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The “Art of the Word” Catalogue: The Sasse Museum of Art

December 26, 2023 By Debra Disman

The Art of the Word catalog is now live and available for viewing on the Sasse Museum of Art website!

To see the amazing and diverse array of works, please view catalogue HERE

https://view.publitas.com/inland-empire-museum-of-art/art_of_the_word/

My work, “Concurrencies I: Charlotte Salomon Eva Hesse” is included.


 

Filed Under: CATALOGUES, Exhibitions, MEDIA, Presentations, Publications/Interviews, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Art Museum, Art of the Word, Art with Text, Art with Words, Artist Debra Disman, Catalogue, Contemporary Artist, Debra Disman, Gene Sasse, Group Show, Inland Empire Museum of Art, Joyce Nugent, Online Catalogue, Pomona, Pomona California Museum of Art, Sasse, Sasse Museum of Art, Sasse Museum pof Art, Text and Image, Word and Image

Join us to Make Books at the Canoga Park Branch Library!

December 4, 2023 By Debra Disman

Join us to create a beautiful and fun holiday book based on the closed spine accordion structure!

Learn the accordion fold, add covers and “close” the spine so that the book can both open in pages, or extend into a sculptural form.

This workshop is part of my Artist residency: “We Write the Book”, held at the Canoga Park Branch Library, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!

Join Us!

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, ARTISTS, BOOKS, Presentations, Student Work, Teaching Artist, Work Tagged With: "We Write The Book", "Winter Wonderland", Accordion Fold, Accordion Fold Book, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Canoga Park Library, Closed spine accordion, Community Artmaking, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, DCA, Families, Family, FAMILY ARTMAKING, Family Bookmaking, Hands on bookmaking, Holiday book, Holiday bookmaking, Holidays, Holly Rutan, Intergenerational Artmaking, LA DCA, LAPL, Latinx, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Luz Sandoval, Making Books Together, Marcia Melkonian, Patricia Miranda

Flag Bookmaking Workshop at ArtShare LA!

November 28, 2023 By Debra Disman


Join us at 11AM on Saturday December 9th and learn to create the fun and fabulous “flag book” with artist Debra Disman while being inspired by the “Paper Route” exhibition at ArtShare LA. Learn the accordion fold, add book covers and alternating flag pages, and play with “found writing” to create a kinetic book that can be opened and used in multiple ways.

Please sign up with Eventbrite!

Debra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her work inspired by the book, both as a solo practitioner and in the public sphere of community engagement. As a maker and teaching artist she creates work and projects which push the body and boundaries of the book into new media and materials, inviting altered ways of viewing the world and how we inhabit it.

DETAILS:

Date:  December 9
Time:  11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Website:  https://artsharela.org/#

ORGANIZER: ArtShare LA

Phone: (213) 687-4278

Email: info@artsharela.org

View Organizer Website

VENUE: ArtShare LA
801 E 4th Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90013 United States + Google Map

Phone: (213) 687-4278
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Filed Under: Artist in Residence, ARTISTS, Artists' Books, Exhibitions, Presentations, Student Work, Teaching Artist, TEXTILE/FIBER Tagged With: Art, ArtShare LA, Book, Book as Art, Book Structures, BOOKBINDING, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Community Artmaking, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, Downtown LA, Flag Book, folded and glued book, folded book, Glendale, Handmade Book, Handmade Books, Intergenerational Arts workshops, LA Arts District, Librarians, Making Books Together, mixed media books, Paper Route exhibition, paper show, Self-expression

“I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do”, Revisited

November 24, 2023 By Debra Disman

Gene Ogami photographs

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, Exhibitions, Presentations, TEXTILE/FIBER, Women Artists, Work Tagged With: Anahid Oshagan, Ara Oshagan, Books, City of Glendale, Curators Ara Oshagan and  Anahid Oshagan, Exhibition design, Fiber, Fiber Art, Frida Cano, Gallery show, Gallery sow, Gene Ogami, Glendale Arts and Culture, Glendale Central Library, Glendale Library Arts and Culture, Handmade Books, Mark Henry Samuel, RefectSpaceGallery, Solo Exhibition, Solo Show, Stacie B. London, Textile Art, Textiles

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

Getting Organized with Bookmaking at the Canoga Park Branch Library!

August 20, 2023 By Debra Disman

We held our second  “We Write the Book” artist residency program at the Canoga Park Branch Library on August 19, 2023.

The series, 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

In the spirit of getting organized for the new academic year, I taught participants ranging from small children to seniors how to create an accordion-fold book with pockets, add covers, then sew in “signatures” (gatherings of folded pages), to make their books super organizing tools, with places to store notes, make notes, and take notes!

The series, 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 accordion fold book structure and add pockets, then develop their books with a variety of decorative and print materials to make them their own.  A good time was had by all, as those attending learned new skills, socialized and inspired each other with their book creations!
Even the Librarians got into the act!

Children’s Librarian Luz and teen volunteer Scott supported participants while creating their own books!


Scott cuts lengths of beautiful striped and glittering paper cord for participants to use in sewing their signatures into the folds of their accordion structures.


Library volunteer Carmen and participant Laura move through the process.


Stellar participant Gina helps fellow student.


We were joined by an energetic family of five, helmed by this intrepid Mom!


Playing with color, textures, design and form are the nuts and bolts of the process. Participants made creative decisions and learned about themselves in the process, while gaining skills in folding, cutting, sewing and gluing.

We hope to see everhone back next month, at 12:00 noon on Saturday September 23rd!

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Presentations, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accordion, Accordion Book Structure, Accordion Fold, Accordion Fold Book, Accordion fold book with sewn signatures, Artist Residency, Artist Residency Culmination, Book, Book as Art, Book Structures, BOOKBINDING, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Books with Pockets, Canoga Park Branch Library, Canoga Park Library, Community Artmaking, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, Culmination, DCA LA, DCA-funded artist residency, Getting organized, Handmade Books, Intergenerational Arts workshops, LAPL, Librarians, Los Angeles Public Library, Making Books Together, mixed media books, Organization, Self-expression, Starting school year, Summer reading, The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles

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