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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: FANTASTIC FIBERS 2022
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be participating in FANTASTIC FIBERS 2022\, an international juried exhibition that seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding works related to the fiber medium.\n\nPictured\, my work\, “Excavation of the Interior“\, 2021 \nOne of Yeiser Art Center’s most engaging\, innovative & colorful international exhibits\, Fantastic Fibers is an inspirational must-see for fine artists\, quilters and textile art enthusiasts across the globe. \nContemporary and innovative works created with fiber as the primary medium or concept were welcome. This exhibition was open to all artists 18 years and over working in the field of fiber art. \nThe show began in 1987 as a wearable art show but has evolved over the years to include a compelling mix of traditional and non-traditional works created from natural or synthetic fibers\, and work that addresses the subject or medium of fiber. \nJUROR: Matt Collinsworth\nMatt Collinsworth became the new CEO of the National Quilt Museum during the summer of 2021.  Matt attended Georgetown College in central Kentucky and received his MFA from Ohio State.  He has been directing nonprofit organizations since 1998 and museum’s and other cultural organizations since 2003.  Matt has served as Director of the Kentucky Folk Art Center\, Senior Director of Cultural Outreach at Morehead State University\, Interim Director of the Lexington Art League\, and Director of the National Music Museum.  Matt has curated and co-curated dozens of exhibitions that have appeared at museums and galleries across the country\, including national and international traveling shows. He also produced numerous major exhibition catalogs\, overseen large cultural events\, and led several facility renovation projects. Matt lives in Paducah’s Lowertown Arts District with his wife\, Kelly\, his son\, Eli\, and (when she’s home from college) his daughter\, Brynn.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-fantastic-fibers-2022/
LOCATION:Yeiser Art Center\, 200 Broadway St.\, Paducah\, KY\, 42001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to have two pieces in the 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper exhibition\, juried by: Jennifer Dasal\, creator and host of ArtCurious Podcast\, a podcast about art history\, and previously Associate Curator of Contemporary Art\, North Carolina Museum of Art. \nListen to Jennifer Dasal’s talk HERE!\n“Walk” through the show HERE!\nI am showing “PRAIRIE”   \nand \n“BURNING BUSH”\n\nView all the wonderful works in the show HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-35th-annual-mcneese-national-works-on-paper/
LOCATION:McNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts\, 4205 Ryan St.\, Lake Charles\, LA\, 70609\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "Collective Acts of Peace / Actos colectivos de paz"
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in: Collective Acts of Peace / Actos colectivos de paz\, an exhibition of 18th Street Arts Center in the Slipstream Gallery\, at the Airport Campus. curated by Frida Cano.\n“Artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center are pleased to present Collective Acts of Peace\, a selection of 18th Street projects with the aim of exploring different embraces of the creative mind in the midst of an endless global pandemic. Featuring the work of Alexandra Dillon\, Ameeta Nanji\, Crystal Michaelson\, Daniela Schweitzer\, David McDonald\,  Debra Disman\, Doni Silver Simons\, Joan Abrahamson\, Joan Wulf\,  Julia Michelle Dawson\, Labkhand Olfatmanesh\, Lola del Fresno\, M Susan Broussard\, Melinda Smith Altshuler\, Rebecca Youssef\, and Susie McKay Krieser\,  this artist-led project is on view in the Slipstream Galleries 18th Street Arts Center’s Airport Campus (3026 Airport Ave\, Santa Monica) from March 14 – June 4\, 2022. The exhibition highlights the connections among creatives who strive to make this a better world for all living beings\, humans and non-humans alike.”
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-collective-acts-of-peace-actos-colectivos-de-paz/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery\, 3026 Airport Avenue\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: EXPO 41 at B.J. Spokes Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be included in:\nEXPO 41\, a virtual exhibition of the b.j. spoke gallery\n \nJuror: Sewon Kang\,  Archivist at The Easton/Bourgeois Archive in NYC. Formerly she served as Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art.\n The Opening Reception will be held on ZOOM – Saturday\, March 5th at 7:00pm (EST).\nTo Attend\, Please REGISTER HERE!\nView the show HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-expo-41-at-b-j-spokes-gallery/
LOCATION:B.J. Spoke Gallery\, 299 Main Street\, Huntington\, NY\, 11743\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: Material III at d’Art Center
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be showing in MATERIAL III\, an exhibition of original fiber artworks from across the country highlighting the quality and variety of artworks utilizing fiber as a major component\, including non-functional\, 2D\, 3D\, fine art\, and fine craft in fiber including mixed media works\, in a variety of styles\, co-curated by gallery manager Amanda Bradley and exhibition juror\, Ryan Lytle.\n \nI am showing “BEFORE THE FALL“\, a sculptural book that is hung!\n    \nSee the Live\, In-Person AWARDS EVENT HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/material-iii-at-dart-center/
LOCATION:d’Art Center\, 740 Boush St.\, Norfolk\, VA\, Virginia\, 23510\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: The Center for Contemporary Art 2022 International
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in The Center For Contemporary Art‘s\n2022 International Juried Exhibition\n\nEXHIBITION DATES: January 14\, 2022 – February 26\, 2022\nExhibition Opening Reception: Friday\, January 14\, 2022\,  6-8 p.m.\nAttend the Zoom OPENING\, January 14th\, 2022\, at 7PM EST\, 3PM PST!\nJUROR: Erin Jenoa Gilbert\nEXHIBITING ARTISTS:\nJoan Appel\, Claude Beller\, Bill Brookover\, Monica J. Brown\, Lionel Carre\, Arden Cone\, Steven Daiber\, Debra Disman\, Tracy DiTolla\, Marvin Eans\, Steven Epstein\, Tracy Finn\, Sandy Furst\, Anita Gladstone\, Gregory Hennen\, Valerie Huhn\, Pat Kelly\, Karen L. Kirshner\, Jack Knight\, Shawn Marshall\, Monica Mendes\, Edward Mills\, Myra Nowlin\, David Orban\, Clare Parry\, Sandi Pfeifer\, Robert Reid\, Lilly Saywitz\, Alireza Vaziri Rahimi\, Mark Vogel\, Chrissy Wallace\n\nABOUT THE JUROR:\nErin Jenoa Gilbert is a New York based curator and art advisor\, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora. Exploring the relationship between art\, power and politics\, her curatorial practice examines the physical and psychological connection to land\, the trauma of displacement and the Black female body as contested terrain. Gilbert’s intersectional critical analysis exposes the fault lines in the aesthetic regimes that dominate visual culture\, specifically by presenting artists whose contributions to the canon have been overlooked\, particularly women artists from the “Deep South” and the “Global South”. Most recently the Curator of African American Manuscripts at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art\, she has also held positions at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Studio Museum in Harlem. \nOver the course of her career she has addressed audiences at The Studio Museum in Harlem\, National Gallery of Art\, Smithsonian American Art Museum\, Howard University\, Fashion Institute of Technology and Swann Auction House. Figure and Force\, a conversation she moderated between Barbara Chase Riboud and Ilyasah Shabbaz for Solange’s Saint Heron\, exemplifies her commitment to expanding the audience for modern and contemporary art. \nIn July 2021\, Gilbert curated A Force For Change\, an exhibition presenting 26 contemporary women artists of African descent in New York benefiting UN Women. She is the co-curator of Mary Lovelace O’Neal: Whales Fucking which will open at MoAD in San Francisco\, California in November 2022. Since 2015 she has curated several museum and gallery exhibitions in the US and UK including Zohra Opoku: Draped Histories/Beyond Visage\, Sienna Shields: Invisible Woman and In The Eye of the Beholder. \nGilbert holds a BA in Political Science and a BA in African and African American Studies from the University of Michigan\, and a MA in Contemporary Art from the University of Manchester.  She has published catalog essays on several prominent artists\, including Deborah Roberts (Spelman University\, 2018); Alma Thomas (Mnuchin Gallery\, 2019); Chakaia Booker (ICA Miami\, 2021) and Mary Lovelace O’Neal (MoAD\, 2022). \nAttend the Zoom OPENING\, January 14th\, 2022\, at 7PM EST\, 3PM PST!\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-the-center-for-contemporary-art-2022-international/
LOCATION:The Center For Contemporary Art\, 2020 Burnt Mills Road\, Bedminster\, Bedminster\, NJ\, 07921\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "MOSTLY MONOCHROME"
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be included in the exhibition\, Mostly Monochrome\, presented online by the loved and respected  WoArt Blog\, and curated by WoArtBlog founder\,  Christina Massey\, offering a strong platform for Women Artists. \n\n\nNovember 1 – 30th\, 2021\nwww.woartblog.com.\n\n“Mostly Monochrome” is an online exhibition featuring artists using a mostly monochromatic approach to the creation of their work. Artworks with the reduced variant of color grab their viewers attention instead through their process\, materials\, composition and tonality.\nAs one scrolls through the exhibition\, you’ll be visually transitioning through subtle shifts in the monochromatic palette and visually stimulated through the juxtaposition of works from minimal color field paintings to extremely detailed and laborious drawings and sculptures.\nViewers are invited to scroll through the wide range of artistic styles and explore the work in the virtual gallery slideshow. Click on the images to get further details and make any purchases of Artworks.\nSupport the work of Women Artists\, shop the online store!\n\nFeaturing Artists: \nLaura Ahola-Young\, Lois Bender\, Laurey Bennett-Levy\, Angelica Bergamini\, Carol Bouyoucos\, Clare Burson\, Ai Campbell\, Jaynie Crimmins\, Marianne DeAngelis\, Debra Disman\, Pauline Galiana\, Veronika Golova\, Carolynn Haydu\, Erin Juliana\, Rachel Kohn\, Parvathi Kumar\, Barbara Laube\, Bonny Leibowitz\, Seren Morey\, Jane Nodine\, Judith Ornstein\, Dara Oshin\, Barbara Owen\, Lily Prince\, Eve Provost Chartrand\, Robin Roi\, Andra Samelson\, Amy Sands\, Mary Shah\, Barbara Sherman\, Christina Smith\, Lauren Smith\, Judi Tavill\, Jessica Tawczynski\, Shira Toren\, Ellen Weider\, Odeta Xheka\, Emna Zghal\, Tamar Zinn \nI am honored to have two works presented in the show\, “Before the Fall”\, and “Profusion”\, pictured below. \n \n \nHear our discussion on Clubhouse!\nArtists Who AND…\, ”Artists…giving back to the creative community”\, Debra Disman/Lois Bender/Laurey Bender-Levy\, Clubhouse\, November 17\, 2021
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-mostly-monochrome/
LOCATION:WoArt
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: Brand 49: the  Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper
DESCRIPTION: I am thrilled to participate in the exhibition: Brand 49\, the Brand Associates Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper\, happening September 11 – October 30\, 2021\, represented by a collaborative artist book work created with contemporary  artist Luciana Abait\, entitled\, “drift“. The piece highlights the effect humans are having on our precious and fragile environment\, specifically\, the melting of the polar icecaps in Antarctica.  \nBrand 49 welcomes Marvella Muro\, Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics and Art (SHG) in Los Angeles\, as this year’s juror. From it’s inception in 1973\, Self Help Graphics has been nationally known for functioning at the intersection of the arts and social justice. Providing a home that fosters the creativity and development of local artists\, it is the pre-eminent center for Latinx printmaking and a resource for young and emerging artists. \nBrand 49 is organized by the Associates of Brand Library & Art Center\, an all volunteer non-profit that raises funds to support the extensive free and public events at Brand including gallery exhibitions\, classical and popular music performances\, film screenings\, dance performances\, and activities for people of all ages.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/brand-49-the-annual-national-juried-exhibition-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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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: TRICKSTERS & TRANSFORMATION at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be participating in “Tricksters and Transformation”\, organized by Textile Arts LA\, on view at the Helms Design Center\, Studio E!\n \n“Textiles have the universally demonstrated capacity for holding meaning\, establishing connections\, and creating healing. As we emerge\, on many levels\, from the darkness into the light of awareness of isolation and injustice we have an opportunity and obligation to examine the status quo. This exhibition will allow the artist to step into the now and make work that opens doors within themselves\, thereby acting as a portal to a collective resurgence into a renewed relationship with the world. This awakening inspires transformation. \nThere is a deep potential for the artist to act as trickster\, agent of change\, or boundary crosser. After the pandemic and the social upheaval of the past eighteen months\, the artist has gained renewed agency for creating more enlightened definitions of meaning and new ways of seeing. \nThe pandemic can be a portal\, serving as a provocation to transformation.” \nI am showing “Torrent and Tangle: Keep Your House In Order”\, in a new configuration! \n \nJuror: Carol Shaw-Sutton \nCarol Shaw-Sutton has been exhibiting her fiber sculpture in the U.S. and internationally since the 1970s with the California Design Exhibitions\, the Young American Award exhibition at Museum of Art and Design in NYC\, three Lausanne Biennales in Switzerland and the Kyoto Museum of Art\, Japan.  Her work is included in numerous major museum collections including the Oakland Museum of Art\, The DeYoung Museum\, The Museum of Art and Design\, among others\, as well as corporate and private holdings worldwide.  She received three NEA Individual Artist Fellowships\, the prestigious Young American Award from the American Craft Council\, the United States/Japan and the United States/France Fellowships and many others from her city and university. Shaw-Sutton recently retired from the School of Art at CSULB where she headed their Fiber Program for more than thirty years and is now Professor Emeritus. \nArtist -in-residence Carmen Mardonez will be at the gallery. Please email Carrie Burckle or Lesley Roberts if you would like to meet one of us at the gallery to walk-through. Thank you for supporting textile arts in Los Angeles!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-tricksters-transformation-at-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Blvd. Studio E\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: THE BOOK AS ART v9: MUSE
DESCRIPTION:Artist books take many forms – from handmade and lusciously tactile to linear and informative\, abstract and questioning to sculptural and monumental.\nThe Decatur Arts Alliance presents the ninth edition of the juried exhibition of artists’ books\, The Book as Art v.9: Muse\, August 13–October 3\, 2021. This show celebrates the book with a wildly varied collection of inventive and spectacular work that challenges expectations. The exhibition will be installed once again at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library. \nDedicated to the memory of Dorothy “Dot” Davis Moye (1941-2021). \nBrought to you by Decatur Arts Alliance\, Georgia Center for the Book\, the DeKalb Co. Public Library\, DeKalb Library Foundation and Keep it Indie-catur. \n\n\n\n\nGallery Hours\nAug. 13-Oct.3\nThe Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library\, 215 Sycamore St.\, Decatur\, Ga. \nThe gallery will be open for limited\, in-person viewing hours. Registration required. \n\n\nBook An Appointment \nI am showing\, “WINDOW TREATMENT” \n \nTo see a video of this work\, please see VIDEO below! \n\nWatch Video HERE \n  \n \nExperience the talk HERE \nPlease see the online version of the Show\, Opening Night Tour\, and all other information HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-the-book-as-art-v9-muse/
LOCATION:Decatur Library\, 215 Sycamore Street\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, United States
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: Book As Art 2021: Muse
DESCRIPTION:The Book as Art v. 9.0: Muse\nPresented by the The Decatur Arts Alliance\nDecatur\, Georgia\n August 13–October 1\, 2021.\nThe Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) presents the ninth edition of the juried exhibition of artists’ books\, The Book as Art\, August 13–October 1\, 2021. This edition will be installed once again at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library. If conditions allow\, the DAA will sponsor a limited opening on Friday\, August 27\, 2021\,or a virtual opening and tour of the exhibition. The exhibition is brought to you by Decatur Arts Alliance\, Georgia Center for the Book\, the DeKalb Co. Public Library\, DeKalb Library Foundation and Keep it Indie-catur. \n“Nine: a number both sacred and profane. This mystical numeral\, both spiritual and scientific\, is celebrated the world over and in all religions\, representing the brightest ands darkest aspects of the celestial and the terrestrial. Fulfillment\, completion\, reflection\, and birth are balanced with pain\, misfortune\, evil\, and death.\nFor the Ancient Greeks\, nine sisters born of heaven and memory gave inspiration to artists\, scientists \, and historians. They guided the feet and the fingers\, moved the brush and the pen\, swelled the chest\, and sweetened the voice. But when their gifts of love and wisdom were overshadowed by hubris\, the sisters punished and imprisoned those who forsook the purity of their spiritual gifts.\nThe muses still call out to artists world-wide\, placing in their minds the seeds of creation\, the word\, the phrase\, the form\, are born and transformed upon the page. Held in the hand\, a book can be a source of stability in unsettled times. Tactile and olfactory\, the black and white pages conjure emotions and images that endure longer than flickering light on small screens. From tablet to folio\, papyrus to scroll\, song to psalm—all are created as a concept that becomes thought\, becomes word\, becomes book\, becomes sculpture.\nThese objects\, in an increasingly digital world\, stubbornly survive and have proved a steady presence in our unprecedented isolation. Color and light\, script and structure\, translate thought and idea\, and bestow upon us\, the viewers\, the fruit of artistic inspiration. The objects in this exhibition will interpret the concept of the book and invite the viewer to look beyond the printed page to where ideas\, words\, and symbols are transformed and are transfigured. They are expressive\, iconic\, mystical\, and inspirational. They are\, in form\, muse.” \nBeautifully made volumes\, sculptural and conceptual interpretations\, and one-of-a-kind approaches to the book format as well as  wall-hung interpretations will be showcased! \nI am showing “Window Treatment“\, 13″ x 38″ x 9.25″\, a one-of-a-kind  sculptural Artists’ Book made of book board\, file folders\, paint\, hemp cord\, linen thread\, canvas\, mulberry paper and watercolor paper. It stands upright on a pedestal\, shelf\, table or other surface parallel to the floor. When opened\, it can span up to 38” wide. \n \nSee the Show! https://decaturartsalliance.org/book-as-art/\nEVENTS:\nSeveral events are planned throughout the run of the show. The Georgia Center for the Book inaugurated a series of virtual tours of the exhibition\, artist talks\, and discussions in 2020 that will be continued in 2021. Through these presentations artists were able to talk in depth about their books\, and lead us on virtual tours through their volumes. You can review these presentations at bookasart.com\, and on the Georgia Center for the Book’s YouTube channel \nThe Jurors: \nAnna Embree is a Professor for the MFA Book Arts Program in the School of Library Science and Information Studies at the University of Alabama. She teaches courses and workshops in bookbinding\, box making\, and special topics in book preservation and book history. Anna has a strong interest in the physical and material aspects of book structures\, collaborates with printers and papermakers on limited edition handmade books\, and has exhibited widely.\nAnna’s book work focuses on composition and form. When designing a single book or an edition\, she works to unify content\, structure\, and materials. The goal is to create a visually engaging work that facilitates interaction with the content through purposeful mechanical and operational design choices. \nBeth Shoemaker is the Rare Book Librarian at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript\, Archive & Rare Book Library in Atlanta. Her work includes cataloging\, collection development\, teaching and curating exhibits in the Emory Libraries. In 2018 she co-curated the exhibit Common Thread: Women’s Experience through Artists’ Books at Rose Library and was recently a featured speaker on the role of artists’ books in academic libraries for the Form & Function from Afar Conference\, organized by Book Paper Thread. At Emory she is the co-organizer of an event series called Bound with History\, where each event is focused on a portion of the rare book collection\, including artists’ books and pop-ups\, and attendees get to have a hands-on experience with collection material. \n Sande Wascher-James has been working with the book arts since the mid-nineties when she discovered that she could use all of the mediums she enjoyed working with in a format that varied greatly and had meaning—the book. One of the hallmarks of her work is purposefully using techniques such as embroidery and beading\, which are considered “women’s work”\, to deal with issues felt to be of importance to most women through the medium of book structures. The books are meant to be held in the hand and to be read\, as well as to be displayed in their sculptural format. She makes both one-of-a-kind books and small editions\, usually no more than two editions per year due to the intensive labor involved in making them. Sande feels that the books need to be both artistically beautiful and have a text that is as powerful as the imagery. Sande is a full time studio artist whose work has been in many exhibitions\, is held in both private and public collections\, and in publications. She has been honored with awards for her work in exhibitions\, and has work held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts\, Yale\, Harvard\, Duke\, University of Washington\, and others.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-book-as-art-2021-muse/
LOCATION:Decatur Library\, 215 Sycamore Street\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: "Reflection" at the Korean Cultural Center and Launch LA
DESCRIPTION:REFLECTION\nA LAUNCH LA  GROUP EXHIBITION\nIn partnership with The Korean Cultural Center\, Los Angeles \n \nAUGUST 6 – AUGUST 27\, 2021\n A reflection may be an image mirrored back to the observer or serious thought and consideration. In the case of this exhibition\, it’s both. “Reflection” brings together artists from across Southern California whose practices contemplate and reflect our times.  Through their work\, they provide an authentic lens to view contemporary culture. \nJURORS: \nSunook Park is a professor in the CSULB School of Art and Brand Coach at SUNOOKPARK Branding. He is the independent curator and founder of ANDLAB: a motivational retreat center\, alternative exhibition space\, and education lab of art and design thinking. \nTerrell Tilford is an accomplished actor as well as long time collector and curator of contemporary and modern art. He founded Band of Vices in the West Adams area of LA in 2015. The gallery serves as a platform for emerging\, mid-career & established Contemporary artists. \nI am showing\, “Maximum Security“\, 15 x 18 x 10.25”\, mixed media (book board\, canvas\, wood\, hemp cord\, watercolor paper\, acrylic paint and ink)
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-reflection-at-the-korean-cultural-center-and-launch-la/
LOCATION:Launch LA\, 170 S La Brea Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210804T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210821T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: The 2021 California Open Exhibition at TAG Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled and honored to participate in the\n16th Annual 2021 California Open at TAG Gallery in Los Ange;les.\nPlease join us for the Opening Saturday August 7th\, 7-10PM.\n”\n“Prairie“\, (interior/exterior)\, 2018\, 10.25″ x 47″ x 15.25”\, mixed media: book board\, paperboard\, jute cord\, watercolor paper\, tissue paper \nSelected artists:\nMariko Bird\, Alejandro Borges\, Jonathan Crow\, Lynne Deutch\, Debra Disman\, Kevin Eaton\, Louis Jacinto\, Brian Knoerzer\, Debbie Korbel\, Kenny Kwon\, Johnny Naked\, Barbara Nathanson\, Toban Nichols\, Bryan Northup\, Joe O’neill\, Manaz Raiszadeh\, Steven Rahbany\, John Rushing\, James Sloman\, Joshua Tann\, Michael Tole\, Paul Valadez\, Robin Walker\, Paul Westacott\, Tina Ybarra\, R Zach Zecha\, Jim Zver. \nJuror:\nGronk is the moniker of artist Glugio Nicandro. Along with vast and never-ending self- education\, he studied visual art at the East Los Angeles College and California State University\, Los Angeles in the 1970s. Gronk is an enduring and influential figure in the Los Angeles and international art scenes — maintaining an active studio in downtown Los Angeles that functions as his live-work space and an epicenter for other artists and community members. Along with a core group of artists\, Gronk helped establish Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) in 1978. In 1993\, a traveling retrospective of his work\, Gronkl: A Living Survey\, 1972 – 1993\, was organized by the Mexican Museum in San Francisco and traveled to several institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Gronk exhibited at LACMA again in 2011 for the exhibition ASCO: Elite of the Obscure. Gronk’s work is represented in numerous private and museum collections across the country\, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of modern Art (SFMoMa); the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)\, Los Angeles. Gronk’s Theater of Paint marks the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles in more than two decades.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-the-2021-california-open-exhibition-at-tag-gallery/
LOCATION:Tag Gallery\, 5458 Wilshire Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T213000
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SUMMARY:LEFT/RIGHT/HERE: An Outdoor Art Experience
DESCRIPTION:Please Join Us For: \nLEFT/RIGHT/HERE: An Outdoor Art Experience\n\nJuly 10\, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm\n\n\n\n\nLEFT/ RIGHT/ HERE\nAn Outdoor Art Experience\nPart of Recovery Justice: Being Well \nJuly 10\, 2021 | 7:30 – 9:30 PM\n3026 Airport Ave\, Santa Monica\, 90405 \nOutdoor projections begin at 8 PM\, at sunset. Lionel Popkin’s Six Positions on Uncertainty live performances in the Main Propeller Gallery are at 7:45 PM and 8:45 PM.\nWe will be allowing visitors into the gallery (masks required)\, and to view open studios\, please register for faster check-in at the door. \n \nWhere is here? Can we be together? Can we find stability amidst uncertainty? Join artists Lionel Popkin\, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario\, Yrneh Gabon and Susie McKay Krieser\, Lola del Fresno\, Luciana Abait\, Nicola Goode\, Cognate Collective’s Market Exchange project\, and Debra Disman in a one-night only interactive outdoor and indoor art experience as part of the exhibition Recovery Justice: Being Well. \nBegin and end your experience with a special screening projected onto the Hanger and live performance of Popkin’s Six Positions on Uncertainty in the Propeller Gallery\, contemplating a ritual to aid in both grounding oneself as well as working through the idea of social isolation due to the pandemic. \n\nView vinyl murals including Gabon and McKay Kreiser’s Oneness\, One Mask\, One Love\, One Heart🖤; Fresno’s The innocents (save a million lives); and Abait’s Mattress from Displacement Series on the Hangar’s Glider Wall outdoor gallery.\nCheck out Marcus Kuiland-Nazario’s Sea Change Lab pop-wagon project\, with live performance and installation in the parking lot. ALEXANDMUSHI will be performing their Chair Conversations throughout the evening. Learn more about their performance here.\nDiscover Debra Disman’s new video filmed by videographer Jeny Amaya around self-compassion and book making and see her Artists’ Book\, “Unfolding Possibilities”\, which incorporates words offered up by the community in response to the pandemic through her Arts Learning Lab workshop: Bookmaking with Compassion\, and pick up a copy of Nicola Goode’s limited edition poster with images from Board-Ups\, a project documenting storefronts of Santa Monica’s business district during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.\nExplore the handmade wares of artisan vendors from Cognate Collective’s Market Exchange project\, and experience their crafting demonstrations. Learn more here: https://marketexchange.18thstreet.org/ \nEnjoy food trucks and artist open studios throughout the night!\n\nThis is a live\, in-person event. Masks will be required at all times indoors. Reservations are required.  \nYou may choose to drive through the event\, but due to the June 15 California re-opening\, we will also allow visitors to park and enter inside the galleries to view the exhibition Recovery Justice: Being Well\, Lionel Popkin’s live performance\, and artist open studios. \n\n\nJoin Us!\nRegister here
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/left-right-here-an-outdoor-art-experience/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery\, 3026 Airport Avenue\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: 2021 INTERNATIONAL ART OF THE BOOK Show
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled that Burning Bush has been accepted into the Rochester Public Library’s 2021 International Art of the Book show. \n \n\nTHE 2021 ART OF THE BOOK & PAPER SCULPTURE\n“In 2011\, we held the first Art of the Book exhibit in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Rochester Public Library. At the time\, we wanted to celebrate what has been at the core of libraries for centuries–the book. We marveled over the intricate interpretations of this humble format\, and we were thrilled with the response to the exhibit from the community.” \n“In subsequent years\, the exhibit has grown to include entries from all over the world\, featuring well-known artists for their exquisite work. We have built a reputation worldwide among book artists\, and we are so pleased to see that reputation upheld. \nBooks continue to ensnare the imagination\, both for their form and content. Artists manipulate those two components to create breathtaking\, mind-bending works of art that tease and cajole people to consider the intricacies of paper\, ink\, words\, and meaning. \nIn commemoration of the 10th Anniversary\, we are adding Paper Sculpture as a new category. This new category will celebrate the extraordinary use of paper\, in an art form that combines or shapes papers.” \nArtist Books are…\nworks of art realized in the form of a book. They are often published in small editions\, though sometimes they are produced as one-of-a-kind objects referred to as ‘unique.’ Artist Books have employed a wide range of forms including scrolls\, fold-outs\, concertinas\, or loose items contained in a box\, as well as bound printed sheets. Artists have been active in printing and book production for centuries\, but the artist book is primarily a late 20th century art form. \nAltered Books are…\nany book\, old or new\, that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art. They can be rebound\, painted\, cut\, burned\, folded\, added to\, collaged in\, gold-leafed\, rubber stamped\, drilled or otherwise adorned…and yes\, it is legal. They can also be composed entirely of unique materials. \nPaper Sculptures are…\nartworks created as sculptures using paper in some form as the predominant medium. These sculptures are three-dimensional and can be either free-standing or bas relief and would be considered art forms in themselves.  Paper sculpture can be functional or non-functional with attention to pushing the limits of how paper can be used and explores paper in inventive and unique ways. \nJuly 9\, 2021: Show opens\nSeptember 15\, 2021: Reception\, Award Ceremony\, 10th Anniversary party(date subject to change)\nOctober 30\, 2021: Exhibition closes.\nView the show:  AOB_2021_Program (1)\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-2021-international-art-of-the-book-show/
LOCATION:Rochester Public Library\, 115 South Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210701T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210822T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: LIMINAL at Verum Ultimum Art Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Verum Ultimum Gallery tasks artists to define “Liminal” for this first edition of this exhibition.\nI am thrilled to be part of this first edition of the theme: LIMINAL\, at Verum Ultimum Gallery through which artists are invited to explore the theme\, LIMINAL in any interpretation. Pictured: my work  The Gates\, (interior)\, 2019\, 7.5 x 20 x 10.25”\, mixed media/sculptural artists’ book. \n\n\nLiminal is the space between. What significance does transition (or the “space between“) have in your work or your artistic voice? Does your work reflect the liminal aspects of our pandemic-impacted world and the adaptation to a post pandemic existence? Does your work represent and or challenge the threshold to a more equitable society? Or\, perhaps it reflects a vehicle for expression through pure abstraction. \nAs with all Verum Ultimum’s calls for art\, the curator never seeks to drive the work\, the only hope is to unveil unique visions. All mediums and modes of expression have been welcomed from low brow\, pop surrealism\, realism\, abstraction\, and more. The term Liminal may be interpreted in many ways\, and is not necessarily meant to be a literal elucidation. \nLiminal is defined as\n1. relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.\n2. occupying a position at\, or on both sides of\, a boundary or threshold.\n​One could argue that artists are conditioned to occupy the liminal state. And a successful studio is a space in flux\, poised for adaptation (to projects\, challenges\, and materials). The focus of the artist is the creative process or the place between the 2 boundaries of “the beginning” and “the outcome or result.” \nA gallery benefits from maintaining that liminal state\, too (adaptation is a constant). \nVerum Ultimum is celebrating it’s eighth year and this exhibition serves to herald the artists unique vision…especially during these challenging times! \nView the Show!!!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/liminal-at-verum-ultimum-art-gallery/
LOCATION:Verum Ultimum Gallery\, 3014 NE Ainsworth\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T120000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: The Fine Art of Denim at Pollak Gallery\, Monmouth University Center for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:I am excited to be included in:\n\n\n\n\nat Monmouth University Center for the Arts Pollak Gallery\nJune 17 – August 14 \, 2021\n \n \nDenim\, with all its symbols and dualities\, is a common item of clothing that unites many around the globe. Dad Jeans\, skinny jeans\, low riders\, bell bottoms\, boot leg\, wide leg\, no leg\, 501s\, 504s\, button fly\, stretch jeans\, the American dress code writ large across centuries. With so many styles available and ways to accessorize/manipulate the fabric\, denim has historically allowed for a freedom of expression representing both individuality and shifts in cultural movements. Denim comes in a wide range of blues and other colors\, washes\, fades and textures making it a perfect\, but not obvious\, medium to create fine artwork. Join us now\, for a re-imagining of the meaning of denim. Denim that was discarded can open up a new way of looking\, a startling way of seeing past the everyday. What we have abandoned\, will be presented again\, re-purposed from the lives we lived\, to moments we experience together “forever in blue jeans.” \nMonmouth University’s Center for the Art is exhibiting the work of artists  who use recycled denim in new and creative ways in paintings\, sculpture\, collages\, small constructions and wall hangings\, etc. from June 17 – August 14 \, 2021 in the Pollak Gallery. Works shown use denim as the principal medium of the piece and the fabric are reconstructed from its original form in some way.  \n \nSee The Show Here!\n\n\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-the-fine-art-of-denim-at-pollak-gallery-monmouth-university-center-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Pollak Gallery\, Monmouth University Center for the Arts\, 400 Cedar Ave\, \,\, West Long Branch\, NJ\, 07764\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210730T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: Backroads: Art\, Less Traveled at Vestige Concept Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be participating in the exhibition: \n\nBackroads: Art\, Less-Traveled\nOPENING RECEPTION: Saturday\, June 5th\, 2021\, 6 PM w/ Special Musical Guest:  Reid Magette! \nThis exhibit showcases works of art that venture off the beaten path\, especially with regard to travel.   Artwork includes places or experiences involving hidden gems\, special or unusual places\, wanderings\, odd travel\, strange encounters\, and/or “lost” and fading places.\n​See new work from: Paul Roden\, Heather Wendelboe\, Julia Scheckel\, Bengu Cetinkale\, Kent Klaudt\, Hannah Ayers\, Edward Rossel\, Walt Padgett\, Majorie and Bob Moskowitz\, Mark Dierker\, Debra Disman\, Kate Snow\, Jeffrey Neumann\, Paige Kleinfelder\, and more! \n\n\n5417 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15201\ncontact@vestigegallery.com\nTel: ‪(412) 532-8969‬ \n\n\nAlexander Sands |  Owner/Artist\nKelsey Dennis |  Media Director \nView the show!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-backroads-art-less-traveled-at-vestige-concept-gallery/
LOCATION:Vestige Concept Gallery\, 5417 Butler Street\, Pittsburgh\,\, PA\, 15201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210718T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: conVERGEnce at MarinMOCA
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be participating in MarinMOCA’s upcoming exhibition:\nconVERGEnce!\n“In a time of extraordinary flux\, this exhibit will explore concepts of merging\, verging and combining in shape\, form\, color\, and meaning. How do artists investigate coming together—or coming apart—in their practice? The exhibit will feature artists from around the country working in a variety of media. \nThe exhibit has been juried by Susan Snyder who is a partner with Oliver Caldwell in the Caldwell Snyder Gallery\, a leading contemporary art gallery representing many of the most significant international painters and sculptors of the 21st century. Founded in 1983\, the gallery now has three locations in San Francisco\, St. Helena\, and Montecito.” \nThese are the participating artists. \nI am showing\, “Hopes and Fears and…” 2020\, 24.5 x 16.25\, mixed media (textile samples\, linen thread) \n \n\n \n\n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-convergence-at-marinmoca/
LOCATION:MarinMOCA\, 500 Palm Drive\, Novato\, California\, CA\, 94949\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: "Turmoil and Transformation" at the Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be showing “Torrent and Tangle: Keep your House In Order” in  the:\n“Turmoil and Transformation” show at the Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation\, a non-profit\, artist-run organization that  has continued to stimulate discussion and challenge perceptions for over 40 years. This creative space has allowed countless artists a place for transformation\, exploration\, and community with one another which has been BRINGING CREATIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1974 \n“2020 was a year that was filled with worldwide turmoil. The Pandemic. Another reckoning with racism and police brutality. Climate Change\, wildfires\, hurricanes\, and droughts.  The undermining and politicization of science. The widening political divide. An election with voting rights\, healthcare\, immigration\, paid sick leave\, income inequality\, living wages\, reproductive rights\, LGBTQIA rights\, our environment and the future of democracy at stake. \nIs this turmoil leading to transformation? And what kind of transformation is it going to be?“ \n \nHera Gallery/ Hera Educational Foundation presents work that addresses the current turmoil and visions of our future. What are the emotional\, physical and spiritual effects of the turmoil and how might they manifest into the transformation? What does our world look like and what might it look like post-2020. Will transformation reflect the multiplicity of voices of America? How will our future be transformed by the current chaos? \nThe juror\,  Francine Weiss is the Senior Curator at the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island where she curates exhibitions of contemporary art\, photography\, and American art. Her recent exhibitions include “Andy Warhol: Big Shot\,”  “The Shapes of Birds: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa\,” and “Domestic Affairs” among others. Her past positions include Curator at the Photographic Resource Center (Boston\, MA)\, Acting Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC)\, Curatorial Fellow at the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum\, and Curatorial Fellow of American art at Harvard University Art Museums (both in MA) among others. She has taught art history at Wellesley College\, Simmons College\, and Boston University (all in MA) and has taught and advised students in the MFA program at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College. Dr. Weiss has a Ph.D. in American studies\, specializing in art and photography\, from Boston University and a B.A. from Wellesley College in English. She has received fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC)\, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and Research Center (NM)\, Center for Creative Photography (AZ)\, The Huntington (CA)\, and Harry Ransom Center (TX). She has published widely on photography and American art. \nSee the virtual exhibition\, and hear the artist talks here!\nTorrent and Tangle: Keep Your House in Order\, (aerial view) 2019\, 10.5 x 25 x 18”\, mixed media (book board\, lace\, ribbon\, mulberry paper\, hemp cord\, watercolor paper) \n \nRead about the show here !\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-turmoil-and-transformation-at-the-hera-gallery-and-educational-foundation/
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:20210511T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: 2021 LA OPEN at TAG
DESCRIPTION:TAG Proudly Presents\nThe Los Angeles Open 2021\nMay 11 — June 5\nVirtual Reception May 20th 7PM PT\nThis year\, TAG celebrates local area artists with a dedicated showcase from May 11-June 5 in our Sky Gallery in the upstairs loft at TAG. \nParticipating artists include:\nMariko Bird\, Milan DelVecchio\, L. Aviva Diamond\, Debra Disman\, David Emmett\, Taz Essa\, Pat Shafer Falkner\, Tony Gangitano\, Daniela Garcia\, Kyoung Han\, Andy Hann\, Gina Herrera\, Tom Lasley\, Nancy Goodman Lawrence\, Monica Marks\, J.D. Mathes\, Nelson Munares\, Vojislav Radovanovic\, Brian Reynolds\, Emily Sunez\, & Michael Usher. \nEach artist will receive 48 inches of linear wall space to highlight their work and will collaborate with TAG’s  in-house team of artist curators and staff to create each display.  \nI will have three wall pieces and sculptural book pieces in the show. \nPictured:\n“Stepping”\n 2019\, 40 x 19” x 2″\, mixed media (denim\, thread\, bandana) \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-2021-la-open-at-tag/
LOCATION:Tag Gallery\, 5458 Wilshire Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionistia: "A Thousand Words" at Core New Art Space
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to be showing “Window Treatment”  as part of the “A Thousand Words” show at Core New Art Space! \n“A Thousand Words” presents works that tell a story. Realistically\, abstractly or expressionistically inspired by literature and legends\, poetry and parables\, novels and narratives\, myths and metaphors\, artworks have their own fictions\, fables\, folklore or fairytales. Artworks can be worth a thousand words. The submitted works were judged on overall impact\, content\, composition and mastery of techniques\, as well as attention to creativity and craftsmanship.”
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionistia-a-thousand-words-at-core-new-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:20210401T120000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: Fantastic Fibers 2021 at the Yeiser Art Center
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to be showing in FANTASTIC FIBERS 2021 at the Yeiser Art Center. \n“One of  Yeiser Art Center’s most engaging and innovative international exhibitions\, FANTASTIC FIBERS is showcasing \a wide range of outstanding contemporary works related to the fiber medium.” \nHISTORY:\nThe show began in 1987 as a wearable art show but has evolved over the years to include a compelling mix of traditional and non-traditional works created from natural or synthetic fibers\, and work that addresses the subject or medium of fiber.  Paducah becomes a Mecca for quilters and quilt enthusiasts each April as more than 30\,000 visitors from across the globe attend AQS QuiltWeek.  \nI am showing “PROFUSION”  a sculptural Artists’ Book made of book board\, mulberry paper\, paint\, canvas\, watercolor paper and hemp cord. It stands upright on a pedestal\, shelf\, table or another surface parallel to the floor. When opened\, it can span up to 24.5″ wide \n  \n \n \nJUROR:  Sandra Johnson\n“My quilt journey started over 30 years ago and I continue to be inspired by the myriad of fabrics and techniques learned over time. I am a passionate teacher who encourages students to create unique fabric creations\, whether the end product is a quilt or garment. Creating what is important to the maker is a joyful experience that I try to pass on in my workshops. Wherever you are in your design process my goal is to inspire your creative “genius” and improve your techniques. \nHand sewing with my grandmother started it all. From the beginning\, the process of transforming fabric into art struck me as magical. Sewing was the foundation that led me into quilting. What started as a hobby turned my passion into an artistic reality.\nI love to hand stitch using the traditional Japanese Sashiko and Boro embroidery styles and incorporating them as a decorative feature into my designs. The concrete\, repetitive nature of this work frees my imagination provides many opportunities for happy accidents and grace to influence the finished product.\nMy core materials for quilting are thread and fabric\, however\, I often employ recycled denim\, yarns\, dyed fabrics and stamps to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. I hold a B.S. in Clothing\, Textiles and Design from Arizona State University\, Tempe\, AZ.\nRecently\, I discovered modern quilting: simple\, crayoned patchworks that resonate deeply with my fiber work. Inspired and invigorated by a renewed sense of continuity\, and awed by the mystery of how creation occurs\, my process allows me to explore visions to enable my creative work to evolve and grow.”  \nTOUR THE SHOW!!!!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/fantastic-fibers-2021-at-the-yeiser-art-center/
LOCATION:Yeiser Art Center\, 200 Broadway St.\, Paducah\, KY\, 42001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210401T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: "CONTENT" at The Artery
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to be included in CONTENT\, a show of Artists’ Books at The Artery\, in Davis\, CA. \nClick Here to Join us for the online reception!\n \n“Artist Books typically defy classification\, definition\, and expectations. They are vessels for an artist’s vision. To understand what an artist book is you have to forget your definition of a book.” \nAccording to the Smithsonian Institute Library blog\, “An artist’s book is a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of ‘book’ as inspiration. It is the artistic initiative seen in the illustration\, choice of materials\, creation process\, layout and design that makes it an art object. …” \n“What truly makes an artist’s book is the artist’s intent\, and artists have used the book as inspiration in a myriad of ways and techniques\, from traditional to the experimental. The book could be made through fine press printing or hand-crafted\, the pages illustrated with computer-generated images or cheap photocopies; books became sculptures\, tiny and gargantuan; books were sliced up and reconfigured\, made from all kinds of materials with unconventional objects incorporated\, in unique or limited editions\, or produced in multiple copies. With all sorts of ideas behind them\, artists continue to challenge the idea\, content and structure of the traditional book.” \nThere is a special guest juror for this exhibition: Nikki Thompson of Deconstructed Artichoke Press.\nNikki Thompson is a book artist (aka Deconstructed Artichoke Press) and poet. With an MFA from the California College of the Arts\, her art explores architecture\, feminism\, and the politics of work through the mixed media of bookmaking\, printmaking\, and photography. Her work has been awarded First Prize at Gallerie Renee Marie and a Purchase Prize at 23 Sandy Gallery. She has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and received the College Book Arts Association Project Assistance Grant. Her work can be seen at www.deconstructedartichokepress.com. \nCo-juror: Adele Louise Shaw of Circle A Studio.\nAdele is a book artist and a painter. Her career as an artist has been punctuated with wildly diverse artistic explorations but she grew up surrounded by hand-bound books made by her great-grand parents. Her bookbinding studies started with classes in Japan and Thailand. Adele’s book work is squarely focused on a different\, newish book form referred to as “Artist Books”. Many of her hand-bound books are derived from her work as a painter. She never ceases to try new methods and materials to actualize her vision. She teaches book classes out of her studio in Davis\, California. You can view her work at www.adeleshaw.com. \nI am showing:\n“Narrow Bridge”\, 5.5 x 16 x 3.5″\, mixed media\n“Narrow Bridge” is an “Artists’ Book”\, which can be opened to about 16+” wide\, but can be displayed opened to 8-10″\, standing upright. It is a flag book structure and is made of board\, paper\, linen thread\, and fabric. It says\, “All the world is a narrow bridge\, the important thing is not to fear.” (Indeed…!) \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-content-at-the-artery/
LOCATION:The Artery\, 207 G Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210318T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210620T160000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: INSIGHT at the Cape Cod Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be showing in The Cape Cod Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition\,  INSIGHT. When spoken\, this word can be broadly understood as – Insight\, In Sight and Incite. \nGrace Hopkins\, gallery director at the Berta Walker Galleries in Provincetown\, and Wellfleet\, MA served a s juror.\n523 artworks were submitted by 272 artists from 30 states across the country for INSIGHT. Only 65 artworks have been selected from 60 artists in 16 states.\nA note from the juror:\n“Narrowing down the artwork for this exhibition was challenging. I first had to digest all 500+ submissions as a whole before any threads of meaning could be drawn between the works\, and a final cohesive subset could be chosen. As a gallery director I am regularly confronted with an aesthetic puzzle. But\, when you throw in the added thematic complexity of INSIGHT and the sheer number of works submitted\, making a final selection was both a demanding and rewarding exercise in distillation. I want to thank everyone who came forward and placed their artwork into this pool. Another juror\, with different values and sensibilities would have solved this very differently. Your collective vision\, ability and insight moved me.”\n -Grace Hopkins\, Juror\, Artist and Gallery Director\, Berta Walker Galleries \nView Virtual Reception and Video featuring statements from the artists\, juror Grace Hopkins and CCMoA Director of Art\, Benton Jones.\nI am showing MAXIMUM SECURITY\, 2018\, 15 x 18 x 10.25″\, Sculptural Artists’ Book\, Mixed Media (Book board\, wood\, mulberry paper\, paint\, canvas\, watercolor paper and hemp cord). \n  \nWATCH VIRTUAL RECEPTION  SEE ALL THE WORKS hear the ARTISTS SPEAKING ABOUT THEM!\nVIRTUAL RECEPTION PART 2!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-insight-at-the-cape-cod-museum-of-art/
LOCATION:The Cape Cod Museum of Art\, 60 Hope Lane\, Dennis\, MA\, 02638\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210911T170000
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SUMMARY:RECOVERY JUSTICE: Being Well
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in: \nRECOVERY JUSTICE: Being Well\nMarch 8\, 2021 – September 11\, 2021\nat\n18th Street Arts Center (Airport Campus) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Being Well” is what we seek together as neighbors\, and recalls one of the central guiding principles of the City of Santa Monica\, the notion of “wellbeing” as key to civic health. Recovery Justice: Being Well\, aims to highlight the recent circumstances that have evolved during the pandemic (racial justice demonstrations and destruction\, as well as social discontent and general disconnection) into a series of self-organized artist projects that merges the exterior and interior public spaces of City of Santa Monica property. 18th Street Airport Campus at Santa Monica Municipal Airport will be the site where artists reimagine the city and beyond in the midst of complex social unrest globally. Recovery Justice will recuperate through various means the digital and physical footprints left in a city that struggles to reclaim the seemingly peaceful environment it once had. Artists will develop a palette for making and sharing artworks responding to the street experience in safe\, healing and expressive modes. This porous series is a point of departure to reconcile and redefine the concept of justice. \nThis collage of self-organized artist projects was organized around the common theme of Recovery Justice\, facilitated as part of Sara Daleiden’s artist project and ongoing conversations nurtured through a series of online conversations with 18th Street’s artist community called “Creative Roundtables” over the past 8 months. These projects will manifest in outdoor presentations on the side of the building; sculptural\, photographic\, painting and video work in the galleries; and a series of online and drive-in events in Spring of 2021. The artists’ presentations will also be represented online and via a 360 tour for virtual viewing.” \nParticipating artists include: Sara Daleiden\, Nicola Goode\, Susie McKay Krieser\, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario\, M Susan Broussard\, Lionel Popkin\, Yrneh Gabon Brown\, Lola del Fresno\, Debra Disman\, Melinda Smith Altshuler\, Gregg Chadwick\, Luciana Abait\, Deborah Lynn Irmas\, Rebecca Youssef\, and Dan S. Wang. \nSara Daleiden’s residency and facilitation work on these projects is generously supported by the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Bailiwik is also a supporting partner on this exhibition.\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\n(such a joy working with Sara)\nSara Daleiden is a Los Angeles-based artist who facilitates civic engagement within developing landscapes\, exercising arts and cultural exchange strategies. She encourages local cultures to value neighborhoods\, public space\, civic art\, land and racial and gender equity. Sara has an expertise in working with artists and other cultural entrepreneurs for civic engagement\, creative placemaking\, network development and small business development. \nHer project at 18th Street Arts Center grows out of the placekeeping work that 18th Street has been engaged in over the past six years through our cultural asset mapping project (culturemapping90404.org) and the Commons Lab\, which involves community voices to define\, center\, and connect cultural practices within their own neighborhoods. Her practice investigates the influence of location\, scale\, market\, values and other regional factors on the production of the arts and cultural identity. Through methodologies involving partnership mapping\, network building\, and the facilitation of self-organizing and advocacy\, Sara aims to enhance the advocacy power of artists in influencing neighborhood development in the city. Her durational engagement with 18th Street will spin off land-based activations with opportunities for neighbors\, artists\, city staff\, and the broader public to participate. Sara has been collaborating with arts workers Nicola Goode\, Susannah Laramee Kidd\, Dorit Cypis and Kimberli Meyer for this artist project. \nPictured is  “Womb”\, 2021\, (plastic\, canvas\, jute cord) and “I Smile At You With My Eyes”\, 2021\, cardboard\, magazine pages\, acrylic paint\, 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/recovery-justice-being-well/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery\, 3026 Airport Avenue\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210401T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: "Home Sick"
DESCRIPTION:Feel the Art Effect with a new show: Home Sick\n \n“Home sick or sick of home? This exhibition shares work that captures how the tumultuous events of 2020 have shaped personal experiences and artistic practice and explores how the phrase “Home Sick” can take on multiple meanings in today’s revolutionary climate.” \nI am excited to take part in this innovative exhibition at The Art Effect at the Trolly Barn Gallery\, showing:\nBedTime Story. This work features faces created from clay and gifted to me by my Mom\, the ceramicist Judy Disman. Thus this exhbition theme\, and concept of “home”\, and “home sick” holds a very deep resonance. \n   \nThe Art Effect announces the launch of its new international juried exhibition series and pilot youth museum studies program in 2021. Home Sick is The Art Effect’s inaugural national juried exhibition in its new 3\,000-sq-ft gallery at the Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn in the heart of the City of Poughkeepsie. This exciting exhibition will be on display February 25 – April 1\, 2021. \n“Home Sick will serve as a core component of a pilot program to put youth in the “driver’s seat” leading exhibitions and programming at the Trolley Barn\,” says Executive Director Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt. Youth at the Trolly Barn Gallery \nThe exhibition theme invitese artists to capture how the concept of being “home sick” can take on multiple meanings in light of a tumultuous year such as 2020.  \nCurator Mary-Kay Lombino\, Deputy Director and Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center\, Vassar College\, has worked closely with The Art Effect youth to juror the show made up of submissions from around the world. ”We’re very excited to have youth work alongside established curators like Mary-Kay to co-create high-quality exhibitions and develop the skills needed to pursue careers in the art museum field” noted Fenichel-Hewitt. \nSee the HOME Sick opening!\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/home-sick/
LOCATION:The Art Effect at the Trolly Barn Gallery\, 45 Pershing Avenue\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T000000
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SUMMARY:Small Works Big Talent at Las Laguna Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in: \nSmall Works Big Talent\n\n\nJanuary 7 – 30\, 2021\nShowing “Narrow Bridge“\n​“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”   – Vincent Van Gogh\n\n\nFor this selection of work\, Las Laguna Art Gallery received hundreds of submission from artists across the globe. The theme for this exhibition was open\, and the only limitation for this exhibition was that sizes of the art was limited to 18 Inches on any side. Smaller works provides art lovers a great opportunity to begin collecting art.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/small-works-big-talent-at-las-laguna-gallery/
LOCATION:Las Laguna Art Gallery\, 577 South Coast Highway\, Suite A1\, Laguna Beach\, 92651
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201230T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210801T120000
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: IDENTITY at Art Fluent
DESCRIPTION:“IDENTITY is a display of aspects that usually remain hidden—a bittersweet and raw take on what churns inside us. We all have a certain idea of who we are through our identity\, but to get there\, we need to probe beneath the surface. To get a sense of ourselves\, we need to explore who we are\, how we are viewed by the world\, and the characteristics that define us. This exhibit explores our beliefs\, qualities\, expressions\, and personalities that collectively form our identity.” \nI am honored to participate in this exhibition\, showing “White Zip“. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-identity-at-art-fluent/
LOCATION:Art Fluent
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201128T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T170000
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Exhibition: "Illuminate" at Springboard Arts Chicago!
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in:\n“Illuminate”\n Springboard Art Chicago’s Inaugural Art Exhibition!\nIt would be easy to believe the world is cloaked in darkness. But Springboard Arts Chicago invites you to join us as we illuminate the darkness through art. We believe the arts have the power to brighten our lives. Music\, theatre\, performance art\, dance\, and fine art light up our world. In our inaugural show\, we are featuring 15 inspiring artists. We hope you’ll allow them/us to illuminate your indoor spaces this season.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/inaugural-exhibition-illuminate-at-springboard-arts-chicago/
LOCATION:Springboard Arts Chicago\, 1910 W. North Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, IL\, 60622\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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