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K no W Safe Place

November 13, 2023 By Debra Disman


“K no W  Safe Place”
2023, 60 x 48 x 48″, canvas, netting, hemp cord, nylon cord, cotton cord, lace, ribbon, acrylic paint,  pH neutral adhesive, wooden dowel
and elbow grease, commitment, stick to it ness, imagination, vision, strength and love


Filed Under: New Work, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Architectural Space, Built Environment, Cloth, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Los Angeles Artist, Cord, Creating Safe Space, Environment, Fabic, Fiber, Fiber Artist, HEMP CORD, Installation, Place to enter, Safe place, Safe Space, Safety, Sculpture, Space to Be, String, Textile, Textile Artist

K no W Safe Place

November 10, 2023 By Debra Disman


“K no W  Safe Place”
2023, 60 x 48 x 48″, canvas, netting, hemp cord, nylon cord, cotton cord, lace, ribbon, acrylic paint,  pH neutral adhesive, wooden dowel
and elbow grease, commitment, stick to it ness, imagination, vision, strength and love 

Filed Under: New Work, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Architectural Space, Built Environment, Cloth, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Los Angeles Artist, Cord, Creating Safe Space, Environment, Fabic, Fiber, Fiber Artist, HEMP CORD, Installation, Place to enter, Safe place, Safe Space, Safety, Sculpture, Space to Be, String, Textile, Textile Artist, To Know Safe Space

Halloween Tunnel Bookmaking at the Canoga Park Branch Library

November 2, 2023 By Debra Disman

Book arts are alive and well at the Canoga Park Branch Library!

I am thrilled to continue my artist residency there, working with the community, teaching all manner of how-to bookmaking workshops, or “programs” in library parlance!

The series, entitled “We Write the Book”, supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, will offer 11 hands-on bookmaking workshops and a culmination event to the community free of charge, with all materials included!

Participants from children to teens to families to seniors learned how to create the three-dimensional Tunnel Book structure, creating their own Halloween scenes and more, combining theater, books, stories and celebration into their movable dramas!

 

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accordion, Accordion Fold, Artist Residency, Book, Book as Art, Book Structures, BOOKBINDING, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Canoga Park Branch Library, Canoga Park Library, Community Artmaking, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, Culmination, DCA LA, DCA-funded artist residency, Diarama, drama, Handmade Books, Intergenerational Arts workshops, LAPL, Librarians, Los Angeles Public Library, Making Books Together, mixed media books, Organization, Self-expression, Story, The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Theatre, Three-Dimensional, TUNNEL BOOK, Tunnel Books

Frida Kahlo Inspires Self-Portraits!

October 9, 2023 By Debra Disman

Through my “Making Art Inspired By Great Artists “CREST” after school art class first through third graders learned about Great Artist Frida Kahlo, and her self-portraits, then a step-by-step methodology of how to draw a face.

Finally they added color, and fanciful frames around their creations, using markers and jewel stickers, just as the Frida Kahlo portrait below was framed by flowers painted on the glass which protects it, by Mexican craftspeople.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Student Work, Teaching Artist, Women Artists Tagged With: After School Art Classes, CREST, CREST Enrichment, Drawing, Drawing the face, Frida Kahlo, Grade School-aged children, Great Artists, How to draw a face, MAKING ART INSPIRED BY GREAT ARTISTS, SANTA MONICA, Santa Monica School System, Self-portraits

Work in Progress: Studio

October 6, 2023 By Debra Disman

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Filed Under: New Work, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: 18th Street Arts Center, Black, black on black on black on black, Book, Cloth, Fabric, Fiber, Installation, Layering, Monochrome, New Work, Sculpture, Studio, Textile, Work, Work in Progress

Sharing “Contemplating Boundaries” at the Korean Cultural Center

September 29, 2023 By Debra Disman

A LAUNCH LA OPEN CALL GROUP EXHIBITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER, LOS ANGELES,

“CONTEMPLATING BOUNDARIES” was held

JULY 27th – AUGUST 18th, 2023

“Boundaries exist in all cultures-often as social constructs serving to regulate our actions, norms, taboos, and space. They may be codified laws, common societal traditions, or even self-imposed rules. 

“Contemplating Boundaries” brought together artists from across Southern California whose practices contemplate and reflect barriers, labels and limits- whatever their origin or purpose. These artists and their works- define our times, providing an authentic lens to view contemporary culture.

Please see a video of the exhibition!

JURORS

TeaYoun Kim-Kassor (Professor, Department Chair, Otis College of Art and Design)  TeaYoun Kim-Kassor (Phonetically, TaeYun: “Tea” as in “Taylor” & “Youn” as in “Sun”) is originally from South Korea and has a varied background in education; she received academic degrees in S. Korea, Japan, and the U.S.

As an artist, educator, and cultural ambassador, she has been developing her artistic path, teaching pedagogy, leadership, and management skills to embark on transnational education and emphasize the importance of understanding global perspectives.

She is currently a Professor and Department Chair of the Foundation Program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA.

Mika Cho (Professor, ART/Director, Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery) Dr. Mika Cho was appointed as Special Assistant to the President for Arts and the director of the Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery in 2017. Prior to her appointment as the director of the Fine Arts Gallery she served as the chair of the Art Department. She is art educator, researcher, educational consultant, curator and visual artist, the last comprising numerous exhibitions at museums and galleries. Her research interests are in art-related and educational issues, which she shares through publications and extensive conference presentations nationally and internationally.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, BOOKS, Exhibitions, MEDIA, Presentations, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: CONTEMPLATING BOUNDARIES, Group Exhibition, Group Exhibitions, Juried Show, Korean Cultural Center, Launch LA, Mika Cho, Open Call, TeaYoun Kim-Kassor, Video of the show

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