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“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense….”

November 6, 2020 By Debra Disman

“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act“. —Kenneth Rexroth

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Remain defended.

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Presentations, Work Tagged With: Artist Book, ARTIST'S BOOKS, BOOK STRUCTURE, Conceptual, Conceptual Books, Contemporary Art, Form of the Book, Sculptural Books, Sculpture, Sharing Work, The Book As Art

Textile Arts Los Angeles SLAM!

November 1, 2020 By Debra Disman

I was thrilled to participate in the most recent Textile Arts LA “TEXTILE SLAM!”

Textile Slam!  is a casual, community, conversation-oriented event, and an opportunity for friendly conversation and networking, featuring a rotating slate of presenters, each of whom deliver an informal six-minute (or less!) slide show / improv / show-and-tell presentation.

Attendees are members, artists, designers, architects, educators, and all-around neat thinkers to talk about their work, ideas that interest them, or projects they are exploring or have completed or would like help with

I was honored to join artists Lea Feinstein and  Kathy Nida via ZOOM in presenting for the most recent SLAM,  the last  in 2020, to share current work and how we are creating and moving our work forward during the pandemic.

Click here to enjoy this presentation!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, New Work, Presentations, Work Tagged With: Art Engaging Textiles, Carrie Burckle, Kathy Nida, Lea Feinstein, Lesley Roberts, Textile, Textile Arts LA, Textile Arts Los Angeles, Textile Slam, Textiles

The Book As Art v 8: Infinity Artist Showcase

October 29, 2020 By Debra Disman

What an honor to participate in this artist showcase for the exhibition: The Book as Art v.8: Infinity.

It was thrilling to be in conversation with Joe Davich, Executive Director of the Georgia Center for the Book, supported by Ally Wright, Ph.D., Program Assistant,  in concert with fellow artists Julie Fordham, Nicole Polonsky (all the way from London), Chris Revelle and Christian Feneck. 

Watch and listen here:

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Exhibitions, Work Tagged With: Ally Wright, Artist Book Talk, artist showcase, Artist Talks, ARTIST'S BOOKS, BOOK ART, Book Art Exhbition, Book Art Exhbitions, Book art Show, Book as Art, Books, Chris Revelle, Christian Feneck, Decatur Library, DeKalb Library Foundation, Handmade Books, Joe Davich, Joe Sanders, Julie Fordham, Nicole Polonsky, Periodicals Gallery, The Art of the Book, The Book as Art v. 8.0: Infinity, Virtual Artist Showcase, Virtual Artist Talk, Virtual events

“Building Networks of Empathy”

October 23, 2020 By Debra Disman

I am honored to participate in:

“Building Networks of Empathy”

at the Airport Gallery of 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA

October 26  – December 15, 2020 

The exhibition Building Networks of Empathy is the second of a two-part show that asks us to consider the ways in which art empowers not only the artist, but its viewers to transform their most difficult experiences into enlightened outcomes. The first part of the show is an ongoing online-only exhibition entitled Facing Darkness, which encouraged artists in our community to reflect internally on our current moment of pandemic, isolation, and structural inequity laid bare.

For this second part, which will be physically installed in 18th Street Arts Center’s spacious Airport campus hangar galleries, artists were asked to respond to how they have changed as a result of their inner reflections on darkness, and to imagine new futures and societal structures as we see our way out of crisis. Each artist grapples as well with the role that art can play in social reflection, expression, and cultural paradigm shifts as a result of a deeper understanding of each other, and the empathy that follows. The exhibition sees empathy not only as a way to share and understand what others are going through, but also as a natural and endless resource that we can all rely on when crisis and emergency hit, with hopes that we can turn this moment of collective fear into a sublime experience.

Debra Disman, Chromatic Interactions: The Golden Thread, 2020. File cards, pencils, crayons, thread. Installation. 76 x 90 inches. Photo by Debra Disman. Courtesy of the artist.
Debra Disman, Chromatic Interactions: The Golden Thread, 2020. File cards, pencils, crayons, thread. Installation. 76 x 90 inches.
Photo by Debra Disman. Courtesy of the artist.

“I was commissioned to create an interactive book for Craft Contemporary’s 2017 exhibition, Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California, which opened shortly after the 2016 presidential election. Visitors could choose file cards in an array of colors, draw and write on them, and insert them into the pocketed pages of the book. A range of feelings, responses, and concerns were expressed through the cards, which the Museum Staff saved and gave to me at the end of the show. I stitched them together grouped loosely by theme, to express the network of empathy they depicted, held together by golden thread.”

This exhibition may be viewed by appointment only. Please visit here to sign up to visit the exhibition!

Participating artists include: Alexandra Dillon, Deborah Lynn Irmas, Luigia Gio Martelloni, Rebecca Setareh, M Susan Broussard, Julia Michelle Dawson, Lionel Popkin, Ameeta Nanji, Siru Wen, Elham Sagharchi, Debra Disman, Luciana Abait, Sheila Karbassian, Daniela Schweitzer, Joan Wulf, Loren Harris-Heller, Nung-Hsin Hu, and Susie McKay Krieser.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a live Zoom panel featuring Alma Ruiz and Karen Sherman, moderated by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, on November 12, 2020 at 12pm. For this panel discussion, curators, artists, activists, advocates, and scholars are invited to meet virtually  to reflect on the public opening of Facing Darkness, and consider how the show renders a public crisis and artists’ circumstances evident and knowable. Moderated by artist-scholar Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, with talks by curator Alma Ruiz and dancemaker Karen Sherman, (Inter)facing Darkness will frame a dialogue on how artists are operating as second responders, as thought leaders, and resource gatherers at this time. Participants will be invited to speak on their experience of the show at this moment. Register here.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Exhibitions, New Work, Presentations, Work Tagged With: "Building Networks of Empathy", 18th Street Airport Gallery, 18th Street Arts Center, Alexandra Dillon, Alma Ruiz, Ameeta Nanji, and Susie McKay Krieser., Art and Empathy, Art in the time of Covid, Artists, Artists Respond, Artists Respond to Pandemic, Daniela Schweitzer, Deborah Lynn Irmas, Debra Disman, Elham Sagharchi, Frida Cano, Group Show, Joan Wulf, Julia Michelle Dawson, Karen Sherman, Lionel Popkin, Loren Harris-Heller, Luciana Abait, Luigia Gio Martelloni, M Susan Broussard, Nung-Hsin Hu, Online Exhibition, Paul Bonon-Rodriguez, Rebecca Setareh, Response to Pandemic, Sheila Karbassian, Siru Wen

An Open Book

October 17, 2020 By Debra Disman

When one book closes…another one opens…
or, something like that.

I was thrilled to be a part of the 2020 California Open Exhibition at TAG Gallery in LA.

“I like the ‘openness’ of the California Open concept,” said juror Kate Mothes, “so in my selections I tried to maintain a diversity of ideas and themes, and to the best of ability with the information at hand, include artists of diverse backgrounds. With this in mind, I also considered the craftsmanship of each work, and included a range of media types. It was a pleasure to review all of the submissions to this year’s open call, and I thank TAG Gallery for inviting me to participate as juror this year!”


“Falling“,  2019, 7″ x 24.5″ x 10.5”, mixed media (book board, mulberry paper, hemp cord, paperboard)


It sold.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Exhibitions, Work Tagged With: "FALLING", 2020 California Open Exhibition, Art exhbitions in the time of pandemic, Art Galleries in Los Angeles, Artists" Book, CALIFORNIA OPEN, Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Contemporary Art in the time of the Pandemic, Exhbitions, Group Shows, Juried Shows, Kate Mothes, LOS ANGELES ART, LOS ANGELES ART EXHBITIONS, Sculptural Book, Sculpture, Tag Gallery, TAG: The Artists' Gallery

California OPEN 2020

October 10, 2020 By Debra Disman

I was thrilled to be a part of the 2020 California Open Exhibition at TAG Gallery in LA.

“I like the ‘openness’ of the California Open concept,” said juror Kate Mothes, “so in my selections I tried to maintain a diversity of ideas and themes, and to the best of ability with the information at hand, include artists of diverse backgrounds. With this in mind, I also considered the craftsmanship of each work, and included a range of media types. It was a pleasure to review all of the submissions to this year’s open call, and I thank TAG Gallery for inviting me to participate as juror this year!”

I was in good company, and documented a few of my favorite pieces…it takes all kinds…of art.
Enjoy.

Photograph

Sculpture

Mixed Media Relief

Documentary Photography

Altered Book

Collage

Like I said…it takes all kinds.
It takes, All Of Us.
Cheers.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Exhibitions, New Work Tagged With: 2020 California Open Exhibition, Altered Book, CALIFORNIA OPEN, Collage, Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Documentary Photography, Exhbitions, Gail Glikmann, Group Shows, Janet Manalo, Juried Shows, Kae Mothes, Kate Mothes, LOS ANGELES ART, LOS ANGELES ART EXHBITIONS, Mixed media, Pam Sutherland, Photograph, Relief, Sculpture, Sheldon Walker, Tag Gallery, Taz Essa

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