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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: 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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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: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: 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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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: "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:"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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations
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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: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: "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\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\, Magigian\, 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:CA
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Verum Ultimum Gallery":MAILTO:fineartvu@gmail.com
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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: "Knot Sorry" at Not Shockboxx Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am happy to be participating in “Knot Sorry” at Not Shockboxx Gallery!\nI will be showing for the first time a new work entitled: Target Practice which can be presented in multiple ways:\n \n   \nKnot Sorry pulls fiber art out of the polite\, domestic corner and into the spotlight where it belongs — bold\, labor-intensive\, intimate\, and impossible to ignore. This exhibition celebrates work made by hand\, by time\, by tension. Quilts that carry stories. Garments that feel like armor or confession. Threads that bind\, unravel\, and reassemble meaning. \nWe’re interested in fiber as both material and message. The slow process. The repetitive act. The history stitched into every surface. And the ways artists are pushing these traditions into something sharper\, stranger\, more personal. \nBring us the pieces that blur the line between craft and fine art. The ones that feel obsessive. Tender. Unapologetic. Work that holds weight — physically or emotionally — whether it’s stitched\, knotted\, woven\, sewn\, or layered into mixed media. \nThis is about care and control. About labor you can see. About softness that doesn’t ask permission. \nNo apologies. No minimizing. \nKnot Sorry.” –Not Shockboxx Gallery \nRSVP for the opening
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-knot-sorry-at-not-shockboxx/
LOCATION:Not Shockboxx Gallery\, 636 Cypress Avenue\, Hermosa Beach\, 90254\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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