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TENUOUS THREADS Catalogue
TENUOUS THREADS Exhibition Catalogue (Full)

 

 

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18th STREET ARTS CENTER 2021 Catalogue
18th STREET ARTS CENTER 2021-22 Catalogue (Full)

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SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION Award of Excellence

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CONVERSATIONS WITH DEBRA DISMAN
VOYAGELA MAGAZINE

 

 

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ON DEBRA DISMAN
ARTE REALIZZATA

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FIFTY YEARS OF FIBER Catalogue

VENUS!!!!

This past Saturday, our 18thstreetarts local #artistinresidence Debra Disman (@artifactorystudio) had an open studio!
Venus (@siutungcreates
), our Curatorial Intern from the Chinese University of Hong Kong writes, “Debra's works stitch through the passage of time. The texture, forms, and structures of books reflect her most intimate and daily emotions. The materials create space but not void. Audiences were invited to fill their own stories between the pages of these crafted books. Through shared conversations, visitors related through their ideas of home, families, and memories.”

 

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"CONCURRENCIES", a showing of works created for my 2021-2022 Santa Monica Artist Fellowship project investigating, linking and responding to the work of Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse.

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FIBER ART NOW MAGAZINE

YARN/ROPE/STRING

 

 

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35TH ANNUAL MCNEESE NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER EXHBITION  Catalogue

VIEW THE SHOW

 

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BOOK/ART/ARTIFACT  Catalogue

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ARTE REALIZZATA Interview

 

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FANTASTIC FIBERS 2022 Catalogue

Part 42 of an interview series in which artists reply to the same six questions. Debra Disman makes sculptural objects from a combination of materials that can be read as fiber art, yet also imply book forms. Her work is  a mesmerising combination of materials, textures, and forms that are combined with exceptional skill.

 

"Debra Disman makes sculptural objects from a combination of materials that can be read as fiber art, yet also imply book forms. Her work is  a mesmerizing combination of materials, textures, and forms that are combined with exceptional skill."
PRAETERITA Interview

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ALL SHE MAKES Magazine                                       Curated Work Featured Artist

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18th STREET ARTS CENTER 2020-21 Catalogue

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The ART OF THE BOOK Catalogue

View THE ART OF THE BOOK Exhibition

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LIMINAL Exhibition Book

View the LIMINAL Exhibition

LIMINAL Artist Insights

LIMINAL Pages

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BRAND 49 Works on Paper Exhibition

BRAND 49 Works on Paper catalogue

Watch a video of "drift": a collaborative Artists' Book by Luciana Abait and Debra Disman

"drift": a collaborative Artists' Book by Luciana Abait and Debra Disman
"drift": a collaborative Artists' Book by Luciana Abait and Debra Disman
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The Book as Art v9: MUSE,

ARTISTS' TALK: Debra Disman/Kyle Clark/Carole Kunstadt

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 Debra Disman's “Window Treatment”,
Artist Talk

 

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CRAFTING MEMORIES
ONLINE BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP SERIES FOR OLDER ADULTS
With CRAFT CONTEMPORARY
Supported by: AROHA PHILANTHROPIES

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Debra Disman:
"UNFOLDING POSSIBILITIES"
Artists' Book Video
Jeny Amaya – filmmaker
18th Street Arts Center– host
Why We Rise: supporter

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"BOOKMAKING WITH SELF-COMPASSION" workshop
Supported by:
Why We Rise LA 2021 
18th Street Art Center’s Arts Learning Lab @ Home

 

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“Hopes and Fears and…”, textile samples and linen thread

WHITEWALL PRESENTS
The Pandemic and its Inequities Addressed in "Facing Darkness"
By Lola Desmole, August 13, 2020

"Gossamer", unique Artists' Book
"Gossamer", unique Artists' Book

Santa Monica LOOKOUT
"City Awards Fellowships to Five Santa Monica Artists"

August 11, 2021

"Unfolding Possibilities", unique Artist's Book
"Unfolding Possibilities", unique Artist's Book

Hyperallergic,
Learn How to Make Your Own Artist’s Book
By Elisa Wouk Almino,  May 11, 2021

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18th STREET ARTS CENTER 2019-20 Catalogue

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CHASING GHOSTS V: Piercing the Veil Through Remembrance, Legacy, & Beyond Exhibition
Tour the Show!

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ILLUMINATE Exhibition
Springboard Arts Chicago

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Springboard Arts Chicago
Debra Disman

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THE BOOK AS ART v. 8: INFINITY Exhibition
Tour the Show!

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“PRAIRIE” Close-up
“MAXIMUM SECURITY” Close-up
 Artist Talk,  See all the Artist Videos

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THE BOOK AS ART v. 8: INFINITY   ARTIST SHOWCASE   

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A Contemporary Art Magazine with a Focus on the Los Angeles Art Scene
"TEXTILE ARTISTS TODAY", by Kristine Schomaker

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TEXTILE ARTS LA SLAM Presentation 

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TEXTILE ARTS LA Textile Month 2020
"MATERIAL IDENTITY" FEATURING DEBRA DISMAN

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TRANSITIONS Exhibition ,  TARFEST 2020,
 Tour the Show!   See the Work

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MATERIAL IDENTITY Exhibition,
See the Show, Artists Talk

 

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“The Art of the Book: Crafting Our Stories By Hand”, Craft Contemporary

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Watch AROHA Philanthropies: CREATIVE AGING in Action!

Creative Aging: In-Person to Online 
Creative Aging
: Why Teaching Artists?
Creative Aging: Isolation to Connection

 

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WORLD BOOK DAY 2020 with the
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

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ESSAY by JÜRI KOLL, Director,
Venice Institute of Contemporary Art

 

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2020 LA OPEN Exhibition

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18th STREET ARTS CENTER 2018-19 catalog

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THE ARTFUL BOOK Exhibition catalog

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LOS ANGELES TIMES Book Events

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ALL STITCHED UP Exhibition catalog

The Book As Art

THE BOOK AS ART V7.0: WONDERS Exhbition catalog

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BRAND 47  Works on Paper Exhibition
BRAND 47  Works on Paper catalog

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"OFFAL" Exhibition

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By BRIANNA BAKKE, Assistant Curator,
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, OFFAL Exhibition

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2018 STUDIO ARTIST IN RESIDENCE at the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean

 

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SANTA MONICA MIRROR ARTICLE: "A Hum of Peace"

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WE THE ARTISTS
18th Street Art Center 30th Anniversary

 

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BLACKOUT Exhibition catalog

 

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BOOK AND PAPER ARTS Exhibition at UI Kokomo Downtown Gallery

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2019 LA OPEN Exhibition at TAG GALLERY

 

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American Craft Magazine featuring the FORMATION traveling Exhibition

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THE BOOK AS ART V6.0: PULP Exhibition

THE BOOK AS ART V6.0: PULP Exhibition catalog

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FORMATION
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 FORMATION Exhibition catalog

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2018 CALIFORNIA OPEN Exhibition
2018 CALIFORNIA OPEN Press Release

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CHAPTERS: Book Arts in Southern California
Craft and Folk Art Museum
(Craft Contemporary)

 

 

 

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The Big Read in LA 2016 F451 ART EXHBITION
Mike Kelley Gallery at Beyond Baroque

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WORD Grant 2016
to support
THE SHELTERING BOOK project

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The Big Read in LA 2016 FEATURED ARTIST

THE SHELTERING BOOK
Supported by the WORD Grant 2016: The Bruce Geller Memorial Prize

"THE SHELTERING BOOK" is a life-sized book structure which becomes the backdrop for community bookmaking workshops. The work draws parallels between the meaning and architecture of the book, and the temporary structure of the Sukkah. The project also explores the relationship between the public sphere and private space, whether that space be our personal creativity, where we create, or what we create.