“We Write The Book” Bookmaking Workshop III at the Northridge Branch Library!
2025-09-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
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 and events for the local community and library patronage from September – December 2025, and am looking forward to working further with the Northridge and greater community!

Our workshops are completely free to the community with all materials and refreshments included, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers"
2025-10-04 17:00 - 2026-03-08 17:00 | Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 E Ocean Blvd,, Long Beach, CA, 90803, United States
I am thrilled to have three works in:
“The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers”
Opening at the Long Beach Museum of Art October 4, 2025 and running through January 4, 2026!

The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers

October 4, 2025 – March 8, 2026
The California Effect—New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers is rich in both artists and bookworks. There are 29 artists exhibiting 54 books, boxes, and broadsides. Some are in limited editions and others are one-of-a-kind. All are handmade individually with handmade and fine papers, cloth, thread, glue, inks, and paint. What exactly is the California effect? More precisely, what is the effect on the many of us who live, work, and visit here? The misty mornings and baking hot afternoons? The endless coastline, chill forests or dry desert arroyos? Each of us has an answer, seen in the books we make, in our tastes and inspirations. We turn to making books: printing them, binding them, reinventing them, turning them into art—making books as art.
The California Chapter is one of ten chapters, revealing the national reach and scope of the Guild and its dedication to promoting interest and awareness in the tradition of book and paper arts. The members include hand bookbinders, design binders, conservators, calligraphers, makers of artist books, fine press printers and papermakers. A fully illustrated catalogue with information about each artwork and biographical information about each artist is available to order.
The California Effect exhibition and related programming are graciously supported by The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, the Pasadena Art Alliance, and the Bess J. Hodges Foundation

You can order the beautiful catalogue designed by artist Rebecca Chamlee of Pie in the Sky Press HERE and HERE

And… while you are there, don’t miss:
Voice of the Artist: Artist Books from the Permanent Collection

October 4, 2025 – March 8, 2026
Throughout its 75-year history, the Museum has presented contemporary art in all media, including the book arts. In 1983, the Museum organized At Home, an exhibition that included artists’ books by women created between 1970 and 1983. In 2009, Novel Constructions—Artists Create Monumental Books explored books as sculptural installations and included works by Genie Shenk and Carol Shaw-Sutton, both of whom are represented in the Ocean View Gallery. In 2019, the Museum presented The Artful Book of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, and it continues this tradition with The California Effect.
Voice of the Artist highlights a selection of artists’ books from the Museum’s permanent collection. It touches on the history of the medium, from the livre d’artiste exemplified by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, to contemporary offset-printed codex forms such as Barbara Kruger’s My Pretty Pony. Artists continue to expand the definition of the book through unconventional materials, like the tar paper in Genie Shenk’s Ring or the carved wood of Suvan Geer’s Author, Author? Unstill Poetry. The exhibition features a variety of forms, including traditional codex forms, accordion books, and a pop-up sculpture by Paul Johnson. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the generous support of a donor-collector Museum member, who anonymously provided both the exhibition and the video revealing more of the books’ interiors.

Long Beach Museum of Art
2300 E Ocean Blvd.

Member & VIP Opening Reception: 5-7 pm

General Admission Opening Reception: 7-9 pm

"We Write the Book" Folded, Glued and Sewn RECIPE BOOKMAKING!
2025-11-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
Please join us Saturday November 8th at 10AM for our “WE WRITE THE BOOK” RECIPE BOOK workshop!
NOTE: This workshop runs from 10:00AM – 12 NOON PM.
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.

Learn new skills, make new friends, enjoy your creativity and get ready for the holidays!
FREE! All materials included. JOIN US!
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 and events for the local community and library patronage from September – December 2025, and am looking forward to working further with the Northridge and greater community!

Our workshops are completely free to the community with all materials and refreshments included, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

“We Write the Book” "Double Signature" Bookmaking!
2025-11-12 15:30 - 17:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
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 to serve as artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from September – December 2025, and am looking forward to working further with the Northridge and greater community!

Our workshops are completely free to the community with all materials and refreshments included, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
JOIN US!

EXHIBITIONISTA: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space at 18th Street Arts Center
2025-11-14 - 2026-01-02 | 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus, 1653 18th Street, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
Debra Disman: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space

November 14, 2025 – January 2, 2026

18th Street Arts Center

“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.
Sanctuary: Know Safe Space, 2025, 10′ x 48″ x 48″, canvas, netting, burlap, cord, lace, ribbon, paint, wood

Sanctuary: Know Safe Space, 2025, 10′ x 48″ x 48″, canvas, netting, burlap, cord, lace, ribbon, paint, wood
This 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.
Disman 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.
Anyone wishing to be interviewed/dialogue in the Sanctuary can contact should contact Debra at debra@artifactorystudio.com
About the artist

Debra 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.
Her 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.
Disman 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.
She 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.

We Write the Book” "Single Signature BOOKMAKING at the Northridge Public Library!
2025-11-22 10:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
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!

''We Write the Book” FLOWER FOLD BOOK IN A BOX Bookmaking at the Northridge Public Library! 11:30AM -1:30PM (NOT 5:00 PM!!!)
2025-12-06 11:30 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
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 3 x 3 x 3″ gift box for the Holidays and Beyond!

JOIN US FOR ALL OUR DECEMBER BOOKMAKING WORKSHOPS AND CULMINATING EVENT!
FREE!
ALL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES IINCLUDED!

”We Write the Book” Make a 2026 Calendar at the Northridge Public Library! 3:30 - 5:30PM!
2025-12-10 15:30 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
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!

Then join us at 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Saturday December 20th for our CULMINATION EVENT!

"Unfolding Possibilities": Bookmaking at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art on Saturday Dec 13, 2025 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Not 5PM)
2025-12-13 10:00 - 17:00 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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, gluing, and sewing as you learn how to create an accordion-fold structure with pockets and to sew single signatures (gathering of pages) into the folds using a pamphlet stitch. You’ll find inspiration in the galleries to create your own unfolding possibilities! Taught by Debra Disman.

Sat, Dec 13, 2025

10 am – 1 pm PT

LACMA

Ages 16+

​$80; Members $70

Pre-registration is required for all classes.
For additional art class information, please contact artclasses@lacma.org.
For ticketing support, contact ticketoffice@lacma.org.

This program takes place outdoors on LACMA’s campus on Saturday, December 13. Parking validation and supplies are provided. Please note parking validations are only valid for the Pritzker Parking Garage on 6th Street.
Full refunds will only be granted if the art class is canceled by LACMA. Please notify us immediately if a student is unable to attend so that another student on our waiting list can attend class. A refund equal to half of tuition paid will be granted for cancellations made three weeks before class start date. No refunds for cancellations made less than three weeks prior to class start date.

"Hidden Gems of Santa Monica" Episode
2025-12-16 - 2099-12-31 | 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus, 1653 18th Street, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
18th Street Arts Center Featured in “Hidden Gems of Santa Monica” TV Show Episode!

I was thrilled to be a part of the “Hidden Gems” TV episode featuring precious, special places places Santa Monica has to offer, including 18th Street Arts Center.
Thank you Jan Williamson, and 18th Street Arts Center, Peter Greenberg and Hidden Gems, and Lauren Salisbury and Santa Monica Travel and Tourism.

The filming was great fun and the resulting episode a revelation. I learned about magical Santa Monica places and offerings, some of which I had not been aware of despite living there for ten years, and being a part of the 18th Street Arts Center community for several.
https://petergreenberg.com/2025/12/16/hidden-gems-of-santa-monica/.
In the episode, he talks about the lure of Santa Monica’s surf, sea and sun, its signature art scene, and its gems are hiding in plain sight.
“It’s more than just a vibrant Los Angeles community. It’s a destination that is emblematic of the California dream, best known for its beaches, pier, promenade and iconic bathing beauties. It also happens to be the final stop of historic Route 66. But there’s far more to do here than to just soak up the sun. I take you to, through, and high above my hidden gems of Santa Monica.” —Peter Greenberg
Such offerings help us top see place and things, in a whole new way, and I am appreciate, grateful and excited about participating, learning, growing and sharing along with fellow 18th Street Art Center Artists in Residence, Dan Kwong and Lita Albuquerque.

“Thank you so much for your support of this exciting media opportunity! I am so pleased to share that the episode is live. Here’s the link: https://petergreenberg.com/2025/12/16/hidden-gems-of-santa-monica/.” — Jan Williamson, 18th Street Arts Center Executive Director
“The segment will continue to receive broad distribution in the months ahead, including placement in Peter Greenberg’s weekly e-newsletter. This spring, the episode will premiere as the cover story within Season 11 of The Travel Detective, airing on PBS stations nationwide. Approximately one month following the broadcast premiere, the episode will be available globally on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+, followed by YouTube approximately six months later.” —Lauren Salisbury, Santa Monica Travel and Tourism.
WATCH THE EPISODE HERE!

"We Write the Book" Culmination Event at the Northridge Public Library! 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (NOT 5PM!)
2025-12-20 11:30 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (NOT 5PM!)
“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!

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Time:

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (NOT 5PM!)

Location:

Northridge Branch Library

Type:

In Person

Audience:

Kids, Teens, Adults, Seniors

Category:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Language:

English

Description:

All are invited to our free culmination event for our “We Write the Book” program with our artist Debra Disman. Please join us to see some of the books participants have created, enjoy refreshments, and learn how to make a book of your own!
All materials included!
Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.
Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Create a STORYBOOK THEATER at Craft Contemporary
2026-01-11 13:30 - 15:30 | Craft Contemporary, 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
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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 storybook theatre. This hands-on workshop invites participants to bring stories to life by combining books, storytelling, and theatrical elements with dramatic flair.
Using a variety of recycled paper materials, you’ll craft layered scenes, characters, and settings that transform the page into a miniature stage.
Recommended for ages 7 and up. All adults and children ages 3 and up must have a ticket to participate.
Craft Lab Family Workshop:
Make a Storybook Theatre with Debra Disman
Sun, Jan 11 | 1:30 – 3:30 PM
$10 public / members Free

REGISTER

Held in conjunction with the exhibition:
Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman

EXHIBITIONISTA: Handwork, The Material Intelligence of Touch
2026-02-10 08:00 - 2026-03-19 17:00 | Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts Gallery, College of the Desert, 43500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, California, 92260
As part of presented by Craft in America,
Textile Arts LA presents:
Handwork, The Material Intelligence of Touch!

At the Marks Center, College of the Desert.
The 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.
Please VIEW THE SHOW HERE
I am delighted to participate with two works included:

“Communion“, 2025, 10.5 x 21.5 x 8.5” (dimensions variable), wood, hemp/assorted cord, acrylic paint

“La Forêt I“, 2024, 62 x 17 x 1”, canvas, acrylic paint, hemp/jute/cotton cord

EXHIBITIONISTA: 'Common Threads: The Fabric of our Community' at Studio ACE Gallery
2026-02-21 17:00 - 2026-03-27 17:00 | Studio Ace Gallery, 3861 MISSION AVENUE #B3, Oceanside, CA, 92058, United States
I am thrilled to participate in:

‘Common Threads: The Fabric of our Community’

OPENING: Saturday, February 21, 2026 from 5 PM to 7 PM
at
Studio ACE Gallery

Studio ACE Gallery presents: “Common Threads: The Fabric of Our Community,” a group exhibition celebrating the rich, expressive world of textiles and fiber arts.
Showing, “FINALLY”, 48 x 19.5″, canvas, lace, hemp cord, sewing thread

Textiles—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.
This 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.
“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!
Check out Studio ACE on Facebook / Instagram

Event Supported By
Studio ACE
7607305203
info@studioace.org
https://www.studioace.org/

Startup Art Fair LA: SHOEBOX Arts Initiative: Call and Response Collaborative Books
2026-02-27 17:00 - 2026-03-01 17:00 | Startup Art Fair LA, 737 Washington Blvd, Room 202, Venice, 90292, United States
Call and Response Goes Live at Startup Art Fair

Something big is happening.

After five years of digital exchanges connecting artists across six continents, Call and Response is going physical for the first time.

Startup Art Fair LA | February 27 – March 1, 2026The Kinney Venice Beach | Room 202

THE PROJECT

In 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.

Each 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.

This is Call and Response at its core: random pairing, radical trust, real collaboration.

Call 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.
After 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.
Room 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.
This 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.

THE EXHIBITION

Location: The Kinney Venice Beach, 737 Washington Blvd, Venice, CA 90292Room: 202

Hours:

Friday, February 27: VIP Early Access 5-7pm | All Access 7-10pm

Saturday, February 28: 12pm – 9pm

Sunday, March 1: 12pm – 7pm

The 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.

Get Tickets: www.startup-art.com/los-angeles
My work in progress with artist Michelle Robinson

LIVE: EXQUISITE CORPSE ZINE MAKING

Throughout 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.

All completed zines will be auctioned off for charity.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Call and Response started in April 2020 when everything shut down. Artists needed each other but all the structures for connection had disappeared.

What 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.

Twenty 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.

Others discovered new techniques, explored different media, found creative community during isolation.

This 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.

FOLLOW THE PROJECT

Instagram: @callandresponseart Facebook: Call and Response Email: callandresponseart@gmail.com

Want to bring Call and Response to your organization? We’re developing curriculum and training for institutions interested in facilitating collaborative programs.

ABOUT SHOEBOX ARTS

Shoebox 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.

Instagram: @shoeboxarts.la Email: shoeboxartsla@gmail.com
Come see what happens when 190 artists trust the process across continents.

Kristine Schomaker Shoebox Arts

EXHIBITIONISTA: Black & White: An Achromatic Textile & Fiber Exhibition
2026-03-13 17:00 - 2026-05-03 17:00 | William Scofield Gallery, 1059 Officers Row, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
I am pleased to participate in Black & White: An Achromatic Textile & Fiber Exhibition at the William Scofield Gallery, showing: (apropos…)
“It’s Not Black and White“, 9 x 22 x 7.5″, book board, canvas, paper, typewriter ribbon, hemp cord.

Please view works in the exhibition HERE!
“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.”

EXHIBITIONISTA: Pulp • Paper • Book at Sebastopol Center For The Arts
2026-03-15 17:00 - 2026-05-03 17:00 | Sebastapol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High Street, CA, Sebastopol, 95472, United States
I am delighted to participate in the Sebastopol Center For The Arts upcoming show, Pulp • Paper • Book

Exhibition Dates: March 14, 2026- May 3rd 2026 Opening Reception: Sunday, March 15th, 2-4pm, 2026
Pulp • 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.
Read the Artist Statements HERE!
Curated Wrap-Around Programming:
Saturday, March 14, 2026: Books at the Source: Literary Arts Summit
Thursday, March 26, 2026: Upcycled Journal Workshop
Thursday, April 2, 2026: Eco Petals: Crafting a Recycled Bouquet
Sunday, April 19, 2026: Paper Lanterns Workshop

EXHIBITIONISTA: "INTERLUDE" at the Sam Francis Gallery
2026-04-12 10:00 - 2026-04-29 17:00 | https://www.samfrancisgallery.org/, 1714 21st St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
I am thrilled to participate in INTERLUDE, an exhibition presented at the Sam Francis Gallery.

“Interlude represents a home, a shelter, constructed against a world that can be too overwhelming
at times. This collection of works is intended to create serenity and observation. In the
exhibition, we strive to represent strong female voices. The works are connected through inner
reflection and gentle conveyance. They are not minimized by their subtlety, but they are
strengthened in their ability to impact without aggression. Interlude aims to invite contemplation,
a pause of mindfulness in everyday life.” —Pippa Ang, Curator

Please read Press Release HERE!

"In the Woods" in the Brewery Artwalk 2026!
2026-04-13 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
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!
My collaborative book with artist Michelle Robinson, “In The Woods” will be on display!

Book Art Making at the Torrance Art Museum!
2026-04-25 11:00 - 15:00 | Torrance Art Museum (TAM), 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA, 90503, United States
JOIN US!

Saturday April 25th from 11AM to 3PM create your own one- of-a-kind artists’ book in conjunction with and response to the incredible Ralph Steadman show “And Another currently at the beautiful Torrance Art Museum! (TAM)

Explore the show, and add your own text and images to your book!
On view from March 28 – May 09, 2026

MAIN GALLERY: Ralph Steadman: and Another Thing
This traveling exhibition spans over 60 years of Ralph Steadman’s influential career, featuring more than 140 original artworks and ephemera, including sketchbooks, handwritten notes, and personal photographs. Steadman is best known for his long collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson, notably illustrating “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” Their partnership helped define Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting that blends personal experience with political commentary. Coined by journalist Bill Cardoso, Gonzo’s impact is still felt today in online news, editorial pieces, social media, and political punditry.
The exhibition showcases his diverse body of work, from iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” to collections like “The Gonzovation Trilogy,” created in collaboration with documentarian and filmmaker Ceri Levy to raise awareness about endangered species. Featured works include nine portraits of U.S. Presidents, over 20 images of famous people, including T.S. Eliot, Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, and George Orwell, and “Vintage Dr. Gonzo,” a life-size bronze sculpture.
This exhibition is organized by the Ralph Steadman Art Collection. Sponsored by United Therapeutics, Flying Dog, and Beta Technologies.

BOLD JOURNEY Magazine Interview: "Meet Debra Disman"
2026-05-25 00:00 - 2099-05-25 00:00 | BOLD JOURNEY MAGAZINE
I am happy to share my interview with
BOLD JOURNEY Magazine:
“Meet Debra Disman“
I hope what I share about my “BOLD Journey” can offer support to You on Yours.
Cheers… here’s to all of our Bold Journeys!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "HOME v.2: Homeland"
2026-05-29 17:00 - 2026-07-17 17:00 | Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
I am thrilled to participate in “HOME v.2: Homeland“, an exhibition presented by the Decatur Arts Alliance, happening in Decatur, Georgia
May 29 – July 18, 2026
The 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.”
Artists working in an array of mediums lend their creative voices to this important cause.
The theme for “HOME v.2 2026” is “HOMELAND.”
“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?”
The exhibiting artists’ creativity illuminate the diverse ways we experience and define “home,” and their connection with a “HOMELAND.”
Please view the EXHIBITION CATALOGUE HERE!
Further Information HERE!
I will be showing:
“Torrent and Tangle: Keep Your House in Order”

The 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.

The show will run May 29 – July 17, 2026
Opening reception on Friday, May 29 from 6:30-9pm.

EXHIBITIONISTA: “Black, White & Gray” at Drawing Rooms
2026-06-11 17:00 - 2026-07-11 19:00 | Drawing Rooms, Topps Building 926 Newark Ave #T107, Jersey City, NJ, 07306, United States
I am pleased to share that I am participating in the exhibition “Black, White & Gray” at DRAWING ROOMS, curated by Anne Trauben
The achromatic “Black, White & Gray” exhibition runs from 6/11/26 – 7/11/26.
Please see show on ARTSY!

This 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!
Black, 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.
Famous 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.
In 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.
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Drawing 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.
About the Curator
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.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "TREE II: Breath of Humanity" at Verum Ultimum Gallery
2026-07-01 08:00 - 2026-08-24 17:00 | Verum Ultimum Gallery, 3014 NE Ainsworth, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
I am pleased to be participating in “TREES II: Breath of Humanity” presented by Verum Ultimum Gallery.
Please see a variety of views of this show HERE
Please read the collective artist blog post HERE!
“Trees are essential to all life and are the very essence of expansion (intrinsic to every breath). They stand as a symbol for growth, connection, spirit, air, family, and more….” —Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, Owner, Curator, Artist, Magician, Tree-Lover
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Kahlil Gibran
See the SHOW Here!
See my WORK Here!
See the CATALOGUE Here!

"We Write the Book" Returns to the Northridge Library!
2026-07-25 11:00 - 2027-06-26 12:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
We Write the Book: Craft Program for All Ages

Monthly on the fourth Saturday, 11am – 12:30pm
Saturday July 25, 2026 – Saturday, Jun 26 2027

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
KICK-OFF: Saturday July 25, 2026
About the Program:
Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman is back at the Northridge Branch for the year 2026-2027, beginning a series of monthly bookmaking programs in July, where you will learn to make a different book each session! No experience is required and there will be new projects and things to learn for those who have attended her workshops before. All are welcome and you can attend as many sessions as you want! All materials are provided. Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

This program is made possible by a grant from the City of Los Department of Cultural Affairs.

For disability-related accommodations, please call (213) 228-7430 at least five business days prior to the event.

Northridge

9051 Darby Avenue
Northridge, CA 91325
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(818) 886-3640

EXHIBITIONISTA: " FIBER ITERATIONS" at Textile Art Gallery New York
2026-08-03 12:00 - 2026-08-28 17:00 | Textile Art Gallery New York, 529 W 20th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10011, United States
I am thrilled to participate in:
Fiber Iterations
presented at Textile Art Gallery New York!

August 3-28, 2026
Opening Reception August 6, 4-6 pm
Fiber 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.
The 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.
Selected 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.
Juror: Dutch native Petra Fallaux is a writer, curator and artist based in Pittsburgh, PA
Petra 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.
295 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.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Knot Sorry" at Not Shockboxx Gallery
2026-08-08 08:00 - 2026-09-07 17:00 | Not Shockboxx Gallery, 636 Cypress Avenue, Hermosa Beach, 90254, United States
I am happy to be participating in “Knot Sorry” at Not Shockboxx Gallery!
I will be showing for the first time a new work entitled: Target Practice which can be presented in multiple ways:

Knot 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.
We’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.
Bring 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.
This is about care and control. About labor you can see. About softness that doesn’t ask permission.
No apologies. No minimizing.
Knot Sorry.” —Not Shockboxx Gallery
See the Show on ARTSY!

Not Shockboxx Gallery is exactly what it sounds like—not Shockboxx—but we wouldn’t be here without it. The legendary Shockboxx gallery built a reputation for fearless, unconventional, and unapologetically meaningful art, and we’re proud to preserve that legacy while forging our own path. We’re the next generation of gallery owners—different voices, different ideas, but the same deep respect for the artists and community that made Shockboxx unforgettable. We’ll always be grateful to the creators who came before us, but we’re also here to stir our own pot, make our own beautiful mess, and see where the tide of strange and wonderful takes us.

"We Write the Book" FLAG Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
2026-08-29 11:00 - 12:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
I am thrilled to serve again as a 2026-27 “NEAR” (Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency) Artist in Residence at the Northridge Branch Library!
Join us August 29th at 11:00AM and learn to create the fun and fabulous FLAG BOOK structure!
Free to the public including all materials. Children under age 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

About the Program:
Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman is back at the Northridge Branch for the year 2026-2027, beginning a series of monthly bookmaking programs in July, where you will learn to make a different book each session! No experience is required and there will be new projects and things to learn for those who have attended her workshops before. All are welcome and you can attend as many sessions as you want! All materials are provided. Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

This program is made possible by a grant from the City of Los Department of Cultural Affairs.

For disability-related accommodations, please call (213) 228-7430 at least five business days prior to the event.

Northridge

9051 Darby Avenue
Northridge, CA 91325
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(818) 886-3640
