, Shoebox Projects Director Kristine Schomaker/Curator Michelle Robinson, October 22, 2022
“A Wrench Thrown in the Works: Flexibility and Scaling Lesson Plans and Gallery Experiences”, Panel Discussion:
Beatriz Jaramillo/Katie Lipsitt/ Debra Disman (Teaching Artists), Los Angeles Museum of Art, June 8, 2022
“Mining Peace in a Troubled World and How Artists Survive”, Panel Discussion: Debra Disman/ David McDonald/Labkhand Olfatmanesh,
moderated by A. Moret, 18^th Street Arts Center, May 22, 2022
2021
Artists Who AND..., ”Artists...giving back to the creative community”, Debra Disman/Lois Bender/Laurey Bennett-Levy, moderated by Christina Massey, Clubhouse, November 17, 2021
The Book as Art v9: MUSE, Artists’ Talk: Debra Disman/Kyle Clark/Carole Kunstadt, The Georgia Center for the Book, September 1, 2021
Debra Disman’s “Window Treatment”, Video, The Georgia Center for the Book, August 30, 2021
“Unfolding Possibilities”, Video Screening, LEFT/ RIGHT/ HERE, 18^th Street Arts Center, July 10, 2021
2020
The Book as Art v8: Infinity Artist Showcase, Artists’ Talk, The Georgia Center for the Book, October 28, 2020
Debra Disman: “Maximum Security” and “Prairie”, Artist Talk, The Georgia Center for the Book, October 27, 2020
Debra Disman’s “Prairie” Close-up, Video, The Georgia Center for the Book, October 23, 2020
Debra Disman’s “Maximum Security” Close-up, Video, The Georgia Center for the Book, October 23, 2020
Textile Slam, Artist Talk, Textile Arts LA, October 27, 2020
Material Identity, Artists' Talk: exhibition artists/curator Sarah LaBarre/juror Jessica Kooiman, July 30, 2020
2016
The Art of the Book, Artist Talk, The Montana Branch/Santa Monica Public Library, February 27, 2016
2010-12
The Color Muze, Monthly Presenter, Artistically Speaking Talk Show, REP Media, Jacksonville, FL

SELECT PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
2023
Andell Family Sundays Anytime—Patterns, Polka Dots, and Scandinavian Design, LACMA UNFRAMED, Los Angeles, CA, March 1, 2023
CONCURRENCIES/Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse: Genius, Trauma and the Creative Imagination, Artists' Book, published by
ReflectSpace Gallery/Glendale Library Arts and Culture, Glendale, CA
2010-18
Artissima, Blog of ArtiFactory Studio, owner and author, San Francisco/Santa Monica, CA
2010-12
The Color Muze, Cre8tive Compass Magazine, writer-monthly segment, REP Media, Jacksonville, FL

SELECT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020
We Write the Book, Community Members and Verdugo Hills HS VAPA Freshman, The Sunland-Tujunga Public Library, LA, CA
2018
We Right the Book, Verdugo Hills High School VAPA Students , Verdugo Hills High School Library, LA, CA
2017
We Right the Book, Verdugo Hills High School Seniors, The Sunland-Tujunga Library Public Library, LA, CA
2013-14
Work-in-Progress Exhibitions, Theatre of Hearts Residency Students, Los Angeles County sites

TEACHING ARTIST 2012- Present
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 2017-2026; 18^th Street Arts Center, 2021/2025;
ArtShare LA; Brand Library and Art Center; Glendale Library Arts and Culture, 2023;
The Guild of Book Workers/CA Chapter; LA County Dept. of Public Health, 2021;
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016-Present; Craft Contemporary, 2015-Present;
The Silverlake Independent JCC, Los Angeles, CA 2016-20; Community Corporation of Santa Monica; Fowler Museum At UCLA, 2015-;
The City of Santa Monica Community and Cultural Services : CREST Enrichment, Community Classes and Camps, 2014-Present;
Virginia Avenue Park, Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean, 2014-;
The Santa Monica Public Library, 2012-; The LA Public Library, The County of Los Angeles Public Library, 2012-Present;
Marlborough Summer School, Los Angeles, CA 2014-2022;
Verdugo Hills High School Visual and Performing Arts Program, Los Angeles, CA 2016-2020;
The Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2019;
Expressive Therapies Summit Los Angeles, with Josie Abbenante - ATR-BC, LPAT, Los Angeles, CA, 2018;
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Grand Park Downtown Bookfest, The Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles; Jewish Women’s Theatre, Santa Monica, CA, 2016;
La Vida West Pregnant Minors Program, Los Angeles County Division of Alternative Education, Lawndale, CA, 2013-14;
The Word is Art Gallery, Culver City, CA; The Studio of Sue Ann Robinson, Long Beach, CA 2013;
Beth Shir Shalom, Santa Monica, CA 2012-13; The Ebell of Los Angeles, 2012

EDUCATION
2020 Cal State Los Angeles/City of LA Dept of Cultural Affairs, Community Teaching Artist Program, Certificate
2015 The Annenberg—Inner-City Arts Professional Development Program, "Creativity” series, Los Angeles, CA
2014 UCLArts and Healing, Social and Emotional Arts Certificate Program, Certification, Santa Monica, CA
2011 The International Association of Colour Consultants/Designers, Certification, San Diego, CA
2009 The Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, Certificate, Entrepreneurship, San Francisco, CA
Degree The University of Iowa, B.A. Painting, cum laud, Undergraduate Writers Workshop Poetry, Iowa City, IA
Study Abroad L’Ecole Des Beaux Arts, The Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France (Fluent in French)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2022-Present       Surface Design Association, Member
2020-Present       Textile Arts LA, Member
2018-Present       18^th Street Arts Center, Member, Community Council: 2023-Present
2015-Present       The Guild of Book Workers, California Chapter, Board Secretary: 2020-Present