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SUMMARY:The “Art of the Word” Exhibition/CATALOGUE at the The Sasse Museum of Art
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URL:https://debradisman.com/event/the-art-of-the-word-exhibition-catalogue-at-the-the-sasse-museum-of-art/
LOCATION:Sasse Museum of Art\, Progress Building | Basement Level 300 South Thomas Street |\, CA\, Pomona\, CA\, 91766\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:“Adapting through Curiosity and Connection with Debra Disman”: My Podcast with Alyson B. Stanfield/Art Biz Success!
DESCRIPTION: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!\nSome of the points we cover: \n“In this episode of The Art Biz\, Debra shares her journey\, revealing how she has navigated this transition with resilience. \nThroughout our conversation\, several key themes emerge: \n\nDebra’s fierce curiosity that drives her to explore and understand her surroundings.\nHer drive to pursue new opportunities\, no matter the obstacles.\nThe critical role of networking and the connections she’s made along the way.\nThe power of making consistent progress\, even through small\, daily actions.\nThe importance of staying adaptable in an ever-changing world.”\n\nPlease click the link below to hear\, see and read about our conversation. I hope it holds some gold for YOU.\n“Adapting through Curiosity and Connection with Debra Disman” (ep. 202)\nPODCAST with Alyson B. Stanfield/Art Biz Success\nListen to the PODCAST
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/adapting-through-curiosity-and-connection-with-debra-disman-my-podcast-with-alyson-b-stanfield-art-biz-success/
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "Paper + Fiber" at 1202 Contemporary
DESCRIPTION:  \n1202 Contemporary proudly presents its 4th annual Paper + Fiber show\, celebrating two mediums that women artists have traditionally used for centuries\, but have always been considered “craft\,” or less than fine art.  Uplifting and supporting artists who have worked in textile\, fiber\, and/or paper mediums\, this exhibition centers and hones in on the theme of figure.\nClick HERE to view the show!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-paper-fiber-at-1202-contemporary/
LOCATION:1202 Contemporary\, 7397 Monterey Road\, Gilroy\, CA\, 95020 US\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "REWRITING HER STORY" at the Hera Gallery
DESCRIPTION:“Writer Elizabeth Lesser asks “What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her?” \nFlipping through the pages of your high school history textbook\, how many stories are written about women as monumental protagonists? When was the last time you watched a movie that passed the Bechdel test? When was the last time there were more women than men on the Supreme Court voting on the right to our bodies?  \nAs brands of “faux” feminism partnered with consumerist culture push out media representing women’s liberation through a patriarchal gaze\, how can we reclaim the visual language to share more authentic stories? How can our art share the stories of women\, trans women\, and non-binary folks written out of the history books? How does your work give voice to the overlooked and underrepresented?  \nHera Gallery presents 52 works that rewrite this cultural consciousness for a more inclusive human history.” \nI am honored to have two pieces in this salient exhibition\, and participate in a small way\, in Rewriting Her/Our/Their Story.\nWHITE ZIP\n\n \nand \nINTO THE BUSH\n\n \nPlease see the SHOW here.\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibtionista-rewriting-her-story-at-the-hera-gallery/
LOCATION:Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation\, 10 High Street\, Wakefield\, RI\, 02879\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:"We Write The Book" returns to the Northridge Branch Library!
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to serve again as a 2025-26 “NEAR” Artist in Residence at theNorthridge Branch Library!\nThis Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency is supported by the wonderful City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.\nI was honored to serve as  artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May 31\, 2025 and amm looking forward to working further with the Northridge and greater community!\n\nOur workshops are completely free to community with  all materials and refreshments included\, supported by the  City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.\n2025-26 Times\, dates and details to come!\n\nPlease see our 2024-25Artist Residency at the beautiful Northridge Branch Library  CULMINATION EVENT!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-returns-to-the-northridge-branch-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "The California Effect: New Books  from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers"
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to have three works in:\n“The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers”\nOpening at the Long Beach Museum of Art October 4\, 2025 and running through January 4\, 2026!\n\n\n\n\nThe California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers\n\n\n\n\nOctober 4\, 2025 – March 8\, 2026 \nThe California Effect—New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers is rich in both artists and bookworks. There are 29 artists exhibiting 54 books\, boxes\, and broadsides. Some are in limited editions and others are one-of-a-kind. All are handmade individually with handmade and fine papers\, cloth\, thread\, glue\, inks\, and paint. What exactly is the California effect? More precisely\, what is the effect on the many of us who live\, work\, and visit here? The misty mornings and baking hot afternoons? The endless coastline\, chill forests or dry desert arroyos? Each of us has an answer\, seen in the books we make\, in our tastes and inspirations. We turn to making books: printing them\, binding them\, reinventing them\, turning them into art—making books as art. \nThe California Chapter is one of ten chapters\, revealing the national reach and scope of the Guild and its dedication to promoting interest and awareness in the tradition of book and paper arts. The members include hand bookbinders\, design binders\, conservators\, calligraphers\, makers of artist books\, fine press printers and papermakers. A fully illustrated catalogue with information about each artwork and biographical information about each artist is available to order. \nThe California Effect exhibition and related programming are graciously supported by The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation\, the Pasadena Art Alliance\, and the Bess J. Hodges Foundation \n\nYou can order the beautiful catalogue designed by artist Rebecca Chamlee of Pie in the Sky Press HERE and HERE\n\nAnd… while you are there\, don’t miss:\nVoice of the Artist: Artist Books from the Permanent Collection \n\n\n\nOctober 4\, 2025 – March 8\, 2026 \nThroughout its 75-year history\, the Museum has presented contemporary art in all media\, including the book arts. In 1983\, the Museum organized At Home\, an exhibition that included artists’ books by women created between 1970 and 1983. In 2009\, Novel Constructions—Artists Create Monumental Books explored books as sculptural installations and included works by Genie Shenk and Carol Shaw-Sutton\, both of whom are represented in the Ocean View Gallery. In 2019\, the Museum presented The Artful Book of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers\, and it continues this tradition with The California Effect. \nVoice of the Artist highlights a selection of artists’ books from the Museum’s permanent collection. It touches on the history of the medium\, from the livre d’artiste exemplified by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso\, to contemporary offset-printed codex forms such as Barbara Kruger’s My Pretty Pony. Artists continue to expand the definition of the book through unconventional materials\, like the tar paper in Genie Shenk’s Ring or the carved wood of Suvan Geer’s Author\, Author? Unstill Poetry. The exhibition features a variety of forms\, including traditional codex forms\, accordion books\, and a pop-up sculpture by Paul Johnson. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the generous support of a donor-collector Museum member\, who anonymously provided both the exhibition and the video revealing more of the books’ interiors. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nLong Beach Museum of Art\n2300 E Ocean Blvd.\n\n\n\n\n\nMember & VIP Opening Reception: 5-7 pm\n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Opening Reception: 7-9 pm
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-the-california-effect-new-books-from-the-california-chapter-of-the-guild-of-book-workers/
LOCATION:Long Beach Museum of Art\, 2300 E Ocean Blvd\,\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90803\, United States
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space at 18th Street Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:Debra Disman: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space\n\n\n\n\nNovember 14\, 2025 – January 2\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n18th Street Arts Center\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space will expand upon Disman’s 2023 piece\, K no W Safe Place with the addition of a hanging roof surrounded by an inverted “forest” of knotted colored cords hung from the ceiling in various arrangements allowing pathways to the suspended black sanctuary space. The installation will grow and change over time with the addition of these hanging elements. \nSanctuary: Know Safe Space\, 2025\, 10′ x 48″ x 48″\, canvas\, netting\, burlap\, cord\, lace\, ribbon\, paint\, wood\n \nSanctuary: Know Safe Space\, 2025\, 10′ x 48″ x 48″\, canvas\, netting\, burlap\, cord\, lace\, ribbon\, paint\, wood\nThis installation draws upon Disman’s ongoing study of the groundbreaking practices of artists Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse using artmaking to transcend trauma; research into sanctuary movements and spaces and the use of textiles within these; exploration of the“quipu/khipu”\, a record-keeping device made of knotted cords of assorted colors used in various cultures in the central Andes of South America; and investigation into the work of artists who have used fiber-based materials to create environments\, structures and shelters including Do Ho Suh\, Chiharu Shiota and Tracey Emin. \nDisman will also engage in dialogue with others inside the Sanctuary space\, informally videotaping these participants’ response to the installation and their immersion in it\, as well as offering “interviewees’ the opportunity to share about their own practices\, projects and practices\, especially as they relate to 18th Street Arts Center. These short-form videos will serve as an informal archive of our present moment\, the role of the creative process in it\, and the support and sanctuary 18th Street Arts Center is offering to the community by allowing us to Know Safe Space. \nAnyone wishing to be interviewed/dialogue in the Sanctuary can contact should contact Debra at debra@artifactorystudio.com \nAbout the artist \n \nDebra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her work inspired by the book\, which traverses textiles\, installation\, sculpture and performance to push the familiar into forms that arrest and baffle\, while simultaneously offering places of contemplation and solace. She creates work and projects which investigate states of being and connectiveness through intensive interactions with materials while attempting to fully explore and exploit their haptic properties. \nHer work is widely shown in museums\, galleries\, art centers\, universities and libraries including The Torrance Art Museum; Art Share LA; The Irvine Fine Arts Center; The New Bedford Art Museum; The Brand Library and Art Center; ReflectSpace Gallery in Glendale\, CA; Craft Contemporary in LA: The Long Beach Museum of Art; The University of the Arts in Philadelphia; The Cape Cod Museum of Art; and The Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA\, as well as through social practice and community endeavors. \nDisman was the featured artist for the 2016 Big Read in LA and recipient of an 2016-17 WORD: Artist Grant / Bruce Geller Memorial Prize. She was commissioned by LA’s Craft Contemporary to create the interactive book “Chromatic Interactions” in 2017 and 18th Street Arts Center to create the artists’ book\, “Unfolding Possibilities” in 2021. Her book “CONCURRENCIES Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse: Genius\, Trauma and the Creative Imagination” was published by ReflectSpace Gallery/Glendale Arts and Culture in 2023. \nShe was a 2018 Studio Resident at the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean in Santa Monica\, and has served as an Artist-in-Residence for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs since 2017\, directing the “We Write the Book” project. A Santa Monica Artist Fellow in 2021-22\, she has been a local artist in residence at 18th Street Arts Center since 2018.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-sanctuary-know-safe-space-at-18th-street-arts-center/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus\, 1653 18th Street\, Studio 1\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
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SUMMARY:''We Write the Book” FLOWER FOLD BOOK IN A BOX Bookmaking at the Northridge Public Library! 11:30AM -1:30PM (NOT 5:00 PM!!!)
DESCRIPTION:Join Us Saturday December 6th!\n11:30AM – 1:30PM!\n\n\nLearn the “flower fold” and make a book of repeated folded forms that folds into a square\, and can fit into a 3 x 3 x 3″ gift box for the Holidays and Beyond!\n\nJOIN US FOR ALL OUR DECEMBER BOOKMAKING WORKSHOPS AND CULMINATING EVENT!\nFREE!\nALL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES IINCLUDED!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-flower-fold-book-in-a-box-bookmaking-at-the-northridge-public-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Teaching
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