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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: " FIBER ITERATIONS" at Textile Art Gallery New York
DESCRIPTION: I am thrilled to  participate in:\nFiber Iterations\npresented at Textile Art Gallery New York!\n\n\nAugust 3-28\, 2026\nOpening Reception August 6\, 4-6 pm \nFiber Iterations – Textile Art Gallery NYC’s annual Juried Show invited all artists working in fiber and textile-based practices to submit work celebrating the versatility\, innovation\, and expressive potential of these mediums. The Juried Show was open to artists exploring traditional and contemporary approaches\, including but not limited to weaving\, embroidery\, quilting\, felting\, tapestry\, soft sculpture\, mixed media\, and experimental textile processes. \nThe gallery is particularly interested in work that pushes the boundaries of fiber art\, engages with cultural narratives\, or examines materiality\, sustainability\, identity\, and storytelling through textile forms. Both emerging and established artists were encouraged to apply. \nSelected works will be featured in this curated exhibition aimed at highlighting the depth and diversity of fiber and textile art today. Artists will have the opportunity to share their work with a broader audience in the Chelsea Arts District and participate in programming related to the exhibition. \nJuror: Dutch native Petra Fallaux is a writer\, curator and artist based in Pittsburgh\, PA \nPetra Fallaux remarked that the quality of the submissions was “second to none.” The creativity\, craftsmanship\, and innovation demonstrated by artists from around the world made this an exceptional pool of work. We extend our sincere thanks to every artist who submitted their work and congratulate those selected for this outstanding exhibition. \n295 artists submitted works\, making the selection process both exciting and incredibly challenging for our juror. After careful review\, 53 artists were selected for the exhibition.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-fiber-iteration-at-textile-gallery-new-york/
LOCATION:Textile Art Gallery New York\, 529 W 20th St\, 6th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "TREE II: Breath of Humanity" at Verum Ultimum Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to be participating in “TREES II: Breath of Humanity” presented by Verum Ultimum Gallery.\nPlease see a variety of views of this show HERE\nPlease read the collective artist blog post HERE!\n“Trees are essential to all life and are the very essence of expansion (intrinsic to every breath). They stand as a symbol for growth\, connection\, spirit\, air\, family\, and more….” —Jennifer Gillia Cutshall\, Owner\, Curator\, Artist\, Magician\, Tree-Lover \n“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahlil Gibran \nSee the SHOW Here!\nSee my WORK Here!\nSee the CATALOGUE Here!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-tree-ii-breath-of-humanity-with-verum-ultimum/
LOCATION:Verum Ultimum Gallery\, 3014 NE Ainsworth\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T190000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: “Black\, White & Gray” at Drawing Rooms
DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to share that I am participating in the exhibition “Black\, White & Gray” at DRAWING ROOMS\, curated by Anne Trauben\nThe achromatic “Black\, White & Gray” exhibition runs from  6/11/26 – 7/11/26.\nPlease see show on ARTSY!\n\n\nThis exhibition will showcase exciting works which focus on graphic form\, delicate abstraction\, narrative works\, and anything and everything in between using achromatic colors–black and white which sit on opposing ends of the grayscale–and works in gray too!  \nBlack\, as with all achromatic colors\, lacks hue and absorbs all light wavelengths. White combines and reflects all visible wavelengths\, so while it contains all colors\, it is still perceived as lacking hue. The contrast between white and black is the greatest of any color combination\, providing a bold and dramatic look.  \nFamous artworks using an achromatic color scheme—composed entirely of black\, white\, and grey—focus on form\, contrast\, and texture over color. Examples include Bridget Riley’s op-art piece White Disks\, Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square\, featuring a simple black square on a white background\, Robert Motherwell’s Elegy to the Spanish Republic series\, Vija Celmins’ gray-toned illustrations of oceans\, deserts\, and night skies\, and Franz Kline’s large-scale\, black-and-white abstract expressionist paintings\, such as Black\, White\, and Gray. \nIn keeping with our love of music\, “Black White & Gray: an Achromatic Color Exhibition” is dedicated to the song “Back to Black” by Amy Winehouse\, an English singer\, songwriter\, and musician\, a global phenomena\, who blended jazz\, soul\, R&B into her music. Known for her distinctive contralto vocals\, beehive hairstyle and tattoo’s\, Amy won five Grammys and was the first British woman to do so. “Back to Black” is a critically acclaimed 2006 song detailing intense emotional turmoil\, heartbreak\, and despair following a breakup and reclaiming her power while singing it. We loved Amy and this song\, as well as so many of her other songs. \n————————————– \nDrawing Rooms  is a nonprofit art space and gallery in the Topps Building on the Mana Complex in the Journal Square neighborhood in Jersey City. We show two and three-dimensional works by emerging and mid-career artists in NJ and the NY metropolitan area\, as well as nationally and internationally. Since 2001\, our innovative and exciting exhibitions\, public programs\, and publications have enriched the lives of our community through an appreciation of and involvement with contemporary art. \nAbout the Curator \n Anne Trauben is the Curator and Gallery Director at Drawing Rooms. She began working with Victory Hall Inc. in 2009\, and was a founding artist of Drawing Rooms in 2012. Since 2013\, she has organized\, curated and created programming for year-round exhibitions of multiple artists at Drawing Rooms in the former convent on Grand St. in Jersey City and\, since 2018\, at the new Drawing Rooms gallery on the Mana complex. In 2020\, during the pandemic\, she organized\, curated\, and created programming for Prayers for the Pandemic\, a 4-part Drawing Rooms national public art exhibition\, and solo / two-person exhibitions at Dvora Gallery. In 2022\, after the pandemic\, Drawing Rooms reopened in a newly expanded space where she has since been organizing\, curating\, and creating programming for gallery exhibitions and public art programs. Anne is the Founder\, Publisher and Editor of Nieuw Art Blog since 2017. \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-black-white-gray-at-drawing-rooms/
LOCATION:Drawing Rooms\, Topps Building 926 Newark Ave #T107\, Jersey City\, NJ\, 07306\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "HOME v.2: Homeland"
DESCRIPTION: I am thrilled to participate in “HOME v.2: Homeland“\, an exhibition presented by the Decatur Arts Alliance\, happening in Decatur\, Georgia\nMay 29 – July 18\, 2026 \nThe Decatur Arts Alliance and the Decatur Land Trust are partnering with the Decatur Library to present the second edition of powerful art show celebrating the multifaceted meaning of “Home.”\nArtists working in an array of mediums lend their creative voices to this important cause. \nThe theme for “HOME v.2 2026” is “HOMELAND.” \n“A person’s or a people’s native land\, we look to explore “homeland” as a geographical point of origin and a state of being. Works should express cultural and ethnic elements\, and elucidate the view of “home” from the immigrant to the expatriate\, the displaced to the indigenous. How do we find “home” when we are away from the land of our forebears? What do newly arrived peoples do to preserve their culture and heritage? How do we honor and acknowledge the indigenous inhabitants of the lands upon which we all now live?” \nThe exhibiting artists’ creativity illuminate the diverse ways we experience and define “home\,” and their connection with a “HOMELAND.” \nPlease view the EXHIBITION CATALOGUE HERE!\nFurther Information HERE!\nI will be showing:\n“Torrent and Tangle: Keep Your House in Order”\n\n\n  \n\n\n  \nThe HOME Exhibition is a multimedia showcase presented by the Decatur Arts Alliance in collaboration with the Decatur Land Trust and the Decatur branch of the Dekalb County Public Library. The exhibition will be shown in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library\, home to the Georgia Center for the Book.\n\nThe show will run May 29 – July 17\, 2026\nOpening reception on Friday\, May 29 from 6:30-9pm.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-home-v-2-homeland/
LOCATION:Decatur Library\, 215 Sycamore Street\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:"In the Woods" in the Brewery Artwalk 2026!
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to share  that the Call and Response exhibition will be part of the Brewery Artwalk on April 25–26\, 11am–6pm at Shoebox Arts LA in the  Brewery Arts Complex\, Los Angeles!\nMy collaborative book with artist Michelle Robinson\, “In The Woods” will be on display!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/in-the-woods-in-the-brewery-artwalk-2026/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "INTERLUDE" at the Sam Francis Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in INTERLUDE\, an exhibition presented at the Sam Francis Gallery. \n\n“Interlude represents a home\, a shelter\, constructed against a world that can be too overwhelming \nat times. This collection of works is intended to create serenity and observation. In the\nexhibition\, we strive to represent strong female voices. The works are connected through inner\nreflection and gentle conveyance. They are not minimized by their subtlety\, but they are\nstrengthened in their ability to impact without aggression. Interlude aims to invite contemplation\,\na pause of mindfulness in everyday life.” —Pippa Ang\, Curator\n\nPlease read Press Release HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-interlude-at-the-sam-francis-gallery/
LOCATION:https://www.samfrancisgallery.org/\, 1714 21st St\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: Pulp • Paper • Book at Sebastopol Center For The Arts
DESCRIPTION:I am delighted to participate in the Sebastopol Center For The Arts upcoming show\, Pulp • Paper • Book\n\nExhibition Dates: March 14\, 2026- May 3rd 2026 Opening Reception: Sunday\, March 15th\, 2-4pm\, 2026\nPulp • Paper • Book provides a platform for combining works of book makers\, pulp wranglers\, papermakers and printmakers to exhibit their work. Paper is one of the oldest forms of artistic medium- from parchment to books to vellum to wood products. Humans print on every surface and make inks from everything on earth.\nRead the Artist Statements HERE!\nCurated Wrap-Around Programming: \nSaturday\, March 14\, 2026: Books at the Source: Literary Arts Summit \n Thursday\, March 26\, 2026: Upcycled Journal Workshop \n Thursday\, April 2\, 2026: Eco Petals: Crafting a Recycled Bouquet \n Sunday\, April 19\, 2026: Paper Lanterns Workshop
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-pulp-paper-book-at-sebastopol-center-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Sebastapol Center for the Arts\, 282 S. High Street\, CA\, Sebastopol\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: Black & White: An Achromatic Textile & Fiber Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to participate in Black & White: An Achromatic Textile & Fiber Exhibition at the William Scofield Gallery\, showing: (apropos…)\n“It’s Not Black and White“\,  9 x 22 x 7.5″\, book board\, canvas\, paper\, typewriter ribbon\, hemp cord.  \n\n \nPlease view works in the exhibition HERE!\n“William Scofield Gallery is a curated spaced devoted to the elevation of contemporary fiber and textile art. Through thoughtful curation\, we aim to shift perceptions of fiber and textile to fine art. Our exhibitions highlight the full spectrum of fiber art from woven to stitched\, soft sculpture to experimental surfaces. We champion artists that use fiber as a language to bring together\, form\, material and story.”
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/black-white-an-achromatic-textile-fiber-exhibition/
LOCATION:William Scofield Gallery\, 1059 Officers Row\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260227T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260301T170000
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SUMMARY:Startup Art Fair LA: SHOEBOX Arts Initiative: Call and Response Collaborative Books
DESCRIPTION:Call and Response Goes Live at Startup Art Fair \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomething big is happening. \n\n\nAfter five years of digital exchanges connecting artists across six continents\, Call and Response is going physical for the first time. \n\n\nStartup Art Fair LA | February 27 – March 1\, 2026The Kinney Venice Beach | Room 202\n\n \n\n\nTHE PROJECT \n\n\nIn October 2025\, we randomly paired 190 artists to create collaborative books together. Four months later\, we have approximately 90 unique collaborative works—oracle decks\, teabag weavings\, painted photographs\, sculptural volumes\, accordion books\, visual puzzles. \n\n\nEach book represents a creative conversation between two strangers who had never met. From India to Iowa\, Germany to the United Arab Emirates—artists navigated time zones\, shipping logistics\, language barriers\, and completely different creative approaches to make something neither could have conceived alone. \n\n\nThis is Call and Response at its core: random pairing\, radical trust\, real collaboration.\n \nCall and Response\, a global artist collaboration program that has connected over 500 artists across six continents since 2020\, makes its first physical iteration at Startup Art Fair LA. \nAfter 20+ digital rounds of rapid-fire creative exchanges during the pandemic\, this exhibition marks a significant evolution: 190 artists were randomly paired to create collaborative books together over four months. Partners worked either by mailing physical books back and forth internationally or creating pieces individually and combining them—navigating time zones\, language barriers\, shipping logistics\, and completely different artistic approaches to produce works that neither artist could have conceived alone. \nRoom 202 will showcase approximately 90 collaborative artist books across all mediums—from altered vintage volumes to handmade constructions\, accordion books\, visual puzzles\, oracle decks\, and sculptural interpretations. The intimate hotel suite setting allows visitors to interact closely with each unique work\, displayed throughout the space on beds\, tables\, and dressers. \nThis is a selling exhibition with works split equally between the two collaborating artists and Shoebox Arts. Each book represents the artifact of a four-month creative conversation between strangers who became collaborators through Call and Response’s signature random pairing method—a model that continues to prove quality collaboration doesn’t require institutional gatekeepers\, just radical trust in the creative process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE EXHIBITION \n\n\nLocation: The Kinney Venice Beach\, 737 Washington Blvd\, Venice\, CA 90292Room: 202 \n\n\nHours: \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, February 27: VIP Early Access 5-7pm | All Access 7-10pm \n\n\nSaturday\, February 28: 12pm – 9pm \n\n\nSunday\, March 1: 12pm – 7pm \n\n\n\n\nThe intimate hotel suite setting allows visitors to interact closely with each work—books displayed throughout the space on beds\, tables\, and dressers. This is a selling exhibition with works split equally between the two collaborating artists and Shoebox Arts. \n\n\nGet Tickets: www.startup-art.com/los-angeles\nMy work in progress with artist Michelle Robinson\n \n  \n\n\nLIVE: EXQUISITE CORPSE ZINE MAKING \n\n\nThroughout the weekend\, fair visitors can participate in collaborative exquisite corpse zine-making sessions. Create art together with strangers\, experience the Call and Response philosophy in real time. \n\n\nAll completed zines will be auctioned off for charity. \n\n\nWHY THIS MATTERS \n\n\nCall and Response started in April 2020 when everything shut down. Artists needed each other but all the structures for connection had disappeared. \n\n\nWhat began as a pandemic response—pairing artists randomly for two-week digital exchanges—became proof that meaningful collaboration doesn’t require institutional permission. No fees. No applications. No gatekeepers. Just artists supporting artists through creative exchange. \n\n\nTwenty rounds later\, the model has facilitated lasting partnerships\, gallery exhibitions\, and creative community across cultural and geographic boundaries. Artists like Jody Zellen and Lorraine Bubar met through Call and Response and went on to exhibit at Proxy Gallery. \n\n\nOthers discovered new techniques\, explored different media\, found creative community during isolation. \n\n\nThis exhibition at Startup Art Fair marks the next evolution: collaboration that exists in three dimensions\, works you can hold in your hands\, partnerships that produced physical objects through radical trust. \n\n\nFOLLOW THE PROJECT \n\nInstagram: @callandresponseart Facebook: Call and Response Email: callandresponseart@gmail.com\n\n\nWant to bring Call and Response to your organization? We’re developing curriculum and training for institutions interested in facilitating collaborative programs.\n\n\nABOUT SHOEBOX ARTS \n\n\nShoebox Arts connects artists to opportunities and builds creative community through programs like Call and Response and Perceive Me. Operating from the Brewery Arts Complex in Los Angeles\, we eliminate barriers to meaningful artistic exchange. \n\nInstagram: @shoeboxarts.la Email: shoeboxartsla@gmail.com\nCome see what happens when 190 artists trust the process across continents.\n\n\nKristine Schomaker Shoebox Arts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/startup-art-fair-la-shoebox-arts-initiative-call-and-response-collaborative-books/
LOCATION:Startup Art Fair LA\, 737 Washington Blvd\, Room 202\, Venice\, 90292\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: 'Common Threads: The Fabric of our Community' at Studio ACE Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘Common Threads: The Fabric of our Community’\n\n\n\nOPENING: Saturday\, February 21\, 2026 from 5 PM to 7 PM\nat\nStudio ACE Gallery\n\n\n\n\nStudio ACE Gallery presents: “Common Threads: The Fabric of Our Community\,” a group exhibition celebrating the rich\, expressive world of textiles and fiber arts. \nShowing\, “FINALLY”\, 48 x 19.5″\, canvas\, lace\, hemp cord\, sewing thread\n\nTextiles—among the oldest and most universal artistic mediums—carry stories in every stitch. Woven\, sewn\, dyed\, layered\, felted\, quilted\, knotted\, or repurposed\, fiber-based materials offer a tactile language that speaks to memory\, identity\, resilience\, and cultural tradition. From the intimate textures of handwork to bold contemporary experiments with fabric\, thread\, and mixed media\, textile art reminds us that creativity is something we all touch\, wear\, and share. \nThis exhibition presents works that explore connection—connections between people\, cultures\, materials\, and ideas. We welcome pieces that honor traditional craft\, push the boundaries of fiber as a modern art form\, or reimagine textiles in unexpected ways. Whether your work is deeply personal\, abstract\, conceptual\, or rooted in community stories\, we want to hear your voice. Join us as we bring together the diverse perspectives that make up the fabric of our community. \n“Common Threads: The Fabric of Our Community” will be on view at ACE Gallery (inside Studio ACE) from Saturday\, February 21\, through Friday\, March 27\, 2026\, with an opening reception celebration taking place on Saturday\, February 21\, from 5-7 p.m. Please view exhibited works HERE!\nCheck out Studio ACE on Facebook / Instagram \n\n\n\nEvent Supported By\nStudio ACE\n7607305203\ninfo@studioace.org\nhttps://www.studioace.org/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-common-threads-the-fabric-of-our-community-at-studio-ace-gallery/
LOCATION:Studio Ace Gallery\, 3861 MISSION AVENUE #B3\, Oceanside\, CA\, 92058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: Handwork\, The Material Intelligence of Touch
DESCRIPTION:As part of presented by Craft in America\, \nTextile Arts LA presents:\nHandwork\, The Material Intelligence of Touch!\n\nAt the Marks Center\, College of the Desert.\nThe exhibit brings together artists from Textile Arts LA whose work centers the hand as both method and metaphor. Inspired by artist Ann Hamilton’s concept of the “sewing hand”—the idea that making by hand is a way of knowing—we explore how tactile engagement with material connects body to mind\, individual to community\, and past to present.\nPlease VIEW THE SHOW HERE \nI am delighted to participate with two works included:\n\n“Communion“\, 2025\, 10.5 x 21.5 x 8.5” (dimensions variable)\, wood\, hemp/assorted cord\, acrylic paint \n\n“La Forêt I“\, 2024\, 62 x 17 x 1”\, canvas\, acrylic paint\, hemp/jute/cotton cord
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-handwork-the-material-intelligence-of-touch/
LOCATION:Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts Gallery\, College of the Desert\, 43500 Monterey Ave\, Palm Desert\, California\, 92260
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260103
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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
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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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
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250912T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250928T170000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: EMBRACING THE CRAFT at CORE Art Space
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in \nFiber Art: Embracing the Craft\nSeptember 12 – 28\, 2025\nat\n\n\n\n\n\nFri: 5p – 9p\, Sat: 12p – 5p\, Sun: 12p – 5p\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCore Art Space — 6501 W.Colfax Avenue\, Lakewood\, CO 80214\n\n\n\n\nLong disparaged in the art world as mere “craft\,” fiber art has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the last few years. Artists working with fabric and other fibers\, such as Bisa Butler and Alexandra Kehayoglou\, have gained international recognition\, and the New York Times has declared that “fiber art is finally being taken seriously.” We say\, it’s about time! What’s not to love about the beauty\, versatility\, and luxuriousness of fiber media? \nIn this show\, Core Art Space celebrates the skill\, dedication\, and ingenuity required to make beautiful art out of fiber materials. We celebrate weavings\, quilts\, embroideries\, beadwork\, fiber sculptures\, or wearables—all artwork using a foundation of fiber materials and processes (including fabric\, yarn\, thread\, beads\, roving\, rope\, etc.; stitching\, weaving\, felting\, quilting\, knotting\, wrapping\, lacemaking\, etc.) is eligible. Both traditional and experimental forms and techniques included. \nJuror\nFiber and mixed media artist Susan Dillon explores the physical manifestation of emotions and memories using fabric\, thread\, yarn\, bones and found objects. She creates environments filled with life forms\, some familiar and some more otherworldly\, which are encrusting surfaces & niches and colonizing their surroundings. Susan has had her work exhibited nationally and has won numerous \nawards for her fiber art. Her work is in private collections around the globe. She teaches workshops as well as private lessons on fiber art techniques. Susan lives in Denver\, CO with her husband & furry “keeds”. She has her studio at Globeville Riverfront Art Center (GRACe)\, open by appointment and at special events. \nI am showing “PROFUSION”\n\n8.5 x 24.5 x 7.75\, book board\, mulberry paper\, watercolor paper\, raw canvas\, hemp cord
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-embracing-the-craft-at-core-art-space/
LOCATION:New Core Art Space\, 6851 West Colfax Avenue\, Lakewood\, CO\, 80214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250912T170000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: BRAND 53: National Juried Show of Works on Paper
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to have my artists’ book\, “THIN ICE” made in collaboration with artist Luciana Abait\, shown in Brand 53: Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper   \n\n\nOpening Date: July 19\, 2025  \n\n\nThe Associates of Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale\, California host its 53rd Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper this summer. All works in the show will be on view in the beautiful Brand Library’s Gallery and in both printed and online exhibition catalogs.  \nThis year’s juror\, Sigrid Burton\, considers color and drawing as the foundation of her artistic practice and is noted for her works in oil on canvas or linen and mixed media on paper. She explores the natural world both literally and figuratively\, with the intention of making light and depth tangible and visible on a two-dimensional picture plane. Burton captures the phenomenological occurrence of reflection and refraction of light\, in particular\, water\, sky and deep space. Her studies of the art of the Indian subcontinent and its ancient and sophisticated aesthetic theory have influenced her thinking that the importance of a work of art is the response that the work evokes from the viewer. Within this context\, color is understood to have great expressive and communicative power. \nThe Brand Associates will be offering a printed exhibition catalog for purchase at Brand Library & Art Center.\nA digital version of the catalog is also available to download for free. \nView the Online CATALOG HERE!\nPlease see a video of show HERE with a talk by Juror Sigrid Burton\n​​
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-brand-53-national-juried-show-of-works-on-paper/
LOCATION:Brand Library and Art Center\, 1601 West Mountain Street\, Glendale\, CA\, 91201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250713T180000
DTSTAMP:20250630T200154Z
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: TRYST Art Fair
DESCRIPTION:An Independent\, non-commercial\, Art Fair for Artist-Run-Spaces and Collectives (Definition of tryst: a rendezvous by lovers at a given time or place\, often in secret)\nI am participating with Textile Arts LA!\n\n“Profusion”\nartists book\, mixed fiber media\nJuly 11th to 13th\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDel Amo Crossing\n21535 Hawthorne Blvd\, Torrance\, CA 90503Friday\, July 11: VIP Opening – 4-6pm\nNetworking for participating artists 12:00-4:00pm\nSaturday\, July 12: Open 12-6pm\nSunday\, July 13: Open 12-6pm\nADMISSION is FREE!!! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is TRYST? \nTRYST is an international art fair for artist-run-spaces and collectives as well as an international gathering to address the needs and future of global exchange for artist-run spaces\, collectives and organizations\, run through the Torrance Art Museum (TAM) and the City of Torrance. This will be the third edition of TRYST. \nWith the need for opportunities and artistic exchange worldwide between grass-roots artist organizations\, this fair aims to facilitate the exposure of international artists to new Los Angeles audiences\, and to network with each other\, to engage and to provoke further international exchanges and interaction between participants. Talks and performances will included in the program\, as well as social events for participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 PARTICIPATING SPACES: \nINTERNATIONAL: Alpha Contemporary (Tokyo)\, Artspace Mexico (CDMX); AYN Gallery (Paris)\, The Black Piglet (CDMX)\, BLECH (Germany)\, The Bureau of Queer Art (Mexico/USA)\, Changeable Beasts (London)\, Estudio Marte (CDMX)\, The Farm & Distillery (Berlin)\, FokiaNou Art Space (Athens)\, MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture (Switzerland)\, Open O’pen$ (Ukraine)\, PASAJ (Istanbul)\, Plomo (CDMX)\, Shelter Artists Run Space (Portugal/Turkey) \nNATIONAL: 601 Artspace (NYC)\, After / time (Portland)\, Dark Time Poetics (Chickamauga\, GA)\, FSN Contemporary (NYC)\, Mercury20 (Oakland\, CA)\, Hyperlink (Denver\, CO)\, ICOSA Collective (Austin\, TX)\, Millie Benson Projects (NYC)\, Proyectos Raul Zamudio (NYC) \,PRP (Dallas\, TX)\, SFAA (Chicago/ San Francisco)\, Scrambled Eggs (Las Vegas)\, South Square Studios (Las Vegas)\, TAD Projects (Denver\, CO)\, Taos Abstract Artist Collective (TAAC) (Taos\, NM)\, Teleportal (NYC)\, Woman Made Gallery (Chicago\, IL) \nSO-CAL: 515\, 3C Gallery\, Ace Tiger Gallery\,  Allied Special Projects\, Alt projects\, Art Hive Collective\, Artemia (Solas Art Center)\, AWOL\, bed crumb show\, Dorado 806\, Durden and Ray\, Erect walls\, Flux Art Space\, Idolwild\, Inglewood Open Studios (IOS)\, JAUS\, Kipaipai\, Korean American Artist Collective (KAAC)\, Landmarks of Art (LoA)\,Monte Vista Projects\, Nous-Ance\, OFFUS\, Open Gallery\, Open Mind Art Space\, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)\, Proxy Gallery\, Quiet Please\, Range Projects Gallery\, The Revolution School\, Ruth Gallery\, S-Gallery\, South Bay Artist’s Collective (SBAC)\, Textile Arts LA\, Tiger Strikes Asteroid\, Toy Bin Art\, UOOORS\, Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA)\, Women Painters West (WPW)
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-tryst-art-fair/
LOCATION:Torrance Art Museum (TAM)\, 3320 Civic Center Drive\, Torrance\, CA\, 90503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250713T170000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "NOMAD IV" at the Torrance Art Museum!
DESCRIPTION:TAM’s innovative contemporary art pop-up returns for its third year \nJULY 11-13\, 2025\nNOMAD IV is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of Southern California artists\, helmed by TAM executive Director\, the indefatigable\, MAX PRESNEILL\,  Los Angeles based artist and curator.\n​Max Presneill  is the Director/Head Curator for the Torrance Art Museum.  He founded and is the Director of TRYST (2023-current)\, an international art fair for alternative galleries and artist-led initiatives. He is also part of the BLAM curatorial team\, an international art festival showcasing artist-run initiatives from Berlin\, Los Angeles and Mexico. He is Founder and a current member of Durden and Ray\, an artist-run curatorial collaborative gallery in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience internationally as a curator having organized exhibitions for museums\, institutes and galleries in the US and UK\, the Netherlands\, Japan\, France\, Mexico\, China\, Turkey\, Australia\, Germany\, Austria\, Norway and many more. His curatorial interests are with artist led projects\, emerging art\, new models for curatorial methodologies and an international scope for partnerships and exchanges. \nFeaturing sculpture\, painting installation and more from 175+ artists from Southern California and beyond. NOMAD IV will be presented alongside the third edition of TRYST\, TAM’s international alternative art fair for artist-run spaces and galleries. \nNOMAD IV is a giant artistic get together. It is aimed at letting artists show what they have been making recently to each other as well as to the wider public. It is an opportunity to meet peers\, make connections\, and arrange for future opportunities. It is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of LA artists. \nThis year’s exhibition will once again take place at Del Amo Crossing in the heart of the South Bay region of Los Angeles located at 21535 Hawthorne Blvd\, Torrance\, CA 90503. The space itself features open plan concrete floors where we will present 150+ artists alongside the third edition of TRYST\, an art fair for alternative galleries and artist run initiatives. \nADMISSION is FREE\nFriday\, July 11: VIP Opening – 4-6pm\nNetworking for participating artists 12:00-4:00pm \nSaturday\, July 12: Open 12-6pm \nSunday\, July 13: Open 12-6pm\nPanel discussions \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-nomad-iv-at-the-torrance-art-museum/
LOCATION:Torrance Art Museum (TAM)\, 3320 Civic Center Drive\, Torrance\, CA\, 90503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations
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SUMMARY:NOMAD IV Presented By The Torrance Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:NOMAD IV is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of Southern California artists.\nOrganized by the Torrance Art Museum\nHappening: JULY 11-13\, 2025\n\nA giant artistic get together\, NOMAD is aimed at letting artists show what they have been making recently to each other as well as to the wider public. It is an opportunity to meet peers\, make connections\, and arrange for future opportunities. It is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of LA artists.\nThis year’s exhibition will once again take place at Del Amo Crossing in the heart of the South Bay region of Los Angeles located at 21535 Hawthorne Blvd\, Torrance\, CA 90503. The space itself features open plan concrete floors where  150+ artists will be presented alongside the third edition of TRYST\, an art fair for alternative galleries and artist run initiatives.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/nomad-iv-presented-by-the-torrance-art-museum/
LOCATION:Torrance Art Museum (TAM)\, 3320 Civic Center Drive\, Torrance\, CA\, 90503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T130000
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SUMMARY:"We Write the Book" CULMINATION EVENT!!!
DESCRIPTION:You  are invited to our free CULMINATION event for our “We Write the Book” program with Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman.\nPlease join us to see some of the books participant have created\, enjoy refreshments\, and learn how to make a book of your own!\nAll materials included!\nSupported by the Los Angles Department of Cultural Affairs.\n \n  \ncelebration
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-culmination-event/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations,Teaching
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northridge Branch Library":MAILTO:https://www.lapl.org/user/84/contact
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250727T160000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined"
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in “Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined“ at View Arts Center in Old Forge\, NY. \nFor over five hundred years\, printed books have connected us on an extraordinary level by spreading common ideas\, inspiration\, creativity\, and knowledge. The exhibition Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined will showcase creations that transform\, reference\, and reimagine this widely used form\, drawing inspiration from its content\, history\, and physicality. This includes everything from handmade books to book sculptures and beyond. \nOpening Reception on May 23\, from 5 – 7 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. \nI am delighted to show: “The Body Politic: Like White on White”\, 2024\, 9 x 16 x 7″\, book board\, paint\, canvas\, hemp/assorted cord\, trim\n                       \n \nJuror of Selection: Rhoda Rosenberg \nIn 1979 Rosenberg was a Finalist in Printmaking for a Massachusetts Council on the Arts Grant. In 2003\, she was recognized for outstanding teaching with School of the Museum of Fine Art’s Russel T. Smith Award\, and has received a SMFA’s Faculty Enrichment Grant for her work in South Africa.  In 2005 she received a grant from the Artist Resource Trust Grant at the Berkshire Taconic Foundation\, and an Atlantic Papers Materials Award at Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial in 2007. \nDespite a demanding teaching schedule\, Rosenberg has exhibited prints and artist’s books in numerous shows every year since 1979. A master printmaker\, Rosenberg owns and operates the Merrimac Printmaking Studio out of her home in Merrimac\, MA. \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-stories-untold-the-book-reimagined/
LOCATION:View Arts Center\, 3273 State Route 28 | PO Box 1144\, Old Forge\, NY\, 13420
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T170000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "CARE" at Hera Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Hera Gallery proudly presents CARE\, a national juried exhibition exploring the concept of care through the eyes of artists from around the country.\n\n\n\n\nWorks selected by Priya N. Green\, Artist\, Painting Faculty\, Director of CCSU Chen Art Gallery\nMay 10th – June 14th\, 2025\nOpening Reception Saturday\, May 10th\, 6-8pm\nMix & Mingle: Arts & Health Thursday May 22nd\, 6 -7:30pm\nVirtual Artist Talk Thursday\, May 29th\, 7pm via Zoom\n\n\nWhen you hear or read the word CARE…\nDo you hear a noun\, a verb\, an imperative? Do you feel comforted\, overwhelmed\, or inspired by the sound and meaning of the word Care? \nHera Gallery is interested in how we as artists and as society relate to the concept of care at this moment in time.  \nFrom taking care and giving care to self-care\, and the call to care –  the idea of care runs through all our lives from beginning to end. Human care\, animal care\, environmental care\, or caring for an idea\, a faith\, a passion\, a commitment. Care is associated with cultural connections\, age\, and gender. How is this shifting? How do we find balance when engaged in caregiving at all levels? \nArtists respond to the question:\nHow does the word Care resonate with you\, which images\, stories\, sentiments does it bring forth in you? Which role does care play in your life as an artist and in your artistic practice? \nI am thrilled to share my triptych “RENT WOUND TEAR MEND HEAL REPAIR” 64 x 68 x .5″ (dimnesions variable)\, canvas\, paint\, hemp cord\, string\, lace\, in this timely show
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-care-at-hera-gallery/
LOCATION:Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation\, 10 High Street\, Wakefield\, RI\, 02879\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250619T160000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "FIBER" at Silvermine Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:  \nI am thrilled to participate in FIBER:\nThis international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art\, architecture and craft. \n Opening Reception on Saturday\, May 17\, 5-7pm Curators:Tom Grotta and Rhonda Brown \nTom and Rhonda have showcased modern fiber art since the 1980s\, championing fiber art’s evolution and future. Representing over 100 artists from 25 countries\, the gallery‘s exhibitions\, art fairs\, and partnerships with museums have placed works in prestigious collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. Tom\, a Rochester Institute of Technology graduate\, is renowned for his photography of fiber art and knowledge of contemporary textiles. Rhonda’s background as a lawyer and writer informs her editorial leadership at browngrotta arts. Rhonda oversees the gallery’s catalogs\, blog\, and social media\, ensuring its continued influence in fiber art. \nSEE THE SHOW HERE!See My Work HERE! I am honored to be showing with: (several of whom I know and have shown with before) \nBecca Barolli – Bethlehem\, CT     /     Eszter Bornemisza – Budapest\, Hungary     /     Carolyn Carson – Pittsburgh\, PA \nMonica Carvalho – Rio de Janeiro \, Brazil     /     Wan Lin Chang – Taichung City\, Taiwan \nCheyenne Concepcion – San Francisco\, CA     /     Jennifer Davies – Branford  \, CT     /     Sherry Davis – Riverhead\, NY \nEllen Dickinson – Roslyn Heights\, NY     /     Debra Disman – Los Angeles\, CA      /     Rosana Escobar – Bogota\, CO \nSarah Haskell – York\, ME     /     Elizabeth Joo – Chicago\, IL     /     Anna Kocherovsky – West Bloomfield\, MI \nAlexandra Kohl – Mamaroneck\, NY     /     Haeley Kyong – Franklin Lakes\, NJ      /     Mati Laforge – Montréal\, Canada \nFannie  Lee – Brooklyn\, NY     /     Laura Foster Nicholson – New Harmony\, IN      /     Amy Putansu – Waynesville \, NC \nJoh Ricci – Gettysburg\, PA     /     Michael Rohde – Thousand Oaks\, CA     /     Theda Sandiford – Union City\, NJ \nTushita Singh Singh – Uttar Pradesh\, India     /     Adrienne Sloane – Watertown\, MA     /     Justyna Solomianko – Bialystok\, Poland \nGerri Spilka – Philadelphia\, PA     /     Susan Tonkin Riegel – Granite Bay \,CA     /     Stefania Urist – Londonderry\, VT \nMila Vovk – Irvine\, CA     /     Alice Wiese – Mill Valley\, CA \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-fiber-at-silvermine-arts-center/
LOCATION:SILVERMINE Arts Center\, 1037 Silvermine Road\, New Canaan\, CT\, 06840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "A Woman's Place - Visual Voices" at The EBELL of Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in “A Woman’s Place: Visual Voices”\, a tribute to the profound impact of women’s narratives. This exhibition\, in celebration of Women’s History Month\, serves as a platform for artists to amplify stories that have often been overshadowed or marginalized. It provides a space where the rich tapestry of women’s experiences can be vividly depicted and shared in a manner that crosses language and cultural barriers.\nHeld at the historic Ebell of Los Angeles\, 743 South Lucerne Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA 90005\, on view from March 20 to April 24\, 2025.\nOpening Reception: March 20\, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm\n\nIf you have questions about this event\, please email: tickets@ebellofla.org or call 323-931-1277 x 131.\nJuried by:  \n\nAndi Campognone has over 30 years of arts experience in the western region of the United States. She is the Owner/Director of AC Projects\, a private consulting organization focused on promoting arts and culture through museum quality projects that include the production of books\, films and traveling exhibitions. Campognone is the Founding Director of Kipaipai Professional Development Workshops. She is also the Museum Manager/Curator for the Museum of Art and History (MOAH) in Lancaster\, California with a mission of exhibiting and highlighting the history and contributions of southern California post 1945. She has served as Cultural Arts Commissioner for the City of Pomona\, California where she contributed to the writing and adoption of Pomona’s Cultural Arts Master Plan and Art in Public Places Policy. She currently serves as a Director on the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation Board\, Director on the Bear Valley Springs Cultural Art Association\, is a grant panelist for Los Angeles County Arts Commission and California Community Foundation\nBased in Los Angeles\, Lilly Dawson is an independent curator and Principal of Gray Dawson Art Advisory\, dealing with institutional and private clients in the United States and Europe. She specializes in American and European Impressionist and Modern art\, contemporary and photographs. She has held senior positions at Christie’s\, Sotheby’s\, Driscoll Babcock Galleries in New York and Dickinson Gallery in London.\nJennifer S. Li  is an art advisor\, writer and educator with over 20 years of experience in the art world. She is the LA Desk Editor for ArtAsiaPacific and her art criticism and writing also appears regularly in publications such as Art in America\,  Frieze\,  Architectural Digest\, Sight Unseen\, and more. She also currently works with collectors across the United States to build collections focusing on emerging as well as established and blue-chip artists. Previously\, Jennifer worked for institutions such as the Getty\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and LACMA.\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-a-womans-place-visual-voices-at-the-ebell-of-los-angeles/
LOCATION:The EBELL of Los Angeles\, 741 S Lucerne Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "Cut/Fold/Press" at Craft Alliance!
DESCRIPTION: I am  thrilled to participate in “Cut/Fold/Press” juried by artist and educator Buzz Spector at Craft Alliance showing “Burning Bush”\n\n\n7.5 x 11 x 5.5″\, board\, mulberry paper\, sewing thread\, linen thread\n“At times\, paper is often thought as a vehicle for other artistic practices. This exhibit embraces the transformational quality of paper and the art created using paper as a primary material. Juried by Craft Alliance’s inaugural Visiting Artist\, Buzz Spector\, this exhibition brings together compelling work on a seemingly simple material and craft form. CUT/FOLD/PRESS asks paper artists to explore and consider the many forms that paper art takes—books\, sculpture\, and sheet.  \nThe exhibition presents artists who use paper as their primary medium or create artworks made on\, of\, or about paper including cut paper\, folded paper\, woven paper\, glued paper\, drawings\, paintings\, pastels\, printmaking\, photographs\, paper sculpture\, 3D\, bound books\, collage\, or as the subject of a video and installation.” \nBuzz Spector is an artist\, writer and emeritus professor of art at Washington University in St. Louis. His academic career includes five years’ service as dean of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts (2009–2013). Spector has also taught at Cornell University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a full professor and at numerous institutions as visiting or adjunct faculty. \nSpector’s art practice makes frequent use of the book\, both as subject and object\, and focuses on relationships between public history\, individual memory and perception. He has had numerous exhibits in private and institutional galleries and museums in the U.S.\, Europe and Asia\, and his solo or two-person museum exhibits have taken place at the Saint Louis Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art\, Washington\, D.C.; Huntington Museum of Art\, West Virginia; Mattress Factory\, Pittsburgh; Orange County Museum of Art\, Newport Beach\, California; Cranbrook Art Museum\, Bloomfield Hills\, Michigan; and most recently\, Rockford Art Museum\, Rockford\, IL. \nSpector has also published two books\, Buzzwords (Sara Ranchouse Publishing\, 2012) and The Book Maker’s Desire (Umbrella Editions\, 1994). He has also written numerous exhibition catalog essays\, including for exhibits by Luis Camnitzer\, Ann Hamilton\, Dan Ramirez and Dieter Roth.  Additionally\, Spector received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Teaching of Art award in 2013. \n Craft Alliance is located in The Maker District of  St. Louis\, is a hub for artists\, enthusiasts\, and students to explore\, learn\, and celebrate the world of contemporary craft. We offer studios for ceramics\, print and paper arts\, metals\, fibers\, glass\, wood\, an artists-in-residence program\, robust community programs\, and an exhibition program.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-cut-fold-paste-at-craft-alliance/
LOCATION:Craft Alliance\, 5080 Delmar Blvd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: 62nd Annual Juried Competition: Mazur Museum
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in “The 62nd Annual Juried Competition” at  Mazur Museum! \nAbout the Exhibition\nThe Masur Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium. First started in 1964\, the Annual Juried Competition is the Masur Museum’s longest-running tradition and one of its best-reviewed exhibitions each year. This year\, 1400  artworks were submitted by artists all over the nation\, in all styles and media.\n\nExhibition on view Feb 20 – May 3\, 2025\nPublic Reception: January 20\, 2025 5:30 – 7:30 PM \nI am honored to show: “The Body Politic: Black and Gold”\n\n2024\, 8.5 x 23 x 7″\, bk board\, paint\, canvas\, metal leaf\, lace\, cord\, netting\, trim\, beads \n \nAbout the Juror\nAnnemarie Sawkins\, PhD\, is a Milwaukee-based independent curator\, who has curated several exhibitions for the Masur Museum of Art including Kogyo: Japanese Woodblock Prints (2022)\, Treasures of Art Nouveau (2019) and Afghan War Rugs: The Modern Art of Central Asia (2018). Her more recent projects include Profound Prints: Art by Exceptional Women at the Hilliard Art Museum and A Creative Place at the Trout Museum of Art. From 1999 to 2012\, she was a curator at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. A frequent juror and portfolio reviewer\, Annemarie Sawkins has a MA and PhD in Art/Architectural History from McGill University in Montreal\, Canada. \nSponsored by The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council  \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-62nd-annual-juried-competition-mazur-museum/
LOCATION:Mazur Museum\, 1400 South Grand Street\, Monroe\, LA\, 71202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "PAPER" Presented by SITE: BROOKLYN
DESCRIPTION:“PAPER” is presented online by Site: Brooklyn\nFebruary 13\, 2025 – March 13\, 2025\nSEE THE SHOW HERE!\nThe 20th century marked the peak\, and subsequent decline\, of paper’s dominance over everyday life. “Paperwork” is still a near-universal experience\, but like everything else\, has taken a more-and-more virtual form. Paper\, unlike most artistic mediums\, is a substrate first and artistic medium second. Created from textile waste\, paper is woven very deeply into the fabric of modern life. It can be equally associated with the transformation of work\, easy replication\, industriousness\, disposability\, creativity\, and experimentation. Since its invention\, these qualities have encouraged artists to prepare\, design\, and experiment on paper. Ironically\, it was in the later part of the 20th century when artists like Dorothea Rockburne. Ed Ruscha\, and Robert Rauschenberg took the investigations of the Cubists into papier collé and developed paper as both a physical object\, and a subject. Site:Brooklyn is looking for works that continue and expand this tradition.  \nExhibition Juror\, Rachel Gladfelter\,  is the Director at Pace Paper. Previously\, she was the gallery director for the Pace Prints NYC\, a fine art print gallery specializing in original\, limited-edition prints in collaboration with printmaking affiliates\, Pace Editions and Pace Paper. Before that\, Gadfelter held the position of Studio Director for Dieu Donne Paper.  \nSite:Brooklyn Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the current practice of contemporary artists. We are taking Site:Brooklyn online with a new series of interactive exhibitions. Our goal remains the same\, to connect artists with an expert and diverse set of jurors through the open call format. Our new program focuses on online open call exhibitions\, selected by a cast of new jurors\, solo artist features\, and spotlights.  \nSEE THE SHOW HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-paper-presented-by-site-brooklyn/
LOCATION:Site: Brooklyn\, New York City\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBTIONISTA: "PENDULUM" at A.D. Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am happy to participate in the exhibition PENDULUM\, at The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. \n“Gains/losses\, highs/lows\, submerge/emerge……our human experience swings on a pendulum. While we all aim for homeostasis\, the moments the pendulum swings are often when we feel the most alive\, when we are called to act or react. In the past 20 years\, we have faced major political\, social\, environmental\, and personal shifts. These shifts have presented us with obstacles\, challenges as well as moments for reinvention and emergence. This call looks for art that visualizes a swing in the pendulum\, a life altering moment\, a shift in the trajectory.” \nJuror: Emily Beck\nEmily Scott Beck is an interdisciplinary artist and professor in the Department of Art\, Art History and Design at the University of Notre Dame. Her work manipulates and re-contextualizes aspects of our identity that are often hidden within the layers of human communication and interaction. Using video\, animation\, photography\, sculpture\, fibers\, installation\, and sound\, she captures experiences of emotional vulnerability\, unrehearsed performances\, gender construction\, systems of belief\, and women’s labor and leadership. A focus on art as a powerful tool for visual communication and social change is a common thread between her studio practice and her teaching. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States\, including the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh\, NC\, the South Bend Museum of Art in South Bend\, IN\, Elisabet Ney Museum in Austin Texas\, and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago\, IL.\nI am showing my page-less Artists’ Book\,\n“It’s Not Black and White”\, 2021\, 9 x 22 x 7.5″\nbook board\, canvas\, paper\, typewriter ribbon\, hemp cord\, typewriter ribbon\, hemp cord\n\n\nREAD THE PRESS RELEASE!\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibtionista-pendulum-at-a-d-gallery/
LOCATION:A.D. Gallery\, Locklear Hall PO Box 1510\, Pembroke\, NC\, 28372\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBTIONISTA: "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" at the the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in: \n“Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover“\, an evocative visual art exhibition designed to challenge our perceptions and invite us to look beyond the superficial. This engaging showcase\, presented at the Cultural Center\, features a variety of artists who use unexpected materials\, surprising forms\, and innovative techniques to question the initial impressions and judgments we often make.\nEach piece in the collection serves as a metaphor for the complexity of identity and the hidden depths beneath external appearances. By juxtaposing the seen with the unseen\, this exhibition encourages viewers to reconsider how they interpret not only art but each other in everyday life\nJoin us from February 3 – March 1\, 2025\, for a transformative journey that redefines what it means to truly ‘see.’
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibtionista-dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-at-the-the-cultural-center-of-cape-cod/
LOCATION:Cultural Center of Cape Cod\, 307 Old Main Street\, South Yarmouth\, MA\, 02664\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: EXPO 44 at B.J. Spoke Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in EXPO 44  presented online by B.J. Spoke Gallery.\n \nJuror: Emily Olek is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art\, New York. Before joining MoMA\, Emily was the Janet and Craig Duchossois Curatorial Research Assistant in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago\, where she worked on projects including Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw\, Hairy Who? 1966-1969\, and Lygia Pape: Tecelares. She also worked on exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Emily recently completed her M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a concentration in American works on paper and holds a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Chicago. Her Master’s Thesis entitled “So-Called “Outsiders”: A Case Against the Moniker” won UIC Graduate College’s 2022 Outstanding Thesis Award.\n\nView my WORK in the show here! \nReception will be Thursday\, February 6\, 2025\, at 7:00pm (EST) via ZOOM. The reception will be recorded.\nEverybody will be there:\nSelected Artists! Juror! Gallery Members! Guests!\nRegister below and Zoom will send you a link to enter the reception.\nJOIN US!\nRegister HERE for Expo Reception\n\nView my WORK here!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-expo-44-at-b-j-spoke-gallery/
LOCATION:B.J. Spoke Gallery\, 299 Main Street\, Huntington\, NY\, 11743\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHBITIONISTA: "Visual Language of Modernity" with WHOSMUSEUM at the Sasse Museum
DESCRIPTION:I am looking forward to participating in the upcoming exhibition “Visual Language of Modernity“ \n“Visual Language of Modernity” is visioned to be a resourceful group exhibition showcasing contemporary artworks by international artists. The artworks have been chosen to provide a unique lens at the complexities and modernity of multi-cultural backgrounds and identities in globalization and diaspora. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of art forms\, medias and materials\, from traditional techniques to digital work and installation art. The exhibition has been designed to reflect the multi-aspects of modern creation. \n“Visual Language of Modernity” a juried exhibition masterfully curated by Shuai Xu\, emerges as a groundbreaking showcase of contemporary artworks that challenges our understanding of identity in an increasingly interconnected world. This international exhibition brings together artists whose works navigate the complex intersection of tradition\, displacement\, and cultural evolution in our globalized society.”–Sasse Museum of Art\n \nIn collaboration with WHOSMUSEUM and Sasse Museum of Art\, the “Visual Language of Modernity” will take place in the  Sasse Museum of Art located in the diverse-cultural Downtown Pomona Arts Colony at 300 S. Thomas St.\, Pomona.\nThe exhibition will run from February 1st to February 22nd\, 2025.\nThe local art community and world-wide art lovers are encouraged to experience this dynamic exploration of  art\, culture\, and aesthetic presentations emerging from multi-cultural artists’ communities\, their artistic languages integrated with innovation and modernity. \nI am very happy to be showing:\n“Concurrencies I: Charlotte Salomon Eva Hesse”\, 2022\, 58 x 19.5″\, denim\, varnish\, hemp cord\, gold thread \n \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-visual-language-of-modernity-with-the-whosmuseum-at-the-sasse-museum/
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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