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Please join us Wednesday September 17, from 3:30 - 5:30PM and learn the "Folded Fan" Book structure! FREE! All supplies included.
I am thrilled to serve as this year's Artist-In-Residence at the SILVERLAKE INDEPENDENT JCC! I have created an 18 x 30' tapestry in six panels, which will be detailed in blog posts. Welcome to Days of Awesome at SIJCC! Each year, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the days in between invite us to reconnect with […]
Please join us Wednesday September 27, at 10AM and learn the “FLAG” Book structure! I am thrilled to serve again as a 2025-26 “NEAR” Artist in Residence at the Northridge Branch Library! This Neighborhood Engagment Artist Residency is supported by the wonderful City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. I was honored to serve as artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library, conducting bookmaking workshops […]
Please join us Saturday November 8th at 10AM for our "WE WRITE THE BOOK" RECIPE BOOK workshop!
Combining folding, gluing and sewing techniques, this fun and useful book combines pockets and pages to hold your treasured family recipes for the holidays and beyond.
JOIN US Wednesday November 12th at 3:30PM to learn how to create a "Double Signature Book", containing two sets of sewn pages! I am thrilled to serve again as a 2025-26 “NEAR” Artist in Residence at the Northridge Branch Library! This Neighborhood Engagment Artist Residency is supported by the wonderful City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. I was honored […]
“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.
This installation draws upon Disman’s research into 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; study and research of the“quipu/khipu”, a record-keeping device made of knotted cords of various 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.
Join Us THIS coming Saturday November 22! 10AM - NOON Learn to make a single signature book with a spine, and use it for a diary, sketchbook, journal, gift or something altogether new!
Join Us Saturday December 6th! 11:30AM - 1:30PM! Learn the "flower fold" and make a book of repeated folded forms that folds into a square, and can fit into a […]
I am thrilled to serve again as a 2025-26 “NEAR” Artist in Residence at the Northridge Branch Library!
Join Us Wednesday December 10th from 3:30 - 5:30PM and bind together your own handmade calendar to welcome 2026!
Saturday Dec 13, 2025 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Not 5PM) Adult Art Class: Unfolding Possibilities—Bookmaking Make your own handmade book using techniques that utilize folding, […]
"We Write the Book" Culmination Party and Final Craft
All are invited to our free culmination event for our "We Write the Book" program with our artist Debra Disman. Please join us!
rts Craft Lab: Make a Storybook Theatre with Debra Disman Craft Workshops, Family Programs Become the author, illustrator, and set designer of your own imaginative world as you create a one-of-a-kind […]