Debra Disman

Exhibitionista: "Please Touch"
2022-06-04 12:00 - 2022-06-17 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Arts at Blue Roof, 7329 S. Broadway Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90003, United States
“Please Touch” is:
a group exhibition that is part of Arts at Blue Roof 2022 Summer Festival, “A Celebration of Creativity and Joy
June 4, 12-5pm PST
On view through June 18th by appt.
Arts at Blue Roof
7329 S. Broadway Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90003
https://www.artsatblueroof.org/
Curated by Kristine Schomaker and Sheli Silverio
Featuring: Debra Disman, Cathy Engel-Marder, Monica Marks, Liz Nurenberg, Julie O’Sullivan, Laurel Paley, Robyn Sanford
Arts at Blue Roof Summer Festival, “A Celebration of Creativity and Joy celebrates the summer solstice while highlighting the richness and diversity of the arts in South Los Angeles and beyond. It reflects Blue Roof Studios’ commitment to fostering and amplifying creativity, connection, and inclusion within the community.
The festival is produced by Arts at Blue Roof Studios, Lisa Diane Wedgeworth

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Alternative Fiber"
2022-06-03 11:00 - 2022-07-30 17:00 | Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, 511 Ave K, Lubbock, TX, 79401, United States
In celebration of alternative uses of fiber and textile material, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA) is proud to present:
Alternative Fiber: A National Juried Exhibition.

In recent years the use of fiber and textile has greatly expanded creating art that no longer easily fits into the category of craft. New art has been constructed utilizing these materials in both sculptural, two dimensional, and even installation practice. LHUCA’s exhibition will focus on these ideas as we aim to create a juried art show highlighting the many alternative ideas present in these mediums.
I have two pieces in this exciting exhibition!
“Hopes and Fears and…” which won HONORABLE MENTION!
and
“Torrent and Tangle: Keep Your House in Order

Juror: Karena Bennett: Over the last two decades, Karena has worked with a variety of arts organizations across the Northwest ranging from small galleries to higher education institutions including most recently the Confluence Project and Caldera Arts. Currently, she serves as Executive Director of Surface Design Association (SDA), an international non-profit focused on fiber art and design. Since 1977, SDA has promoted artists around the world through exhibitions, events, and its quarterly publication, Surface Design Journal.
Founded in 1997, LHUCA, the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, is a nationally recognized private, 501(c)(3) non-profit fine arts center. Located in the heart of the Lubbock Arts District, LHUCA has a unique four block campus that offers exciting spaces and opportunities for the visual and performing arts. LHUCA is the largest contemporary art center between Dallas/Fort Worth, TX and Santa Fe, NM. This exhibition will be on display for First Friday Art Trails reaching over 4,000+ visitors. LHUCA is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission to our galleries is always free. For more information on our many arts programs, visit us at www.lhuca.org

"Mining Peace in a Troubled World and How Artists Survive" Panel Discussion
2022-05-22 15:00 - 17:00 | 18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
I am thrilled to be a panelist for:
Mining Peace in a Troubled World and How Artists Survive
Debra Disman, Rent Wound Tear, Mend Heal Repair, 2022. Mixed media: canvas/acrylic paint/hemp cord/string. Exhibition view of “Collective Acts of Peace” at 18th Street Arts Center’s Airport Campus Slipstream Galleries. March 15 – June 4, 2022. Photo by Marc Walker.
Mining Peace in a Troubled World and How Artists Survive Institute of United Minds, Salon #1Part of Collective Acts of PeaceSunday, May 22 | 3 pm-5 pm18th Street Arts Center | Slipstream Galleries3026 Airport Ave, Santa MonicaIn-person

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mining-peace-in-a-troubled-world-and-how-artists-survive-tickets-304229317077
Join artists in the exhibition Collective Acts of Peace for a conversation at 18th Street Arts Center’s Slipstream Galleries. Debra Disman and David McDonald, local artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center who have work in the exhibition, will be the panelists for this conversation.
View the Discussion HERE!

Celebrate Poetry Month and Earth Day with the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-04-20 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Please join us online for our final event of the season with artist-in-residence Debra Disman. Debra will help you create a special handmade book honoring Earth Day and celebrating National Poetry Month.
To celebrate this program, when you sign up you will not only receive the supplies necessary to participate in the program, but some special artmaking materials and Los Angeles Public Library SWAG!
This is an online program.
PLEASE sign up using the link that we’ve set up: tinyurl.com/34a8nam9 so that we can provide you with the info we’re gathering using the form and also to minimize any questions about supply packets.so that we can provide you with the info we’re gathering using the form and also to minimize any questions about supply packets.
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.

EXHIBITIONISTA: FANTASTIC FIBERS 2022
2022-04-19 08:00 - 2022-06-18 17:00 | Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah, KY, 42001, United States
I am thrilled to be participating in FANTASTIC FIBERS 2022, an international juried exhibition that seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding works related to the fiber medium.

Pictured, my work, “Excavation of the Interior“, 2021
One of Yeiser Art Center’s most engaging, innovative & colorful international exhibits, Fantastic Fibers is an inspirational must-see for fine artists, quilters and textile art enthusiasts across the globe.
Contemporary and innovative works created with fiber as the primary medium or concept were welcome. This exhibition was open to all artists 18 years and over working in the field of fiber art.
The show began in 1987 as a wearable art show but has evolved over the years to include a compelling mix of traditional and non-traditional works created from natural or synthetic fibers, and work that addresses the subject or medium of fiber.
JUROR: Matt Collinsworth
Matt Collinsworth became the new CEO of the National Quilt Museum during the summer of 2021. Matt attended Georgetown College in central Kentucky and received his MFA from Ohio State. He has been directing nonprofit organizations since 1998 and museum’s and other cultural organizations since 2003. Matt has served as Director of the Kentucky Folk Art Center, Senior Director of Cultural Outreach at Morehead State University, Interim Director of the Lexington Art League, and Director of the National Music Museum. Matt has curated and co-curated dozens of exhibitions that have appeared at museums and galleries across the country, including national and international traveling shows. He also produced numerous major exhibition catalogs, overseen large cultural events, and led several facility renovation projects. Matt lives in Paducah’s Lowertown Arts District with his wife, Kelly, his son, Eli, and (when she’s home from college) his daughter, Brynn.

EXHIBITIONISTA: 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper
2022-03-24 12:00 - 2022-05-06 17:00 | McNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts, 4205 Ryan St., Lake Charles, LA, 70609, United States
I am honored to have two pieces in the 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper exhibition, juried by: Jennifer Dasal, creator and host of ArtCurious Podcast, a podcast about art history, and previously Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art.
Listen to Jennifer Dasal’s talk HERE!
“Walk” through the show HERE!
I am showing “PRAIRIE”
and
“BURNING BUSH”

View all the wonderful works in the show HERE!

Open the Door to Women Artists with the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-03-23 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH BY LEARNING ABOUT, HONORING AND BEING INSPIRED BY WOMEN ARTISTS!!!
Date(s):
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Time:
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Location:
Online – West Valley Regional Branch Library

Audience:
Kids, Adults

Category:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Series:

Women’s History Month

Language:

English

RSVP:

Complete the online form to register.

Description:

Celebrate Women’s History Month and the work of Frida Kahlo, Faith Ringgold, and Yayoi Kusama by creating a fantastic handmade book. Exercise your creativity and learn new skills in the process!
This is an online program. Space and supplies are limited to the first 20 patrons who register. There is a limit of 2 supply packs per household.
Registration and supplies will be distributed in order of request.

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.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Collective Acts of Peace / Actos colectivos de paz"
2022-03-14 11:00 - 2022-06-04 17:00 | 18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
I am thrilled to participate in: Collective Acts of Peace / Actos colectivos de paz, an exhibition of 18th Street Arts Center in the Slipstream Gallery, at the Airport Campus. curated by Frida Cano.
“Artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center are pleased to present Collective Acts of Peace, a selection of 18th Street projects with the aim of exploring different embraces of the creative mind in the midst of an endless global pandemic. Featuring the work of Alexandra Dillon, Ameeta Nanji, Crystal Michaelson, Daniela Schweitzer, David McDonald, Debra Disman, Doni Silver Simons, Joan Abrahamson, Joan Wulf, Julia Michelle Dawson, Labkhand Olfatmanesh, Lola del Fresno, M Susan Broussard, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Rebecca Youssef, and Susie McKay Krieser, this artist-led project is on view in the Slipstream Galleries 18th Street Arts Center’s Airport Campus (3026 Airport Ave, Santa Monica) from March 14 – June 4, 2022. The exhibition highlights the connections among creatives who strive to make this a better world for all living beings, humans and non-humans alike.”

EXHIBITIONISTA: EXPO 41 at B.J. Spokes Gallery
2022-03-02 11:00 - 2022-03-27 17:00 | B.J. Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
I am thrilled to be included in:
EXPO 41, a virtual exhibition of the b.j. spoke gallery

Juror: Sewon Kang, Archivist at The Easton/Bourgeois Archive in NYC. Formerly she served as Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Modern Art.
The Opening Reception will be held on ZOOM – Saturday, March 5th at 7:00pm (EST).
To Attend, Please REGISTER HERE!
View the show HERE!

Exhibitionista: Material III at d’Art Center
2022-02-19 12:00 - 2022-03-13 17:00 | d’Art Center, 740 Boush St., Norfolk, VA, Virginia, 23510, United States
I am thrilled to be showing in MATERIAL III, an exhibition of original fiber artworks from across the country highlighting the quality and variety of artworks utilizing fiber as a major component, including non-functional, 2D, 3D, fine art, and fine craft in fiber including mixed media works, in a variety of styles, co-curated by gallery manager Amanda Bradley and exhibition juror, Ryan Lytle.

I am showing “BEFORE THE FALL“, a sculptural book that is hung!

See the Live, In-Person AWARDS EVENT HERE!

Learn to Create the Fun and Fantastic Flower Fold Book with LACMA!
2022-02-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-01-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Join us online through LACMA – The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art to learn to create the Fun and Fantastic Flower Fold Book for families with children ages 6+
Learn the fun and fantastic flower fold structure and make a book of repeated forms that changes size and unfolds into a sculpture! Add artwork, text, poems and wishes and create your personal vision for 2022!
We will discuss Chris Burden’s METROPOLIS in reference to books that move, fold and unfold!!!
Sign up HERE!

Celebrate Chinese New Year, The Year of the Tiger and the Chinese Lantern Festival!
2022-02-15 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us in creating a fun and fantastic handmade book to celebrate
The Chinese Lantern Festival & Year of the Tiger.
You will learn both the accordion and the flower fold techniques while learning about this unique festival.
This is an online program. Space and supplies are limited to the first 20 patrons who register.
There is a limit of 2 supply packs per household. Registration and supplies will be distributed in order of request.
To Register go to: https://tinyurl.com/bdz2ve9d
For ADA accommodations please call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event

Exhibitionista: The Center for Contemporary Art 2022 International
2022-01-14 08:00 - 2022-02-26 17:00 | The Center For Contemporary Art, 2020 Burnt Mills Road, Bedminster, Bedminster, NJ, 07921, United States
I am thrilled to participate in The Center For Contemporary Art‘s
2022 International Juried Exhibition

EXHIBITION DATES: January 14, 2022 – February 26, 2022
Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 2022, 6-8 p.m.
Attend the Zoom OPENING, January 14th, 2022, at 7PM EST, 3PM PST!
JUROR: Erin Jenoa Gilbert
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Joan Appel, Claude Beller, Bill Brookover, Monica J. Brown, Lionel Carre, Arden Cone, Steven Daiber, Debra Disman, Tracy DiTolla, Marvin Eans, Steven Epstein, Tracy Finn, Sandy Furst, Anita Gladstone, Gregory Hennen, Valerie Huhn, Pat Kelly, Karen L. Kirshner, Jack Knight, Shawn Marshall, Monica Mendes, Edward Mills, Myra Nowlin, David Orban, Clare Parry, Sandi Pfeifer, Robert Reid, Lilly Saywitz, Alireza Vaziri Rahimi, Mark Vogel, Chrissy Wallace

ABOUT THE JUROR:
Erin Jenoa Gilbert is a New York based curator and art advisor, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora. Exploring the relationship between art, power and politics, her curatorial practice examines the physical and psychological connection to land, the trauma of displacement and the Black female body as contested terrain. Gilbert’s intersectional critical analysis exposes the fault lines in the aesthetic regimes that dominate visual culture, specifically by presenting artists whose contributions to the canon have been overlooked, particularly women artists from the “Deep South” and the “Global South”. Most recently the Curator of African American Manuscripts at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, she has also held positions at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Over the course of her career she has addressed audiences at The Studio Museum in Harlem, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Howard University, Fashion Institute of Technology and Swann Auction House. Figure and Force, a conversation she moderated between Barbara Chase Riboud and Ilyasah Shabbaz for Solange’s Saint Heron, exemplifies her commitment to expanding the audience for modern and contemporary art.
In July 2021, Gilbert curated A Force For Change, an exhibition presenting 26 contemporary women artists of African descent in New York benefiting UN Women. She is the co-curator of Mary Lovelace O’Neal: Whales Fucking which will open at MoAD in San Francisco, California in November 2022. Since 2015 she has curated several museum and gallery exhibitions in the US and UK including Zohra Opoku: Draped Histories/Beyond Visage, Sienna Shields: Invisible Woman and In The Eye of the Beholder.
Gilbert holds a BA in Political Science and a BA in African and African American Studies from the University of Michigan, and a MA in Contemporary Art from the University of Manchester. She has published catalog essays on several prominent artists, including Deborah Roberts (Spelman University, 2018); Alma Thomas (Mnuchin Gallery, 2019); Chakaia Booker (ICA Miami, 2021) and Mary Lovelace O’Neal (MoAD, 2022).
Attend the Zoom OPENING, January 14th, 2022, at 7PM EST, 3PM PST!

Panorama City Branch Library Artist-in-Residence CULMINATION EVENT
2021-12-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Get ready for 2022 with your own handmade Vision Journal in this fun online event which culminates my Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs artist residency at the Panorama City Branch Library!

Take-home kits of materials to use during the online program (plus fun library swag) are available at the library Reference Desk, while supplies last.

This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.

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.

Date(s):

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Time:

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Location:

Online – Panorama City Branch Library

Audience:

Kids, Teens, Adults

Category:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Series:

Winter Celebrations

Language:

English

RSVP:

Register via Zoom.

Description:

Get ready for 2022 by creating your own handmade Vision Journal in our final workshop with artist-in-residence Debra Disman.

Take-home kits of materials to use during the online program (plus fun library swag) are available at the library Reference Desk, while supplies last.

This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.

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.

Winter Solstice Bookmaking with the West Valley Regional Branch Library
2021-12-21 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us online to create your own handmade book to celebrate the Winter Solstice!
Learn about the phases of the moon and add them to your book to welcome the Winter Season!

This is an online program. Space and supplies are limited to the first 20 patrons who register. There is a limit of 2 supply packs per household.
Registration and supplies will be distributed in order of request.

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.

Holiday Bookmaking with the Panorama City Branch Library!
2021-11-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Make a “Treasured Memory Book” You Can Use for the Future!
Welcome the holiday season by creating a book that can hold treasured memories: recipes, photographs, poems, stories, songs, artworks.
Materials packets available.
Please contact the Panorama City Branch Library for details and to sign up!
This workshop is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and led by artist-in-residence Debra Disman through the Panorama City Branch Library!

Welcome the Holidays: Make a Recipe Book With the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2021-11-18 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us online and learn how to create an Accordion Fold Book with pockets to hold treasured recipes!
Welcome the holidays by being creative, artmaking, and learning new skills!
This workshop is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and led by artist-in-residence Debra Disman through the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
Materials packets available.
Please see flier for details.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "MOSTLY MONOCHROME"
2021-11-01 00:00 - 2021-11-30 00:00 | WoArt
I am thrilled to be included in the exhibition, Mostly Monochrome, presented online by the loved and respected WoArt Blog, and curated by WoArtBlog founder, Christina Massey, offering a strong platform for Women Artists.

November 1 – 30th, 2021
www.woartblog.com.

“Mostly Monochrome” is an online exhibition featuring artists using a mostly monochromatic approach to the creation of their work. Artworks with the reduced variant of color grab their viewers attention instead through their process, materials, composition and tonality.
As one scrolls through the exhibition, you’ll be visually transitioning through subtle shifts in the monochromatic palette and visually stimulated through the juxtaposition of works from minimal color field paintings to extremely detailed and laborious drawings and sculptures.
Viewers are invited to scroll through the wide range of artistic styles and explore the work in the virtual gallery slideshow. Click on the images to get further details and make any purchases of Artworks.
Support the work of Women Artists, shop the online store!

Featuring Artists:
Laura Ahola-Young, Lois Bender, Laurey Bennett-Levy, Angelica Bergamini, Carol Bouyoucos, Clare Burson, Ai Campbell, Jaynie Crimmins, Marianne DeAngelis, Debra Disman, Pauline Galiana, Veronika Golova, Carolynn Haydu, Erin Juliana, Rachel Kohn, Parvathi Kumar, Barbara Laube, Bonny Leibowitz, Seren Morey, Jane Nodine, Judith Ornstein, Dara Oshin, Barbara Owen, Lily Prince, Eve Provost Chartrand, Robin Roi, Andra Samelson, Amy Sands, Mary Shah, Barbara Sherman, Christina Smith, Lauren Smith, Judi Tavill, Jessica Tawczynski, Shira Toren, Ellen Weider, Odeta Xheka, Emna Zghal, Tamar Zinn
I am honored to have two works presented in the show, “Before the Fall”, and “Profusion”, pictured below.

Hear our discussion on Clubhouse!
Artists Who AND…, ”Artists…giving back to the creative community”, Debra Disman/Lois Bender/Laurey Bender-Levy, Clubhouse, November 17, 2021

Celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Panorama City Branch Library!
2021-10-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
FREE ONLINE BOOKMAKING PROGRAM!
The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles supports this artist in residence program!
Join us to celebrate Día de los Muertos by creating your own handmade book and add Papel Picado (cut paper designs) to make it special and unique.
Supplies packets available for the first 20 participants who sign up and pick up!
Contact the Panorama City Branch Library to sign up today!

Learn to Create a Tunnel Book With the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2021-10-20 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles supports this artist in residence program:
Join us for a Tunnel Bookmaking program, and learn to create a story in three dimensions!
Supplies packets available for the first 20 participants who sign up and pick up!
Please see information on flier, and contact the West Walley Regional Branch Library to sign up today!

Learn to Create a Tunnel Book through the Panorama City Branch Library!
2021-09-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Join us online, and learn how to make a TUNNEL BOOK and create your own three-dimensional story !
FREE!!!

The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles supports this artist in residence program:
Join us for a Tunnel Bookmaking program, and learn to create a story in three dimensions!
Supplies packets available for the first 20 participants who sign up and pick up!
Contact the Panorama City Branch Library to sign up today!

Date(s):

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Time:

4:00 pm

Location:

Online – Panorama City Branch Library

Audience:

Adults and Everyone is welcome!

Category:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Language:

English

RSVP:

Email bgallego@lapl.org for the Zoom meeting link. The link will be emailed to participants the morning of the program.

Description:

Create your own three-dimensional story with a “Tunnel Book” with artist-in-residence Debra Disman.

Materials packets are available at the library.

This program made possible in part by a grant from the 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.

Exhibitionista: Brand 49: the Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper
2021-09-11 08:00 - 2021-10-30 17:00 | Brand Library and Art Center, 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA, 91201, United States
I am thrilled to participate in the exhibition: Brand 49, the Brand Associates Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, happening September 11 – October 30, 2021, represented by a collaborative artist book work created with contemporary artist Luciana Abait, entitled, “drift“. The piece highlights the effect humans are having on our precious and fragile environment, specifically, the melting of the polar icecaps in Antarctica.
Brand 49 welcomes Marvella Muro, Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics and Art (SHG) in Los Angeles, as this year’s juror. From it’s inception in 1973, Self Help Graphics has been nationally known for functioning at the intersection of the arts and social justice. Providing a home that fosters the creativity and development of local artists, it is the pre-eminent center for Latinx printmaking and a resource for young and emerging artists.
Brand 49 is organized by the Associates of Brand Library & Art Center, an all volunteer non-profit that raises funds to support the extensive free and public events at Brand including gallery exhibitions, classical and popular music performances, film screenings, dance performances, and activities for people of all ages.

Exhibitionista: TRICKSTERS & TRANSFORMATION at the Helms Design Center
2021-09-04 12:00 - 2021-10-10 17:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Blvd. Studio E, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
I am thrilled to be participating in “Tricksters and Transformation”, organized by Textile Arts LA, on view at the Helms Design Center, Studio E!

“Textiles have the universally demonstrated capacity for holding meaning, establishing connections, and creating healing. As we emerge, on many levels, from the darkness into the light of awareness of isolation and injustice we have an opportunity and obligation to examine the status quo. This exhibition will allow the artist to step into the now and make work that opens doors within themselves, thereby acting as a portal to a collective resurgence into a renewed relationship with the world. This awakening inspires transformation.
There is a deep potential for the artist to act as trickster, agent of change, or boundary crosser. After the pandemic and the social upheaval of the past eighteen months, the artist has gained renewed agency for creating more enlightened definitions of meaning and new ways of seeing.
The pandemic can be a portal, serving as a provocation to transformation.”
I am showing “Torrent and Tangle: Keep Your House In Order”, in a new configuration!

Juror: Carol Shaw-Sutton
Carol Shaw-Sutton has been exhibiting her fiber sculpture in the U.S. and internationally since the 1970s with the California Design Exhibitions, the Young American Award exhibition at Museum of Art and Design in NYC, three Lausanne Biennales in Switzerland and the Kyoto Museum of Art, Japan. Her work is included in numerous major museum collections including the Oakland Museum of Art, The DeYoung Museum, The Museum of Art and Design, among others, as well as corporate and private holdings worldwide. She received three NEA Individual Artist Fellowships, the prestigious Young American Award from the American Craft Council, the United States/Japan and the United States/France Fellowships and many others from her city and university. Shaw-Sutton recently retired from the School of Art at CSULB where she headed their Fiber Program for more than thirty years and is now Professor Emeritus.
Artist -in-residence Carmen Mardonez will be at the gallery. Please email Carrie Burckle or Lesley Roberts if you would like to meet one of us at the gallery to walk-through. Thank you for supporting textile arts in Los Angeles!

"Make Your Own Journal" at the Panorama City Branch Library!
2021-08-31 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Join us and start the school year of by learning how to make your very own handbound journal!
Los Angles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Debra Disman will lead you in creating a “single signature” bound book that you can use for writing, drawing, note-keeping, poetry, homework, lists, photographs, recipes and more!
Materials packets available.
Please contact the Panorama City Branch Library for details, and how to pick up your materials!

Exhibitionista: THE BOOK AS ART v9: MUSE
2021-08-13 12:00 - 2021-10-03 17:00 | Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Artist books take many forms – from handmade and lusciously tactile to linear and informative, abstract and questioning to sculptural and monumental.
The Decatur Arts Alliance presents the ninth edition of the juried exhibition of artists’ books, The Book as Art v.9: Muse, August 13–October 3, 2021. This show celebrates the book with a wildly varied collection of inventive and spectacular work that challenges expectations. The exhibition will be installed once again at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library.
Dedicated to the memory of Dorothy “Dot” Davis Moye (1941-2021).
Brought to you by Decatur Arts Alliance, Georgia Center for the Book, the DeKalb Co. Public Library, DeKalb Library Foundation and Keep it Indie-catur.

Gallery Hours
Aug. 13-Oct.3
The Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, Ga.
The gallery will be open for limited, in-person viewing hours. Registration required.

Book An Appointment
I am showing, “WINDOW TREATMENT”

To see a video of this work, please see VIDEO below!

Watch Video HERE

Experience the talk HERE
Please see the online version of the Show, Opening Night Tour, and all other information HERE!

EXHIBITIONISTA: Book As Art 2021: Muse
2021-08-13 12:00 - 17:00 | Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
The Book as Art v. 9.0: Muse
Presented by the The Decatur Arts Alliance
Decatur, Georgia
August 13–October 1, 2021.
The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) presents the ninth edition of the juried exhibition of artists’ books, The Book as Art, August 13–October 1, 2021. This edition will be installed once again at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library. If conditions allow, the DAA will sponsor a limited opening on Friday, August 27, 2021,or a virtual opening and tour of the exhibition. The exhibition is brought to you by Decatur Arts Alliance, Georgia Center for the Book, the DeKalb Co. Public Library, DeKalb Library Foundation and Keep it Indie-catur.
“Nine: a number both sacred and profane. This mystical numeral, both spiritual and scientific, is celebrated the world over and in all religions, representing the brightest ands darkest aspects of the celestial and the terrestrial. Fulfillment, completion, reflection, and birth are balanced with pain, misfortune, evil, and death.
For the Ancient Greeks, nine sisters born of heaven and memory gave inspiration to artists, scientists , and historians. They guided the feet and the fingers, moved the brush and the pen, swelled the chest, and sweetened the voice. But when their gifts of love and wisdom were overshadowed by hubris, the sisters punished and imprisoned those who forsook the purity of their spiritual gifts.
The muses still call out to artists world-wide, placing in their minds the seeds of creation, the word, the phrase, the form, are born and transformed upon the page. Held in the hand, a book can be a source of stability in unsettled times. Tactile and olfactory, the black and white pages conjure emotions and images that endure longer than flickering light on small screens. From tablet to folio, papyrus to scroll, song to psalm—all are created as a concept that becomes thought, becomes word, becomes book, becomes sculpture.
These objects, in an increasingly digital world, stubbornly survive and have proved a steady presence in our unprecedented isolation. Color and light, script and structure, translate thought and idea, and bestow upon us, the viewers, the fruit of artistic inspiration. The objects in this exhibition will interpret the concept of the book and invite the viewer to look beyond the printed page to where ideas, words, and symbols are transformed and are transfigured. They are expressive, iconic, mystical, and inspirational. They are, in form, muse.”
Beautifully made volumes, sculptural and conceptual interpretations, and one-of-a-kind approaches to the book format as well as wall-hung interpretations will be showcased!
I am showing “Window Treatment“, 13″ x 38″ x 9.25″, a one-of-a-kind sculptural Artists’ Book made of book board, file folders, paint, hemp cord, linen thread, canvas, mulberry paper and watercolor paper. It stands upright on a pedestal, shelf, table or other surface parallel to the floor. When opened, it can span up to 38” wide.

See the Show! https://decaturartsalliance.org/book-as-art/
EVENTS:
Several events are planned throughout the run of the show. The Georgia Center for the Book inaugurated a series of virtual tours of the exhibition, artist talks, and discussions in 2020 that will be continued in 2021. Through these presentations artists were able to talk in depth about their books, and lead us on virtual tours through their volumes. You can review these presentations at bookasart.com, and on the Georgia Center for the Book’s YouTube channel
The Jurors:
Anna Embree is a Professor for the MFA Book Arts Program in the School of Library Science and Information Studies at the University of Alabama. She teaches courses and workshops in bookbinding, box making, and special topics in book preservation and book history. Anna has a strong interest in the physical and material aspects of book structures, collaborates with printers and papermakers on limited edition handmade books, and has exhibited widely.
Anna’s book work focuses on composition and form. When designing a single book or an edition, she works to unify content, structure, and materials. The goal is to create a visually engaging work that facilitates interaction with the content through purposeful mechanical and operational design choices.
Beth Shoemaker is the Rare Book Librarian at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archive & Rare Book Library in Atlanta. Her work includes cataloging, collection development, teaching and curating exhibits in the Emory Libraries. In 2018 she co-curated the exhibit Common Thread: Women’s Experience through Artists’ Books at Rose Library and was recently a featured speaker on the role of artists’ books in academic libraries for the Form & Function from Afar Conference, organized by Book Paper Thread. At Emory she is the co-organizer of an event series called Bound with History, where each event is focused on a portion of the rare book collection, including artists’ books and pop-ups, and attendees get to have a hands-on experience with collection material.
Sande Wascher-James has been working with the book arts since the mid-nineties when she discovered that she could use all of the mediums she enjoyed working with in a format that varied greatly and had meaning—the book. One of the hallmarks of her work is purposefully using techniques such as embroidery and beading, which are considered “women’s work”, to deal with issues felt to be of importance to most women through the medium of book structures. The books are meant to be held in the hand and to be read, as well as to be displayed in their sculptural format. She makes both one-of-a-kind books and small editions, usually no more than two editions per year due to the intensive labor involved in making them. Sande feels that the books need to be both artistically beautiful and have a text that is as powerful as the imagery. Sande is a full time studio artist whose work has been in many exhibitions, is held in both private and public collections, and in publications. She has been honored with awards for her work in exhibitions, and has work held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Yale, Harvard, Duke, University of Washington, and others.

Exhibitionista: "Reflection" at the Korean Cultural Center and Launch LA
2021-08-06 12:00 - 2021-08-27 17:00 | Launch LA, 170 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90036
REFLECTION
A LAUNCH LA GROUP EXHIBITION
In partnership with The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

AUGUST 6 – AUGUST 27, 2021
A reflection may be an image mirrored back to the observer or serious thought and consideration. In the case of this exhibition, it’s both. “Reflection” brings together artists from across Southern California whose practices contemplate and reflect our times. Through their work, they provide an authentic lens to view contemporary culture.
JURORS:
Sunook Park is a professor in the CSULB School of Art and Brand Coach at SUNOOKPARK Branding. He is the independent curator and founder of ANDLAB: a motivational retreat center, alternative exhibition space, and education lab of art and design thinking.
Terrell Tilford is an accomplished actor as well as long time collector and curator of contemporary and modern art. He founded Band of Vices in the West Adams area of LA in 2015. The gallery serves as a platform for emerging, mid-career & established Contemporary artists.
I am showing, “Maximum Security“, 15 x 18 x 10.25”, mixed media (book board, canvas, wood, hemp cord, watercolor paper, acrylic paint and ink)

Exhibitionista: The 2021 California Open Exhibition at TAG Gallery
2021-08-04 13:00 - 2021-08-21 17:00 | Tag Gallery, 5458 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
I am thrilled and honored to participate in the
16th Annual 2021 California Open at TAG Gallery in Los Ange;les.
Please join us for the Opening Saturday August 7th, 7-10PM.
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“Prairie“, (interior/exterior), 2018, 10.25″ x 47″ x 15.25”, mixed media: book board, paperboard, jute cord, watercolor paper, tissue paper
Selected artists:
Mariko Bird, Alejandro Borges, Jonathan Crow, Lynne Deutch, Debra Disman, Kevin Eaton, Louis Jacinto, Brian Knoerzer, Debbie Korbel, Kenny Kwon, Johnny Naked, Barbara Nathanson, Toban Nichols, Bryan Northup, Joe O’neill, Manaz Raiszadeh, Steven Rahbany, John Rushing, James Sloman, Joshua Tann, Michael Tole, Paul Valadez, Robin Walker, Paul Westacott, Tina Ybarra, R Zach Zecha, Jim Zver.
Juror:
Gronk is the moniker of artist Glugio Nicandro. Along with vast and never-ending self- education, he studied visual art at the East Los Angeles College and California State University, Los Angeles in the 1970s. Gronk is an enduring and influential figure in the Los Angeles and international art scenes — maintaining an active studio in downtown Los Angeles that functions as his live-work space and an epicenter for other artists and community members. Along with a core group of artists, Gronk helped establish Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) in 1978. In 1993, a traveling retrospective of his work, Gronkl: A Living Survey, 1972 – 1993, was organized by the Mexican Museum in San Francisco and traveled to several institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Gronk exhibited at LACMA again in 2011 for the exhibition ASCO: Elite of the Obscure. Gronk’s work is represented in numerous private and museum collections across the country, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of modern Art (SFMoMa); the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles. Gronk’s Theater of Paint marks the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles in more than two decades.

Accordion Book Variation at the Panama City Branch Library!
2021-07-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Join us online as we celebrate “Summer With The Library”, the LAPL Summer 2021 Reading Program!

Los Angles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Debra Disman will lead you in creating a “closed spine” version of the Accordion Fold Book.
Use this book for journaling, doodling, sketching, photographs, dreaming, recipes and more!
Materials packets available.
Please see flier above for details!
