Debra Disman

Dancing with Dali: Perspective, Scale and Surrealism!

November 9, 2022 By Debra Disman

In our “Making Art Inspired by Great Artists” CREST Enrichment class,
students are inspired by the Surealist Artist Salvador Dalí!

Students in grades TK- 5th learned about Surrealism, and how to use perspective, scale,
horizon lines and vanishing points to show space and distance, the developed their compositions into surrealistic scenes!

The Dia De Los Muertos OFRENDA provided an inspirational backdrop to their creative endeavors!

“I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do”…the story of our life

November 1, 2022 By Debra Disman

I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do, 2022, 13 x 71.5″, mixed media

Wending our way…moving through the barriers, the resistance, the refusal, to the

Yes I Can.

YES WE CAN.
We Have To.

BOO: Halloween Tunnel Books at the West Valley Regional Branch Library

October 25, 2022 By Debra Disman

In July I started a new Artist Residency in Bookmaking, “We Write the Book” at the West Valley Regional Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library, through the Los Angeles City Department of Cultural Affairs.

The Residency is comprised of a series of bookmaking workshops presented at the Library, planned in close coordination with Library Staff.

October 20th, 2022, we had a blast learning to create “TUNNEL BOOKS” in celebration of upcoming Halloween!
See a VIDEO of an engaged mom and her creative son and their experience of the workshop.
BOO!

Crafty Craft Lab Tunnel Books at Craft Contemporary!!!

October 18, 2022 By Debra Disman

I was thrilled to lead a Tunnel Bookmaking Craft Lab Family Workshop for one of my favorite venues in Los Angeles: Craft Contemporary.
The participants turned out fabulous, innovative and outstandingly creative projects!
Perla enjoyed the project!!!

Enjoy the participants’ enjoyment HERE!

Sharing Shows: Arizona, California, Texas

October 14, 2022 By Debra Disman

Excavation of the Interior, 2021, 12 x 28 x 12.5″ (wood, mulberry paper, hemp cord, canvas, muslin)

Chromatic Interactions: The Golden Thread, 2020, 76 x 90 x 1.5″, mixed media installation utilizing file cards written and drawn upon by Craft Contemporary Museum patrons participating in my commissioned interactive artists’ book project: Chromatic Interactions, (File cards, gold thread, pencil and crayon)

Rent Wound Tear, Mend Heal Repair, 2022, 64 x 68″ (dimensions variable), Triptych Installation, (canvas, acrylic paint, hemp cord, lace, string)