EXHIBITIONISTA: MATERIALITY MATTERS
2024-04-09 10:00 - 2024-05-31 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Umpqua Valley Arts, 1624 WEST HARVARD AVENUE, ROSEBURG, OR, 97471, United States
MATERIALITY MATTERS
April 9th – May 31st
Opening Reception: April 5th 4pm-7pm
In the exhibition Materiality Matters, Umpqua Valley Arts showcases artists who are exploring the use of diverse, alternative materials, processes and modes of making in their art practice.
Materiality in art refers to the manipulation and alteration of materials to express ideas and concepts that may not be expressed by traditional media. The concept of materiality is unique to each art piece and artist. Through Materiality Matters, UVA explores the unique and diverse ways that artists work to define the materiality of their practice and how materiality conveys ideas and concepts, and inspires dialogue.
Artworks for this exhibition were chosen by a team made up of UVA Staff and professionals working/residing in the Pacific Northwest with varied backgrounds. There was a special interest in receiving works from artists exploring installations, sculptures, time-based, and interactive artwork exploring the exhibition concept.

Celebrating Nature and Poetry at the Canoga Branch Library!
2024-04-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Join Us and learn how to create the fun and fantastic flag book!
Celebrate Poetry Month and Earth Day by adding your own nature poetry and images through the technique of “found poetry” which takes the stress out of writing!
Part of my Artist Residency support by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs:
“We Write The Book”.
All materials included.

Create a BUTTERFLY Book at the Canoga Park Branch Library!
2024-05-08 11:00 - 12:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Take Flight this Spring!
Join us and learn how to create a “butterfly Book” in honor of the Rituals and Rites of Spring!
Add ribbons to honor May Day, and make your book festive!
Part of my Artist Residency support by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs:
“We Write The Book”.
All materials included!

EXHIBITIONISTA: THE CIRCULAR RITUAL OF SPRING
2024-05-10 08:00 - 2024-07-11 08:00 | bG Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave #A2 Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
THE RITUAL OF SPRING (EXPANDED ONLINE) CURATED BY SUSAN LIZOTTE

bG Gallery proudly announces an expanded version of The Ritual of Spring featuring round artworks from across the country curated by Susan Lizotte, now available on our online viewing room.

Round art is graphic and can represent infinity, completeness, and wholeness. It symbolizes cycles, inclusivity, and unity, serving as a symbol of revolution and growth.

May 10 – July 11, 2024

An exhibition inspired by Lucretius and his 1st century BC poem De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things”) celebrating Spring and its changing landscapes, the feeling of happiness given by a new season. Spring brings the urge to travel and show outward personal expression and a desire to celebrate a short lived season that echoes our own lives.

EXHIBITIONISTA: Midway Marvels
2024-05-25 17:00 - 2024-06-22 17:00 | ArtBarLA, 12017 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90066, United States
Midway Marvels
at ArtBarLA,
12017 Venice Blvd, 90066
May 25 – June 22, 2024

Reception:
Saturday, May 25, 7-9pm
Curated by Randi Matushevitz

"We Write The Book" Artist Residency CULMINATION!
2024-06-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Please join us to celebrate the culmination of the Canoga Park Branch Library’s year long Artist Residency with Debra Disman, “We Write The Book”, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!
Come and make your own travel journal, enjoy refreshments and see a slide show of our exciting year of bookmaking projects. “Take and Make” bookmaking packets will be available while supplies last so you can keep the bookmaking magic going after the event!
We hope to see you there!

EXHIBITIONISTA: 37th Annual Northern National Art Competition
2024-06-13 17:00 - 2024-07-27 17:00 | Nicolet College Arts & Enrichment, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
I am thrilled to show, “Hopes and Fears and…” in this exhibition at the Nicolet College Art Gallery !

24.5 x 16.25″, textile samples, linen thread
The 37th Northern National Art Competition will be held in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, from June 13 – July 27, 2024, at the Nicolet College Art Gallery. Began in 1987, this show is a cooperative venture between Nicolet College Arts & Enrichment and the Northern Arts Council (NAC). The Northern National Art Competition strives to showcase a cross section of contemporary art in a variety of two-dimensional mediums. Each year, hundreds of artists nationwide submit work to be considered for inclusion in this exhibition, and the art is always both visually exciting and intellectually stimulating.
View the show!
CURATORIAL STATEMENT
Many people wonder what goes on in the selection process of a juror for an art competition. I suspect that most of the work to which a juror responds resonates with that person for a variety of reasons, and yet we are all programmed with certain pre-dispositions.
The numerous entries for the Northern National competition represented a huge range of work with about two-thirds being representational. My eye moved toward work in diverse media, work that had texture, and anything that found a way to address current environmental or global concerns with a certain indirectness.
I like to get a sense of both the pleasure and struggle in an art-making process. When an artist seems to reach, experiment, and allow their work to be less buttoned-up or seamlessly complete, it becomes infused with energy. Drawing, painting, and photography have dominated our realm for a long time. There is still much to be explored in these areas. But in the past decade or less, textiles and fiber art have fully entered into the contemporary art world, bringing a freshness of exploration and a reevaluation of histories. We can now look to craft traditions around the world and contemplate how they inspired later art movements, or how the domestic work and pastimes of women actually parallel the fine arts world more closely than we had previously allowed. We are in a time of diversification in the art world, where artists of color, women, and LBGTQ artists are addressing important issues of identity, cultural oppression, and the occlusions of history. And while this is going in, it is prying open ways of seeing the world and providing access to more means of expression to discuss pertinent issues.
The art world has never been better or more confused than it is now. We are called upon to think more broadly. If you are a landscape artist making beautiful watercolor paintings of rivers and fields, can you push your thinking? Can you ask yourself hard questions? Why am I making this? What does it mean? More importantly, what does it mean now, in the context of this era?
If you are a photographer seeking beauty in the sky or national parks, is there a way to address both the beauty and the dire needs of land conservancy and resource protection? Not all art needs to be political. But it should have a tug. It should nudge the viewer toward curiosity and wonder.”
Debra Brehmer
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Bookmaking at the Julian Dixon Culver City Library!
2024-06-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Julian Dixon Culver City Library, 4975 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
BOOKMAKING AT THE LIBRARY!!!
Join Us THIS COMING SATURDAY June 15th, 2024, at 11AM!
Learn to make an Accordion Fold Book with Simple one and two cut Pop-ups!
Book Making with Debra Disman
In-Person Program!

Saturday, June 15
11:00am – 12:00pm

Culver City Julian Dixon Library
Meeting Room

Let’s make accordion books! Learn the art of book making and take home your own book. All materials and instructions will be provided by artist and book maker Debra Disman. For children ages 5 to 12 with a parent or guardian.

"Folded Fan" Bookmaking at the West Hollywood Library!
2024-06-18 17:00 - 18:30 | West Hollywood Library, 625 N San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA, 90069, United States
Join Us and Learn to Create the Fun and Versatile FOLDED FAN BOOK!
Fold an accordion spine, add covers and pages, then use all kinds of beautiful materials to develop, design, decorate, adorn, elevate and celebrate your book!

Bookmaking Workshop: Folded Fan Book
In-Person Program
Tuesday, June 18
5:00pm – 6:30pm

West Hollywood Library
Meeting Room

Join us and learn how to make a folded fan book with artist Debra Disman, using folding and pasting techniques. Add fun details to make your book your own. No skill required and all supplies are provided. For adults.

Sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library.
Attendance is limited and advance registration is required.
Community Meeting Room

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EXHIBITIONISTA: WHISPER at Verum Ultimum Gallery
2024-06-28 17:00 - 2024-07-28 17:00 | Verum Ultimum Gallery, 3014 NE Ainsworth, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
I am thrilled to participate in WHISPER! at Verum Ultimum Gallery in Portland.
I will be showing:
“Excavation of the Interior“ (shown closed and open below) 12 x 28 x 12.5″, wood, paper, cloth, hemp cord, linen thread Says Owner and Curator Jennifer Gillia Cutshall: “…when the murmur from art echoes beyond the walls & settles somewhere secret. And “Whisper” with an exclamation may signal contradictions or dualities. The term carries symbolism pertinent to the momentous occasion, but it also carries mystery to be filled in by artists’ interpretations. Verum is open to all perceptions of this theme. Delicate expressions are presented, as are bold, and the term WHISPER may be framed in many ways, not necessarily meant to be a literal elucidation. All mediums and modes of expression were welcomed.. Verum Ultimum Gallery tasks artists to define this inaugural exhibition to herald in Verum’s new space in Southeast Portland this summer of 2024!”

EXHIBITIONISTA: INTERPLAY with the SDA
2024-06-28 18:00 - 2024-09-05 17:00 | Dairy Barn Art Center O’Bleniss Gallery, 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, 45701, United States
I am thrilled to participate in INTERPLAY, organized by the SDA!(The awesome Surface Design Association!)Presented at the The Dairy Barn Arts Center’s O’Bleness Gallery8000 Dairy LaneAthens, OH 45701June 28 – September 5, 2024Opening Reception:June 28, 6 – 8PM
SEE THE SHOW HERE!
Interplay presents works that explore parallels, synergies, or tensions between two or more ideas. Artworks may examine connections between seemingly unrelated concepts, map relationships between maker and materials, or reflect interactions between maker and tools. Works employ traditional, interdisciplinary, or collaborative methodologies.
Honoring the diverse range of approaches within fiber art and highlighting the rich tapestry of multicultural links, Interplay looks toward a future informed by the past, bringing together ideas for fresh reflection, reinterpretation, and deeper understanding.
JUROR
Due to her inimitable curiosity, Annet Couwenberg has pursued the ongoing conversations between traditional textile production and digital technologies throughout her art and teaching career. Couwenberg’s art, informed by her early work in the fashion industry, is diverse and includes sculptural forms and jacquard weavings as well as work with fish fossils and skeletons inspired by her study with a fish scientist as a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow at the National Museum of Natural History. Couwenberg’s interdisciplinary work has demonstrated her capacity to create new realms. As a researcher of both traditional textiles and emerging techniques, she embraces a multi-directional knowledge exchange between new and established, creating art that visualizes methodologies to protect and preserve traditional practices while also expanding upon them. Born in The Netherlands, Couwenberg moved to the United States to receive MFA degrees at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has worked internationally, including in Korea, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland, and The Netherlands.
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, July 31, 2PM ET for the Interplay Textile Talk and be on the lookout for our online gallery – links coming soon!

EXHBITIONISTA: "Women. Defining Our Representation"
2024-07-01 08:00 - 2024-12-31 07:59 | Black House Artist
I am delighted to participante in the online show:
Women. Defining Our Representation, at Black House Artist
I am showing: “Into The Bush”, 11 x 19 x 7 , book board, canvas, sewing thread, acrylic paint

Women. Defining Our Representation
“Women. Defining our Representation” is an exhibition of 31 pieces from 31 woman artists that celebrates the multiplicity of women’s identities, individuality, complexity, and worth. It inspires reflection, understanding and empathy for the diverse and authentic experiences of women by acknowledging accomplishments, reclaiming narratives, exploring gender expression, and sharing personal realities.” – Ellen Mattesi

VIEW THE SHOW HERE!
Juror: Ellen Mattesi , Director, Black House Artist
Ellen Mattesi is an artist and entrepreneur. She has been immersed in many facets of the professional art world for over 30 years. Within her own fine art and creative career, she has built and managed art institutions, curated exhibitions, mentored artists in technical expertise and business skills, and fostered creativity for the ethnically and mentally diverse. This experience has culminated in a passion for championing the success and advancement of women artists. With Black House Artist, she continues this mission through education and activism with a network of artists, collectors, curators, and scholars.

Black House Artist is a network dedicated to empowering women artists through exhibition opportunities, professional development, art history education, and creative equality. Black House Artist supports the professional and personal autonomy of women. A portion of the profits from this show will be donated to Abortion Freedom Fund https://abortionfreedomfund.org/ and Planned Parenthood https://www.plannedparenthood.org/ Through the purchase of artwork, or by individual donation, please support the rights of women through your economic power. Thank you for your consideration.

VIEW THE SHOW HERE!

EXHIBITIONISTA: Soliloquy at The Bridge Art Foundation's Scholart Selection Gallery
2024-07-13 10:00 - 2024-08-17 17:00 | The Scholorarts election, 417 S Mission Dr, San Gabriel, CA, 91776, United States
The Bridge Arts Foundation presents “SOLILOQUY,” hosted at our partnered gallery The Scholart Selection, in San Gabriel, CA, USA, from July 13th to August 10th, 2024.
OPENING RECEPTION: 2-5PM Saturday, July 13th
at The Scholarts Selection
417 South Mission Drive San Gabriel, CA 91776

“Soliloquy” is a solitary discourse with oneself, an intimate dialogue that transcends the confines of external perception. It captures the journey of introspection and self-discovery, where one navigates the labyrinthine corridors of their own mind, seeking clarity amidst the tumult of thoughts and emotions. “Soliloquy” is a solitary discourse with oneself, an intimate dialogue that transcends the confines of external perception. It captures the journey of introspection and self-discovery, where one navigates the labyrinthine corridors of one’s own mind, seeking clarity among the tumult of thoughts and emotions.
During their inner reflections, the individuals grapple with existential questions, confronting their fears, desires, and vulnerabilities with raw honesty in solitude. It embraces the inherent human longing for understanding and truth, inviting the individual to confront their inner darkness and embrace the transformative power of self-reflection.
The Bridge Arts Foundation is dedicated to amplifying the voices of artists and promoting their exceptional work on a global scale. Their aim is to provide an unparalleled platform for emerging talents, enabling international recognition and celebrating diverse expressions across various artistic mediums.
“Our mission is straightforward yet profound: we strive to empower our community through immersive experiences that inspire collaboration and forge meaningful connections among creative thinkers spanning all continents. Together, let us bridge cultural gaps through the unifying power of art.” — The Bridge Arts Foundation
This show enthusiastically welcomes a wide range of artistic expressions encompassing painting, sculpture, photography, installation, mixed media, and beyond. Curating a rich tapestry of creativity, the exhibition reflects artists’ diverse perspectives and experiences worldwide.
Featured artists include Ryan Bautista, Michele Benzamin-Miki, Ming Chen, Debra Disman, Deanna Dorangrichia, Somaya Etemad, Lanyi Gao, Steve Gavenas, Shanguo Jia, Antonio Kim, Rosie Kim, Hwichan Ko, Vionna Lam, Kai Mao, Janice Nakashima, Isabella Riboni, Isabella Ronchetti, Christopher Lloyd Tucker, and Xiaoxiao Wu.
The 19 featured artists in the exhibition respond to the theme of “soliloquy” through various forms and mediums, presenting their unique journeys of inner exploration.
The 19 artworks showcased in “Soliloquy” also demonstrate the diversity and depth of soliloquy. It is not only a personal dialogue within oneself but also a significant pathway to understanding oneself and the world. Beyond the individual, these artworks collectively underscore soliloquy’s capacity to connect the individual’s inner world with external realities, offering insights that resonate with broader societal issues and enrich human connections.
Special thanks to our jury members, Charles Christopher Hill and Song Xin, as well as curator Tia Xu, for their dedicated work. We also extend our gratitude to Li Tang and Art Yourself Atelier (AYA) for the media support.
ABOUT THE BRIDGE ARTS FOUNDATION
The Bridge Arts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to harnessing the transformative power of art to connect diverse communities and uplift emerging artists from various backgrounds.
With an unwavering commitment to fostering global understanding and diversity, we amplify artist voices and spotlight their creations both locally and globally. Join us in leveraging art’s power to unite cultures and strengthen global communities.
ABOUT THE SCHOLART SELECTION
Founded in 2022, THE SCHOLART SELECTION is a vibrant contemporary art gallery in the historic San Gabriel Mission district of Los Angeles. Deeply integrated into the city’s Asian American community, especially in its more prosperous areas, the gallery is committed to uplifting and promoting artists from diverse backgrounds for Asian collectors globally.
THE SCHOLART SELECTION transcends the role of a mere venue for art; it serves as a storyteller, an educator, and a connector. With a team of skilled curators, exhibition specialists, and media experts, the gallery breaks through traditional barriers to make contemporary art more relatable and accessible to Asian collectors worldwide. It achieves this by sharing the compelling stories behind the artworks and fostering a network that brings artists and a wide range of art enthusiasts together, thereby forming enduring bonds between the artworks, their artists, and the collectors who cherish and support them.
For additional information and press requests, please contact info@bridgeartsfoundation.com. For more information about The Bridge Arts Foundation, please go to our website https://bridgeartsfoundation.org/, or follow us on Instagram (@bridgeartsfoundation).
I am thrilled to show “I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do”, 13 x 71.5″, Repurposed cotton table runner, acrylic paint, hemp cord

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EXHIBITIONISTA: "Evidence of Joy" at Intersect Arts Center
2024-07-15 12:00 - 2024-10-27 18:00 | Intersect Arts Center, 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63118, United States
“EVIDENCE OF JOY” is a group exhibition curated by April Parviz, who says:
“Today I went to the doctor. On the sign-in station there sat a small snowman made from an old salt and pepper shaker. His head was a little styrofoam ball. His hat was the lid of the shaker, and inside his little bottle tummy were a bunch of what looked to be miniature cotton-balls. As I waited to be checked in, I observed the fact that someone had made it. She didn’t have to. But she was perhaps feeling the joy of winter, and she wanted to share her joy. The snowman wasn’t sitting in her home, it was sitting here, for me to enjoy. And I did enjoy it. The reflection that she had experienced joy in making it, and the fact that she had done it selflessly, with no expectation of thanks, brought me joy.
After my reflection on the sweet little snowman, I began to see evidence of someone else’s joy, intentionally being shared with strangers, everywhere I went. The person in the house five doors from mine, has a little jar of complimentary dog treats out on a bird feeder hanger in their yard, right by the sidewalk. People have lovely seasonal wreaths hanging on the outside of their front doors, not on the inside. Painted rocks are mysteriously left in people’s gardens by strangers. I’m sure that now I’m aware of this, I’ll be seeing evidence of joy everywhere. And strangers will discover footprints of my own joy, making their footprints joyful too.
When I look at the current world of art, I feel like I see a lot of evidence of many inspiring things, but not always so much joy. I know in my own art practice, I am often fueled by loud palpable emotions like pain and confusion. Perhaps if I begin practicing using joy as fuel, I will begin to do it more habitually. Perhaps if we practice seeing joy more we can become habitual joy detectives.
Show me all the joy! I want to see and share artwork made in joy, artwork made upon discovering evidence of joy, and work that is just pure joy to look at! “
Evidence of Joy Dovetail Reception | 8.6.24 |
by Mary Oliver, 2017
“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the
case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.”
I am thrilled to have two pieces in the show:
Narrow Bridge, 5.5 x 16 x 3.5″, board, paper, fabric, linen thread
and
BedTime Story, 12 x 28 x 8.5″, book board, textiles, cloth, clay, beads, hemp cord, watercolor paper

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VIEW THE CATALOGUE!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "WOMEN ARTISTS MAKING THEIR MARK 2024"
2024-07-23 08:00 - 2024-10-01 08:00 | O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
I am delighted to have two works shown in this exhibition:
16th annual Women Artists Making Their Mark: An ONLINE Exhibition.
Co-Juried by Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery
and Priscilla Otani of Arc Gallery.
Online show dates: July 23 to Oct 1, 2024
SEE THE SHOW!
Zoom Roundtable with Jurors Tuesday, July 30 at 4 pm Pacific Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88609617728
Meeting ID: 886 0961 7728

Continuing their annual show devoted to women artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts is committed to bringing more gender equity to the world of art. This 16th year we extend our reach around the globe to artists who identify as female.
The works in the exhibition are all created by persons who identify as female.
1103 works were submitted and 79 works were selected for this exhibition.

The curation and presentation of the selected work are exceptional. The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts will promote the artists through social media, print media and email outreach. A quality printable catalog of the show will be created and the online shows are archived but accessible after the close of the show.
Visit our website to see examples of other online shows: https://www.ohanloncenter.org/exhibits/current/
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts emphasizes the creative process and the continued pursuit of meaning and authenticity through observation, exploration, and experimentation.

EXHIBITIONISTA: Iteration Reiteration at TOUCHSTONE GALLERY
2024-08-01 17:00 - 2024-09-02 17:00 | Touchstone Gallery, 901 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC, DC, 20001, United States
I am thrilled to participate in
in Washington, DC.
ITERATION REITERATION
Patterns and repetitive elements, integral to the art and design of countless cultures and artistic methods, offer viewers a framework to interpret information through recurring arrangements. How do these elements shape perception of art and the world?
This exhibition presents artwork that embraces pattern and repetition as the focal point, a complementary element within a piece, or as a fundamental part of the creative process. From symmetrical arrangements, geometric precision, minimalist repetition, and organic flows, Iteration Reiteration honors the power of patterns and repetition.
Included but not limited to are the visual mediums painting, printmaking, textile and fiber, video and animation, photography, sculpture, ceramics, collage, performance, sound, and mixed media. All works are original and completed within the past five years. The exhibition includes both a physical gallery show located in Washington, DC and a virtual exhibition. The fascinating and accomplished jurors are:

Roya Amirsoleymani

Addoley Dzegede

Christopher Kardambikis

I am showing Red Notebook (Here’s To The Red, White and Blue), 8.5 x 12.5 x 6.5″, placemat, linen thread, hemp cord, cloth, wood

EXHIBITIONISTA: "We Are Doing It All Wrong"
2024-08-02 08:00 - 2024-09-28 17:00 | Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 222 North St. Clair Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
I am honored to participate in the 4th annual exhibition We Are Doing It All Wrong, presented at the Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH.
We’re Doing It ALL Wrong open sas a two month long exhibition beginning August 2, 2024. Planned by the Edward A. Dixon Gallery, the it is a challenge to artists and viewers to recognize, react and learn about the many ways humanity continually fails itself. These issues are not always mainstream and sometimes are hidden. Artwork from the prior exhibitions touched on topics such as sky high drug prices, the environment & climate change, dependence on technology, social injustice, Native American women disappearances, homelessness, gaslighting and the suffering caused by avocado farming in Mexico. Artists are encouraged to submit work that captures or is a comment on a tradition, a system, a practice, an institution or anything they see that needs to be changed for the betterment of humanity or our planet. View the online version of the previous exhibitions at weredoingitallwrong.com.
Another ambitious goal of the exhibition is to find a signature artwork, that while keeping to the exhibition’s theme, defines our current period in history from the artist’s point of view. One art piece can tell so many stories and the goal is to find a piece that will speak to future generations and tell a story about our time. —Ed Dixon, owner and curator of the Edward A. Dixon Gallery. Mr. Dixon is a long-time patron of the Arts, former record company executive, blogger and owner of the Downtown Dayton gallery for over 6 years.

Entries were also judged by judged by two other industry professionals Photographer Stacy Kranitz and Professor Judith L. Huacuja, PhD. Prior year’s jurors included sculptor Erin McCarthy (Boston, MA), artist & gallery owner, Amanda Wirig (Minneapolis, MN), artist Jamaal Durr (Dayton, OH), art professor & artist Ann Kim (Dayton, OH), artist Toby Gotesman Schneier (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Dayton Art Institute Chief Curator, Jerry N. Smith (Dayton, OH).
I am thrilled to be showing MAXIMUM SECURITY 15 x 18 x 10.25″, book board, wood, mulberry paper, paint, ink, canvas, watercolor paper and hemp cord

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“Adapting through Curiosity and Connection with Debra Disman”: My Podcast with Alyson B. Stanfield/Art Biz Success!
2024-08-08 - 2030-08-08
I was thrilled to have this conversation with the one and only Alyson B. Stanfield of Art Biz Success, someone I have admired and followed for a long time!
Some of the points we cover:
“In this episode of The Art Biz, Debra shares her journey, revealing how she has navigated this transition with resilience.
Throughout our conversation, several key themes emerge:

Debra’s fierce curiosity that drives her to explore and understand her surroundings.
Her drive to pursue new opportunities, no matter the obstacles.
The critical role of networking and the connections she’s made along the way.
The power of making consistent progress, even through small, daily actions.
The importance of staying adaptable in an ever-changing world.”

Please click the link below to hear, see and read about our conversation. I hope it holds some gold for YOU.
“Adapting through Curiosity and Connection with Debra Disman” (ep. 202)
PODCAST with Alyson B. Stanfield/Art Biz Success
Listen to the PODCAST

EXHIBITIONISTA: Word and Weft: Visualizing the Word
2024-08-09 12:00 - 2024-09-13 17:00 | Webster Arts, 2 Summit Avenue Webster Groves, (314) 279-1800, Webster Groves, MO, 63119, United States
I am happy to participate in:
Word and Weft: Visualizing the Word, at Webster Arts
I am showing: “Concurrencies I: Charlotte Salomon Eva Hesse”, 58 x 19.5″, denim, varnish, hemp cord, gold thread

Juror: Noriko Yuasa
Noriko Yuasa was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan. Noriko holds a BFA in Visual Communication Design from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA in Visual Studies, emphasis in Graphic Design from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Prior to teaching at Webster University, her professional experience includes working at Duffy, New York, a Fallon Company in New York City. Projects included branding, editorial design, package design, product design and advertising. Her recent work involves nonprofit based, culturally centered projects. Her work is devoted to the development of visual language and systems for effective communication.
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"We Write The Book" Goes to Northridge!
2024-08-10 13:00 - 2025-01-30 19:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
I am thrilled to work again with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR) program for 2024-25!

I will be an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from September 2024 through April 2025 on selected Saturdays as well as during the week after school.
I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA. Let the bookmaking begin!
Three-hole pamphlet stitch single signature binding with fold-outs by Dawn Banker

EXHIBITIONISTA: "White and Texture (Monochrome Unity)" at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
2024-09-10 12:00 - 2024-10-05 17:00 | Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, 02664, United States
I am thrilled to participate in “White & Texture [Monochrome Unity]” at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod!
As the call stated:
“Artists were invited to explore the profound subtleties and striking complexities of using white as the driving color and how texture within the white and informs the execution and the narrative of an artwork, as well as to to explore the effect of this limitation – without a “conventional” color palette.
When the artist is freed from tradition, from expectation, and from the weight of history, there is an opportunity for release, exploration, and the unexpected. For White and Texture [Monochrome Unity], artworks were sought that find the emotion without using color. Uniformity, tranquility universality, simplicity, purity, or abstraction may all come to the surface and create a beautiful tension between what is missing – color, tradition, and form – and what is gained – innovation and the unexpected.
Our desire from the artist is not the search for simplicity but the discovery of a new way of creating and a different way of expression. We hope Monochrome Unity will drive the artist to look for new solutions to an artistic challenge; to use shades of white and embrace texture to provide the ‘color’ that will then provide the energy and emotion.
Using the work of such artists as Michael Buthe, Piero Manzoni, Joan Nixon, and ceramic sculptor Maria Barttuszova provide us with a broad template of the experience to create in the Cultural Center.
White & Texture [Monochrome Unity] will fill our galleries, creating a visual harmony and coherence and like never before, give a visitor experience like no other.”
I am showing WHITE ZIP
21.25″ x 20.5″ x .25″, canvas, acrylic paint, lace, zipper, hemp cord, linen thread, wood

(detail)

"We Write the Book" Artist Residency 2024-25 KICKOFF!
2024-09-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States
“We Write The Book” Goes to Northridge!
Join us for our kickoff program Saturday September 28th 1PM!

I am thrilled to work again with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR) program for 2024-25!

I will be an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from September 2024 through April 2025 on selected Saturdays as well as during the week after school.
I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA. Let the bookmaking begin!

Flag Book and Variations: Book Structures Workshop with artist Debra Disman
2024-09-29 12:00 - 16:00 | Patricia Sweetow Gallery, 1700 So. Santa Fe Ave, Suite 351, Los Angeles, CA, 90021, United States
ENJOY BOOKMAKING IN COMMUNITY IN A GALLERY SETTING!
Presented by Textile Arts LA!
In Conjunction with Patricia Sweetow Gallery
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create the kinetic and versatile “Flag Book” structure, as well as a full-page variant, termed the “Folded Fan”. You’ll learn how to make folded page variations, and how to create one and two-cut apertures and pop-ups. With a focus on textiles and fiber, participants will explore ways to develop, embellish, and adorn their books with texture, color, pattern, and image, as well as how to employ “found writing” to add text.
Debra will guide you in the methods and extensive applications of the accordion fold in bookmaking, gluing, and collage techniques, ways of adding stitching/sewing, and how to create poetic text effortlessly will also be covered. The last hour of the workshop will be devoted to bringing projects to completion as time permits, how to add techniques from the participants’ chosen art forms and expertise to their books, and sharing completed or in-process books as desired.

Materials Included:
Book board prepared for book covers
Acid-free paper prepared for book spines
Acid free- glue sticks
Neutral pH Adhesive/brushes
Scissors
Folding tools
Awls/punching tools
Hemp and other cord and thread
Drawing and Writing Materials
Print Media (repurposed)
Fabric and paper scrap and samples (repurposed)
Designer wallpaper and textile samples
Materials/Tools to Bring if Desired:
Favorite scissors for cutting paper and fabric
Awl or other “punching” tool
Collage materials (that can be glued with a glue stick or fluid adhesive)
Print Media to cut up and repurpose (magazines/books/brochures/postcards)

Purchase Workshop

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2024. 12:00 – 4:00 PM at Patricia Sweetow Gallery 1700 So. Santa Fe Ave. Suite 351, Los Angeles, CA 90021.
parking available
SIGN UP HERE!

Open Studios October 20th at 18th Street Arts Center!
2024-10-20 15:00 - 19:00 | 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus, 1653 18th Street, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
Join us to attend 18th Street Art Center‘s Change the Future event and Artist Open Studios on Sunday, October 20th from 3-7 PM.
I am thrilled to open my studio and participate!
Olympic Campus: Artist Open Studios
Sunday, October 20 | 3-7 PM
18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus
1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Free + Open to the Public
The artists at 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus are opening their studios to the public on Sunday, October 20th from 3 to 7 PM as part of our Change the Future event.
Participating Artists: David McDonald, Diana Taylor, Anne Krinsky, Debra Disman, Dan Wang, Ara Oshagan, Labkhand Olfatmanesh, Luciana Abait, Les Guthman, Susan Kleinberg and Yvette Gellis
Sign up below (as part of our Change the Future event) to RSVP and receive automatic reminders about this event! Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required to attend.

We’re just over two weeks away from our Change the Future event including Artist Open Studios on Sunday, October 20th from 3-7 PM.
This all-ages event blends creativity, technology and environmental action. Explore interactive installations, fly a giant augmented reality kite over Santa Monica, participate in hands-on workshops, and tour artist studios, all while discovering ways to protect our planet.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL AGES WELCOME!

I’ll Be There!

A Peek Inside:

Anne Krinsky combines painting, print, photography and video with archival and geographical research. She is fascinated by the passage of time and the ephemeral nature of the physical world. Since 2018, she has been working on an international project about vulnerable wetlands and climate change.

Diana Taylor works across painting, textiles and print media, exploring notions of time, loss and ruin in visual culture. Recurring motifs that reflect her interests are appropriated from museum catalogues, architectural reference books, craft kits, botanical guides, books on geology, ancient ruins, domestic patterns and other print ephemera.

David McDonald works in both sculpture and painting. The visual qualities of his work vary, but they are connected through a belief in process and intuition as a way of developing work. He believes all things in the natural world are interdependent, and creates situations within his work where this is true.

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.

"Create the Fun and Fantastic Flag Book" at the West Hollywood Library!
2024-10-26 10:00 - 12:30 | West Hollywood Library, 625 N San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA, 90069, United States
Learn How to Create the Fun and Fantastic Flag Book at the West Hollywood Library!!

A Free Workshop produced by Friends of the West Hollywood Library
Join us to “Create the Fun and Fantastic Flag Book” where participants will learn how to make a unique fold-out book featuring flag-shaped pages that move and groove when the book is opened and closed.
The workshop will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 10:00 – 12:30 p.m.

Held at the West Hollywood Library’s Community Room, this free workshop will be facilitated by Debra Disman, a Los Angeles-based teaching artist known for her work inspired by books. Debra’s work can be seen in galleries, museums, libraries and art centers across the country.

Through learning hands-on techniques in visual arts & crafts, participants will be able to design their own personal one-of-a-kind flag book. All materials will be provided, and free parking is available.
This workshop is proudly sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library, a 501c (3) nonprofit, committed to the promotion and enhancement of the West Hollywood Library‘s collections, facilities and programs. Friends also operates the Friends Bookstore, located adjacent to the West Hollywood Library at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard, selling gently used books & films, with proceeds benefiting the West Hollywood Library.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Paper + Fiber" at 1202 Contemporary
2024-11-13 08:00 - 2025-12-31 08:00 | 1202 Contemporary, 7397 Monterey Road, Gilroy, CA, 95020 US, United States
1202 Contemporary proudly presents its 4th annual Paper + Fiber show, celebrating two mediums that women artists have traditionally used for centuries, but have always been considered “craft,” or less than fine art. Uplifting and supporting artists who have worked in textile, fiber, and/or paper mediums, this exhibition centers and hones in on the theme of figure.
Click HERE to view the show!

EXHIBITIONISTA: MAS Attack at the Torrance Art Museum: a pop-up exhibition of solidarity!
2024-12-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Torrance Art Museum (TAM), 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA, 90503, United States
MAS Attack Returns to TAM Dec 13th!

MAS Attack Returns to the Torrance Art Museum (TAM) – Friday, December 13th, 6-9pm
Calling all artists in SoCal—join us for a pop-up exhibition of solidarity!
After a challenging and divisive period, many artists are uncertain about the future. But the future starts now—and we are stronger together. Join us for the return of the Mutual Appreciation Society event—MAS Attack! This one-night-only exhibition invites all artists to share work that reflects these turbulent times, whether political, emotional, or personal. Art that speaks to where we are, and where we are headed. This is an opportunity to show that community counts, and that we are not alone.
How to Participate
No registration or application is required! Artists are invited to drop off their work at TAM from Tuesday, December 10th to Friday, December 13th, 10am-4pm. The opening reception will be Friday, December 13th, 6-9pm. At 9pm, artists can take their work home with them.
What’s at stake?
With recent tensions and the aftermath of a divisive election, many artists are wondering what comes next. We need to reinforce our sense of community—so we can replace grief, anger, and anxiety with hope, resilience, and strength. MAS Attack is about showing up, sharing art, and reminding each other that we are in this together. We invite all forms of art, all styles, and all voices. Your voice matters.
This is just the beginning. Small steps, but important ones. Let’s come together, renew our bonds, and support each other. Join us on Friday, December 13th—and be part of the future.
Spread the word!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "REWRITING HER STORY" at the Hera Gallery
2025-01-01 00:00 - 2025-12-31 00:00 | Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, 10 High Street, Wakefield, RI, 02879, United States
“Writer Elizabeth Lesser asks “What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her?”
Flipping through the pages of your high school history textbook, how many stories are written about women as monumental protagonists? When was the last time you watched a movie that passed the Bechdel test? When was the last time there were more women than men on the Supreme Court voting on the right to our bodies?
As brands of “faux” feminism partnered with consumerist culture push out media representing women’s liberation through a patriarchal gaze, how can we reclaim the visual language to share more authentic stories? How can our art share the stories of women, trans women, and non-binary folks written out of the history books? How does your work give voice to the overlooked and underrepresented?
Hera Gallery presents 52 works that rewrite this cultural consciousness for a more inclusive human history.”
I am honored to have two pieces in this salient exhibition, and participate in a small way, in Rewriting Her/Our/Their Story.
WHITE ZIP

and
INTO THE BUSH

Please see the SHOW here.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "DWELLINGS: An Exhibition of Inhabited Spaces" at ARTLINK
2025-01-02 10:00 - 2025-02-02 18:00 | ARTLINK-AUER Center for Arts and Culture, 300 East main Street, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
I am thrilled to participate in the exhibition: “DWELLINGS: An Exhibition of Inhabited Spaces” at ARTLINK, at the Auer Center for Arts and Culture, Fort Wayne, Indiana. I love to get my work involved in events and shows all across the country, in areas not considered major art centers and off the edges of the US. I find the commitment and caliber of shows, curators/jurors, artists and work to be audacious and inspiring on all fronts.
“For the exhibition DWELLINGS, juried by Steve Garst, Artlink invited artists to submit works of any media that involve homes, shelters, forts, nests, burrows, or any other forms of inhabited space used by humans or non-humans. Where a creature lays its head can be a place of refuge, sustenance, and identity. They are cauldrons of growth, filled with love, hurt, anger, learning, and memory. Often, homes are constructed and, in turn, end up constructing the lives of those who dwell within them, for better or worse. Artlink is excited to offer an exhibition exploring the variety of human and non-human places that serve as home, in all its numerous manifestations.”
I am showing “Window Treatment”

Window Treatment, 2018, 13 x 38 x 9.25″, book board/file folders/file cards/hemp cord, wax

EXHIBITIONISTA: LA OPEN 2025
2025-01-08 13:00 - 2025-01-24 19:00 | Tag Gallery, 5458 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
The Artists Gallery (TAG) Presents:
The L.A. Open 2025
Wednesday, January 8 through Friday, January 24
Awards Reception: Saturday, January 11th, 2025, 5 – 8 pm
TAG and the L.A. Open celebrate art and creativity in Los Angeles County!
I am thrilled to show two works in this fun and fantastic annual show!

The Body Politic: Black and Gold, 2024, 8.5 x 23 x 7″, book board, paint, canvas, metal leaf, lace, cord, netting, trim, beads

Hopes and Fears and…, 2020, 24.5 x 16.25″, textile samples, linen thread

JUROR: Genie Davis
Genie Davis is a writer who loves and writes about art as well as a wide range of other subjects as a journalist, biographer, novelist, and WGA-W screen and television writer. You can see her written work in the arts on her own www.diversionsLA.com as well as in past publications of Artillery, Art & Cake, Art Scene, Fabrik, and Riot Material.
She is the curator of 2023’s Leaving Eden, a two-person thematic exhibition at Keystone Art Space; September 2024’s Thresholds, a small group exhibition at Gallery of Hermosa; and upcoming in March 2025, the international exhibition Windswept at Wonzimer Gallery.
MORE INFO HERE!
