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Evidence of Joy to be found….

November 20, 2024 By Debra Disman

“EVIDENCE OF JOY” was a group exhibition curated by April Parviz, who says:

“…When I look at the current world of art, I feel like I see a lot of evidence of many inspiring things, but not always so much joy.  I know in my own art practice, I am often fueled by loud palpable emotions like pain and confusion. Perhaps if I begin practicing using joy as fuel, I will begin to do it more habitually. Perhaps if we practice seeing joy more we can become habitual joy detectives. 

Evidence of Joy Dovetail Reception | 8.6.24 |

by Mary Oliver, 2017
“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,

don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty

of lives and whole towns destroyed or about

to be. We are not wise, and not very often

kind. And much can never be redeemed.

Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this

is its way of fighting back, that sometimes

something happens better than all the riches

or power in the world. It could be anything,

but very likely you notice it in the instant

when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the

case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid

of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.”

SEE THE SHOW PAGE!

SEE THE SHOW VIDEO!

VIEW THE CATALOGUE Below….

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: April Parvitz, Art and Writing, Connection, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Evidence of Joy, Finding Joy, Group Exhibition, Group Show, Intersect Arts Center, Joy, Juried Show, Mary Oliver, Positivity, Saint Louis, Text and Image, visual art, Written works

“We Write the Book” Artist Residency 2024-25 KICKOFF!

September 30, 2024 By Debra Disman

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been rescheduled to Saturday October 5th!
Please join us!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Artist Residency, Book, Book as Art, Book Structures, BOOKBINDING, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Community Artmaking, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, Dawn Banker, DCA LA, DCA-funded artist residency, Handmade Books, Intergenerational Arts workshops, Kick-off program, LAPL, Librarians, Los Angeles Public Library, Making Books Together, mixed media books, NEAR Residency, Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency, Northridge, Northridge Branch Library, Northridge Branch Public Library, Self-expression, Sewn book, The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

“Adapting through Curiosity and Connection with Debra Disman”: My Podcast with Alyson B. Stanfield/Art Biz Success!

September 25, 2024 By Debra Disman

I was thrilled to have this conversation with the one and only Alyson B. Stanfield of Art Biz Success, someone I have admired and followed for a long time!
Some of the points we cover:

“In this episode of The Art Biz, Debra shares her journey, revealing how she has navigated this transition with resilience.

Throughout our conversation, several key themes emerge:

  • Debra’s fierce curiosity that drives her to explore and understand her surroundings.
  • Her drive to pursue new opportunities, no matter the obstacles.
  • The critical role of networking and the connections she’s made along the way.
  • The power of making consistent progress, even through small, daily actions.
  • The importance of staying adaptable in an ever-changing world.”

Please click the link below to hear, see and read about our conversation. I hope it holds some gold for YOU.

Adapting through Curiosity and Connection with Debra Disman (ep. 202)

Filed Under: ARTISTS, MEDIA, Publications/Interviews, Teaching Artist, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Adapting, Alyson B. Stanfield, Art Biz, Art Biz Success, Art Career, Artist, Collaboration, connections, Conversation, Curiousity, networking, new opportunities, Podcast, Resilience, social practice artist, solo studio artist, The Art Biz Podcast

“White and Texture (Monochrome Unity)” at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod

August 29, 2024 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to participate in  “White & Texture [Monochrome Unity]” at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod!
As they state:

“Artists were invited to explore the profound subtleties and striking complexities of using white as the driving color and how texture within the white can inform the execution and the narrative of an artwork, as well as to to explore the effect of this limitation – without a “conventional” color palette.

When the artist is freed from tradition, from expectation, and from the weight of history, there is an opportunity for release, exploration, and the unexpected. For White and Texture [Monochrome Unity], artworks were sought that find the emotion without using color. Uniformity, tranquility universality, simplicity, purity, or abstraction may all come to the surface and create a beautiful tension between what is missing – color, tradition, and form – and what is gained – innovation and the unexpected.

Our desire from the artist is not the search for simplicity but the discovery of a new way of creating and a different way of expression. We hope Monochrome Unity will drive the artist to look for new solutions to an artistic challenge; to use shades of white and embrace texture to provide the ‘color’ that will then provide the energy and emotion.

The work of such artists as Michael Buthe, Piero Manzoni, Joan Nixon, and ceramic sculptor Maria Barttuszova provide us with a broad template of the experience to create in the Cultural Center.

White & Texture [Monochrome Unity] will fill our galleries, creating a visual harmony and coherence and like never before, give a visitor experience like no other.”

I hope so.

I am showing WHITE ZIP, and look forward to seeing what others present for this unique show. I know i, for one, will be highly engaged.

21.25″ x 20.5″ x .25″, canvas, acrylic paint, lace, zipper, hemp cord, linen thread, wood

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Cape Cod, Contemporary Art, contemporary art using fiber, crocheting, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Fiber, fiber artworks, fiber as a medium, fibert artist, Group Exhibition, Group Show, Joan Nixon, Maria Barttuszova, Michael Buthe, Molly Demeulenaere, Monochrome, Monochrome Unity, Piero Manzoni, String, Tactile, Textile, Textiles, Texture, Thread, Unifying Element, Unity, Weaving, White

Boxed Set: Pulp, Paper and Profusion

June 10, 2024 By Debra Disman

I am moved and honored to have my work chosen by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to grace one of the notecards in a boxed set designed to share about, promote and commemorate the show: Pulp: Book and Paper Arts presented in the Spring of 2024.

Thank  you to SebArts for this opportunity!

 

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, AWARDS, BOOKS, CATALOGUES, Exhibitions, MEDIA, Publications/Interviews, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: "Profusion", ARTIST'S BOOKS, award, boxed card set, boxed set, card, card image, Exhbition Card set, Exhibition, honor, Notecards, PULP, PULP: Paper and Book Arts, SebArts, SebArts Store, Sebastapol, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts Store

Girl Power! Making Surrealistic Landscapes Inspired by Salvador Dali

May 3, 2024 By Debra Disman

In what I am calling my “Girl Power” after-school artmaking class (“Making Art Inspired By Great Artists!), my group of seven power artmakers are hard at work creating surrealist landscapes inspired by artist Salvador Dali.

They learned about the concepts of horizon , vanishing points, perspective and scale ad used them to establish and landscape then develop it into a personal, surrealistic world.  It was fascinating to watch.  For our next class, they will be adding images from magazines to complete their works and add another layer of surrealism to them and learning about the artform of collage in the process!

What a marvelous group. Brava!


Intensity, care, creativity, connection, learning, what else is there?

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Student Work, Teaching Artist, Uncategorized Tagged With: Afer School Arts Enrichment, After school art class, After School Art Classes, After School Arts programs, Arts Enrichment, City of Santa Monica Youth Office, Collage, CREST, Dali, Distance, Drawing, Drawing Faces, Girl Power, Horizon Line, Landscapes, MAKING ART INSPIRED BY GREAT ARTISTS, Perspective, Print Media, Salvador Dali, Santa Monica Public School After School Enrichment, Scale, Surrealism, Surrealistic Landscapes, Teaching Artist, Vanishing Point

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