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SUMMARY:"Let's Make Books!' at the Hawthorne Library!
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US to Create Your own Book at the Hawhtorne Library”\n\nIn-Person Program\nAll materials and instructions will be provided.\nFREE!\nJoin us to learn\, imagine and create!\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/lets-make-books-at-the-hawthorne-library-2/
LOCATION:Hawthorne Library\, 12700 Grevillea Ave\, Hawthorne\, CA\, 90250\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: BRAND 53: National Juried Show of Works on Paper
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to have my artists’ book\, “THIN ICE” made in collaboration with artist Luciana Abait\, shown in Brand 53: Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper   \n\n\nOpening Date: July 19\, 2025  \n\n\nThe Associates of Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale\, California host its 53rd Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper this summer. All works in the show will be on view in the beautiful Brand Library’s Gallery and in both printed and online exhibition catalogs.  \nThis year’s juror\, Sigrid Burton\, considers color and drawing as the foundation of her artistic practice and is noted for her works in oil on canvas or linen and mixed media on paper. She explores the natural world both literally and figuratively\, with the intention of making light and depth tangible and visible on a two-dimensional picture plane. Burton captures the phenomenological occurrence of reflection and refraction of light\, in particular\, water\, sky and deep space. Her studies of the art of the Indian subcontinent and its ancient and sophisticated aesthetic theory have influenced her thinking that the importance of a work of art is the response that the work evokes from the viewer. Within this context\, color is understood to have great expressive and communicative power. \nThe Brand Associates will be offering a printed exhibition catalog for purchase at Brand Library & Art Center.\nA digital version of the catalog is also available to download for free. \nView the Online CATALOG HERE!\nPlease see a video of show HERE with a talk by Juror Sigrid Burton\n​​
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-brand-53-national-juried-show-of-works-on-paper/
LOCATION:Brand Library and Art Center\, 1601 West Mountain Street\, Glendale\, CA\, 91201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: TRYST Art Fair
DESCRIPTION:An Independent\, non-commercial\, Art Fair for Artist-Run-Spaces and Collectives (Definition of tryst: a rendezvous by lovers at a given time or place\, often in secret)\nI am participating with Textile Arts LA!\n\n“Profusion”\nartists book\, mixed fiber media\nJuly 11th to 13th\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDel Amo Crossing\n21535 Hawthorne Blvd\, Torrance\, CA 90503Friday\, July 11: VIP Opening – 4-6pm\nNetworking for participating artists 12:00-4:00pm\nSaturday\, July 12: Open 12-6pm\nSunday\, July 13: Open 12-6pm\nADMISSION is FREE!!! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is TRYST? \nTRYST is an international art fair for artist-run-spaces and collectives as well as an international gathering to address the needs and future of global exchange for artist-run spaces\, collectives and organizations\, run through the Torrance Art Museum (TAM) and the City of Torrance. This will be the third edition of TRYST. \nWith the need for opportunities and artistic exchange worldwide between grass-roots artist organizations\, this fair aims to facilitate the exposure of international artists to new Los Angeles audiences\, and to network with each other\, to engage and to provoke further international exchanges and interaction between participants. Talks and performances will included in the program\, as well as social events for participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025 PARTICIPATING SPACES: \nINTERNATIONAL: Alpha Contemporary (Tokyo)\, Artspace Mexico (CDMX); AYN Gallery (Paris)\, The Black Piglet (CDMX)\, BLECH (Germany)\, The Bureau of Queer Art (Mexico/USA)\, Changeable Beasts (London)\, Estudio Marte (CDMX)\, The Farm & Distillery (Berlin)\, FokiaNou Art Space (Athens)\, MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture (Switzerland)\, Open O’pen$ (Ukraine)\, PASAJ (Istanbul)\, Plomo (CDMX)\, Shelter Artists Run Space (Portugal/Turkey) \nNATIONAL: 601 Artspace (NYC)\, After / time (Portland)\, Dark Time Poetics (Chickamauga\, GA)\, FSN Contemporary (NYC)\, Mercury20 (Oakland\, CA)\, Hyperlink (Denver\, CO)\, ICOSA Collective (Austin\, TX)\, Millie Benson Projects (NYC)\, Proyectos Raul Zamudio (NYC) \,PRP (Dallas\, TX)\, SFAA (Chicago/ San Francisco)\, Scrambled Eggs (Las Vegas)\, South Square Studios (Las Vegas)\, TAD Projects (Denver\, CO)\, Taos Abstract Artist Collective (TAAC) (Taos\, NM)\, Teleportal (NYC)\, Woman Made Gallery (Chicago\, IL) \nSO-CAL: 515\, 3C Gallery\, Ace Tiger Gallery\,  Allied Special Projects\, Alt projects\, Art Hive Collective\, Artemia (Solas Art Center)\, AWOL\, bed crumb show\, Dorado 806\, Durden and Ray\, Erect walls\, Flux Art Space\, Idolwild\, Inglewood Open Studios (IOS)\, JAUS\, Kipaipai\, Korean American Artist Collective (KAAC)\, Landmarks of Art (LoA)\,Monte Vista Projects\, Nous-Ance\, OFFUS\, Open Gallery\, Open Mind Art Space\, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)\, Proxy Gallery\, Quiet Please\, Range Projects Gallery\, The Revolution School\, Ruth Gallery\, S-Gallery\, South Bay Artist’s Collective (SBAC)\, Textile Arts LA\, Tiger Strikes Asteroid\, Toy Bin Art\, UOOORS\, Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (ViCA)\, Women Painters West (WPW)
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-tryst-art-fair/
LOCATION:Torrance Art Museum (TAM)\, 3320 Civic Center Drive\, Torrance\, CA\, 90503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "NOMAD IV" at the Torrance Art Museum!
DESCRIPTION:TAM’s innovative contemporary art pop-up returns for its third year \nJULY 11-13\, 2025\nNOMAD IV is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of Southern California artists\, helmed by TAM executive Director\, the indefatigable\, MAX PRESNEILL\,  Los Angeles based artist and curator.\n​Max Presneill  is the Director/Head Curator for the Torrance Art Museum.  He founded and is the Director of TRYST (2023-current)\, an international art fair for alternative galleries and artist-led initiatives. He is also part of the BLAM curatorial team\, an international art festival showcasing artist-run initiatives from Berlin\, Los Angeles and Mexico. He is Founder and a current member of Durden and Ray\, an artist-run curatorial collaborative gallery in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience internationally as a curator having organized exhibitions for museums\, institutes and galleries in the US and UK\, the Netherlands\, Japan\, France\, Mexico\, China\, Turkey\, Australia\, Germany\, Austria\, Norway and many more. His curatorial interests are with artist led projects\, emerging art\, new models for curatorial methodologies and an international scope for partnerships and exchanges. \nFeaturing sculpture\, painting installation and more from 175+ artists from Southern California and beyond. NOMAD IV will be presented alongside the third edition of TRYST\, TAM’s international alternative art fair for artist-run spaces and galleries. \nNOMAD IV is a giant artistic get together. It is aimed at letting artists show what they have been making recently to each other as well as to the wider public. It is an opportunity to meet peers\, make connections\, and arrange for future opportunities. It is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of LA artists. \nThis year’s exhibition will once again take place at Del Amo Crossing in the heart of the South Bay region of Los Angeles located at 21535 Hawthorne Blvd\, Torrance\, CA 90503. The space itself features open plan concrete floors where we will present 150+ artists alongside the third edition of TRYST\, an art fair for alternative galleries and artist run initiatives. \nADMISSION is FREE\nFriday\, July 11: VIP Opening – 4-6pm\nNetworking for participating artists 12:00-4:00pm \nSaturday\, July 12: Open 12-6pm \nSunday\, July 13: Open 12-6pm\nPanel discussions \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-nomad-iv-at-the-torrance-art-museum/
LOCATION:Torrance Art Museum (TAM)\, 3320 Civic Center Drive\, Torrance\, CA\, 90503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations
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SUMMARY:NOMAD IV Presented By The Torrance Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:NOMAD IV is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of Southern California artists.\nOrganized by the Torrance Art Museum\nHappening: JULY 11-13\, 2025\n\nA giant artistic get together\, NOMAD is aimed at letting artists show what they have been making recently to each other as well as to the wider public. It is an opportunity to meet peers\, make connections\, and arrange for future opportunities. It is a non-commercial exhibition that showcases the diverse and dynamic talents of LA artists.\nThis year’s exhibition will once again take place at Del Amo Crossing in the heart of the South Bay region of Los Angeles located at 21535 Hawthorne Blvd\, Torrance\, CA 90503. The space itself features open plan concrete floors where  150+ artists will be presented alongside the third edition of TRYST\, an art fair for alternative galleries and artist run initiatives.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/nomad-iv-presented-by-the-torrance-art-museum/
LOCATION:Torrance Art Museum (TAM)\, 3320 Civic Center Drive\, Torrance\, CA\, 90503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:"Let's Make a Flag Book!" at the Manhattan Beach Library!
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Make a Flag Book!\nIn-Person Program!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 14\n11:00am – 12:00pm\nManhattan Beach Library\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate Flag Day by learning how to make your own handmade flag book. All materials and instructions will be provided by artist and book maker Debra Disman. For adults.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendance is limited and advance registration is required. \nThis event is generously sponsored by Manhattan Beach Friends of the Library. \n\n\n\n\n\nAGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults | \nEVENT TYPE: | Books\, Poetry\, & Writing | Arts\, Crafts\, & Hobbies | \nTAGS: | Summer Discovery Program |
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/lets-make-a-flag-book-at-the-manhattan-beach-library/
LOCATION:Manhattan Beach Library\, 1320 Highland Ave\, Manhattan Beach\, CA\, 90266\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:"We Write the Book" CULMINATION EVENT!!!
DESCRIPTION:You  are invited to our free CULMINATION event for our “We Write the Book” program with Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman.\nPlease join us to see some of the books participant have created\, enjoy refreshments\, and learn how to make a book of your own!\nAll materials included!\nSupported by the Los Angles Department of Cultural Affairs.\n \n  \ncelebration
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-culmination-event/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250727T160000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined"
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in “Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined“ at View Arts Center in Old Forge\, NY. \nFor over five hundred years\, printed books have connected us on an extraordinary level by spreading common ideas\, inspiration\, creativity\, and knowledge. The exhibition Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined will showcase creations that transform\, reference\, and reimagine this widely used form\, drawing inspiration from its content\, history\, and physicality. This includes everything from handmade books to book sculptures and beyond. \nOpening Reception on May 23\, from 5 – 7 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. \nI am delighted to show: “The Body Politic: Like White on White”\, 2024\, 9 x 16 x 7″\, book board\, paint\, canvas\, hemp/assorted cord\, trim\n                       \n \nJuror of Selection: Rhoda Rosenberg \nIn 1979 Rosenberg was a Finalist in Printmaking for a Massachusetts Council on the Arts Grant. In 2003\, she was recognized for outstanding teaching with School of the Museum of Fine Art’s Russel T. Smith Award\, and has received a SMFA’s Faculty Enrichment Grant for her work in South Africa.  In 2005 she received a grant from the Artist Resource Trust Grant at the Berkshire Taconic Foundation\, and an Atlantic Papers Materials Award at Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial in 2007. \nDespite a demanding teaching schedule\, Rosenberg has exhibited prints and artist’s books in numerous shows every year since 1979. A master printmaker\, Rosenberg owns and operates the Merrimac Printmaking Studio out of her home in Merrimac\, MA. \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-stories-untold-the-book-reimagined/
LOCATION:View Arts Center\, 3273 State Route 28 | PO Box 1144\, Old Forge\, NY\, 13420
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T110000
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” BOX OF FIREWORKS Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Northridge Branch Library as we learn to create the fun and fantastic “BOX OF FIREWORKS” book\, invented by British artist Paul Johnson\,  in honor of Springtime and Storymaking!\n \nSaturday May 17 –  11:00AM – 1:00PM\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, on selected Wednesday afternoons\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturdays 11:00am – 12:30PM\nPlease note date change\, May 21st Saturday program is now May 14th!\nSame time and place! 11:00AM – 12:30PM at the Northridege Branch Library!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-fireworks-bookmaking-workshop-at-the-northridge-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Two-in-One Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Northridge Branch Library as we learn to create fun and fantastic “Two-in-one books”\, also called\, “Dos-à-dos binding” in honor of Springtime and Storymaking! \n\nWednesday May 14 –  3:30PM – 5:00PM\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, on selected Wednesday afternoons\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturdays 11:00am – 12:30PM\nPlease note date change\, May 21st Saturday program is now May 14th!\nSame time and place! 11:00AM – 12:30PM at the Northridege Branch Library!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-two-in-one-bookmaking-workshop-at-the-northridge-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T130000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "CARE" at Hera Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Hera Gallery proudly presents CARE\, a national juried exhibition exploring the concept of care through the eyes of artists from around the country.\n\n\n\n\nWorks selected by Priya N. Green\, Artist\, Painting Faculty\, Director of CCSU Chen Art Gallery\nMay 10th – June 14th\, 2025\nOpening Reception Saturday\, May 10th\, 6-8pm\nMix & Mingle: Arts & Health Thursday May 22nd\, 6 -7:30pm\nVirtual Artist Talk Thursday\, May 29th\, 7pm via Zoom\n\n\nWhen you hear or read the word CARE…\nDo you hear a noun\, a verb\, an imperative? Do you feel comforted\, overwhelmed\, or inspired by the sound and meaning of the word Care? \nHera Gallery is interested in how we as artists and as society relate to the concept of care at this moment in time.  \nFrom taking care and giving care to self-care\, and the call to care –  the idea of care runs through all our lives from beginning to end. Human care\, animal care\, environmental care\, or caring for an idea\, a faith\, a passion\, a commitment. Care is associated with cultural connections\, age\, and gender. How is this shifting? How do we find balance when engaged in caregiving at all levels? \nArtists respond to the question:\nHow does the word Care resonate with you\, which images\, stories\, sentiments does it bring forth in you? Which role does care play in your life as an artist and in your artistic practice? \nI am thrilled to share my triptych “RENT WOUND TEAR MEND HEAL REPAIR” 64 x 68 x .5″ (dimnesions variable)\, canvas\, paint\, hemp cord\, string\, lace\, in this timely show
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-care-at-hera-gallery/
LOCATION:Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation\, 10 High Street\, Wakefield\, RI\, 02879\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250510T100000
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "FIBER" at Silvermine Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:  \nI am thrilled to participate in FIBER:\nThis international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art\, architecture and craft. \n Opening Reception on Saturday\, May 17\, 5-7pm Curators:Tom Grotta and Rhonda Brown \nTom and Rhonda have showcased modern fiber art since the 1980s\, championing fiber art’s evolution and future. Representing over 100 artists from 25 countries\, the gallery‘s exhibitions\, art fairs\, and partnerships with museums have placed works in prestigious collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. Tom\, a Rochester Institute of Technology graduate\, is renowned for his photography of fiber art and knowledge of contemporary textiles. Rhonda’s background as a lawyer and writer informs her editorial leadership at browngrotta arts. Rhonda oversees the gallery’s catalogs\, blog\, and social media\, ensuring its continued influence in fiber art. \nSEE THE SHOW HERE!See My Work HERE! I am honored to be showing with: (several of whom I know and have shown with before) \nBecca Barolli – Bethlehem\, CT     /     Eszter Bornemisza – Budapest\, Hungary     /     Carolyn Carson – Pittsburgh\, PA \nMonica Carvalho – Rio de Janeiro \, Brazil     /     Wan Lin Chang – Taichung City\, Taiwan \nCheyenne Concepcion – San Francisco\, CA     /     Jennifer Davies – Branford  \, CT     /     Sherry Davis – Riverhead\, NY \nEllen Dickinson – Roslyn Heights\, NY     /     Debra Disman – Los Angeles\, CA      /     Rosana Escobar – Bogota\, CO \nSarah Haskell – York\, ME     /     Elizabeth Joo – Chicago\, IL     /     Anna Kocherovsky – West Bloomfield\, MI \nAlexandra Kohl – Mamaroneck\, NY     /     Haeley Kyong – Franklin Lakes\, NJ      /     Mati Laforge – Montréal\, Canada \nFannie  Lee – Brooklyn\, NY     /     Laura Foster Nicholson – New Harmony\, IN      /     Amy Putansu – Waynesville \, NC \nJoh Ricci – Gettysburg\, PA     /     Michael Rohde – Thousand Oaks\, CA     /     Theda Sandiford – Union City\, NJ \nTushita Singh Singh – Uttar Pradesh\, India     /     Adrienne Sloane – Watertown\, MA     /     Justyna Solomianko – Bialystok\, Poland \nGerri Spilka – Philadelphia\, PA     /     Susan Tonkin Riegel – Granite Bay \,CA     /     Stefania Urist – Londonderry\, VT \nMila Vovk – Irvine\, CA     /     Alice Wiese – Mill Valley\, CA \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-fiber-at-silvermine-arts-center/
LOCATION:SILVERMINE Arts Center\, 1037 Silvermine Road\, New Canaan\, CT\, 06840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T123000
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Tunnel Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Northridge Branch Library as we learn to create the fun and fantastic Tunnel Book structure in honor of Springtime and Storymaking!\nSaturday May 3 –  11AM-12:30PM\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, on selected Wednesday afternoons\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturdays 11:00am – 12:30PM\nPlease note date change\, May 21st Saturday program is now May 14th! Same time and place!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-tunnel-bookmaking-workshop-at-the-northridge-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250419T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T184108Z
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Single Signature Bookmaking at the Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!
DESCRIPTION:Join us and learn how to create a Single Signature Book at the Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!\n\nSaturday April 19 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm\n\n\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n\n\n \n\n\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-single-signature-northridge-library-in-honor-of-national-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250325T181820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T181820Z
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Sidebound Bookmaking Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we learn to create the fun and fantastic Sidebound Book structure in honor of National Poetry Month!\nWednesday April 16  3:30-5PM\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n  \n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, every other Wednesday afternoon\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturday 11:00am – 12:30PM\nJOIN US!\n \n\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-sidebound-bookmaking-northridge-library-in-honor-of-national-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northridge Branch Library":MAILTO:https://www.lapl.org/user/84/contact
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250405T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250405T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T203109Z
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Flower Fold Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we learn to create the fun and fantastic Flower Fold Book\, in honor of National Poetry Month!\nSATURDAY April 5  11 AM – 12:30 PM\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n                             \n\n I am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, every other Wednesday afternoon\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturday 11:00am – 12:30PM\nJOIN US!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-flower-fold-workshop-at-the-northridge-library-in-honor-of-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250401T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250401T190000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250314T200218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T184149Z
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SUMMARY:Intersection: where art and community meet with Debra Disman
DESCRIPTION:Intersection: where art and community meet with Debra Disman\nTuesday\, April 1st | 5PM – 7PM\n18th Street Arts Center\n1639 18th Street. Santa Monica\, CA 90404\nFree + Open to the Public \nFormally Happy Hours and Potlucks\, these gatherings are dedicated to gathering our community around good food\, conversation\, and art. Please stop by for a bite and chat with our community and spotlight artist: Debra Disman. \nPlease join us to create & learn\, express & enjoy together! Debra Disman will lead us through the making of fun and fantastic “Flag Books”\, made of an accordion-folded spine and intimate flag pages onto which you can inscribe your own text\, found or otherwise\, imagery or any combination of these to tell your own story of the present moment as you are experiencing it. All materials will be provided but if you would like\, please bring ephemera and memorabilia to personalize to your book.\n\n\n \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/intersection-where-art-and-community-meet-with-debra-disman/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus\, 1653 18th Street\, Studio 1\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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ORGANIZER;CN="18th Street Arts Center":MAILTO:office@18thstreet.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250322T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250322T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250320T200858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T201425Z
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Double Signature Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
DESCRIPTION:IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY and WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH!\nSATURDAY March 22  11 AM – 12:30 PM\nJoin us as we learn to how to create a fun and fantastic Accordion Fold Book with Pockets AND Pages at the Northridge Branch Library in honor of Women’s History Month\, International Women’s  Day\, and Women Artists everywhere!\nLearn about ground breaking women artists Faith Ringgold\, Frida Kahlo\, Yayoi Kusama \, Louise Nevelson\, Betye Saar\,  Georgia O’Keeffe.\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC!    All materials included!\n\n \n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, every other Wednesday afternoon\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturday 11:00am – 12:30PM\nJOIN US!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-double-signature-bookmaking-workshop-at-the-northridge-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250320T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250425T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250311T202903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T202903Z
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "A Woman's Place - Visual Voices" at The EBELL of Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in “A Woman’s Place: Visual Voices”\, a tribute to the profound impact of women’s narratives. This exhibition\, in celebration of Women’s History Month\, serves as a platform for artists to amplify stories that have often been overshadowed or marginalized. It provides a space where the rich tapestry of women’s experiences can be vividly depicted and shared in a manner that crosses language and cultural barriers.\nHeld at the historic Ebell of Los Angeles\, 743 South Lucerne Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA 90005\, on view from March 20 to April 24\, 2025.\nOpening Reception: March 20\, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm\n\nIf you have questions about this event\, please email: tickets@ebellofla.org or call 323-931-1277 x 131.\nJuried by:  \n\nAndi Campognone has over 30 years of arts experience in the western region of the United States. She is the Owner/Director of AC Projects\, a private consulting organization focused on promoting arts and culture through museum quality projects that include the production of books\, films and traveling exhibitions. Campognone is the Founding Director of Kipaipai Professional Development Workshops. She is also the Museum Manager/Curator for the Museum of Art and History (MOAH) in Lancaster\, California with a mission of exhibiting and highlighting the history and contributions of southern California post 1945. She has served as Cultural Arts Commissioner for the City of Pomona\, California where she contributed to the writing and adoption of Pomona’s Cultural Arts Master Plan and Art in Public Places Policy. She currently serves as a Director on the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation Board\, Director on the Bear Valley Springs Cultural Art Association\, is a grant panelist for Los Angeles County Arts Commission and California Community Foundation\nBased in Los Angeles\, Lilly Dawson is an independent curator and Principal of Gray Dawson Art Advisory\, dealing with institutional and private clients in the United States and Europe. She specializes in American and European Impressionist and Modern art\, contemporary and photographs. She has held senior positions at Christie’s\, Sotheby’s\, Driscoll Babcock Galleries in New York and Dickinson Gallery in London.\nJennifer S. Li  is an art advisor\, writer and educator with over 20 years of experience in the art world. She is the LA Desk Editor for ArtAsiaPacific and her art criticism and writing also appears regularly in publications such as Art in America\,  Frieze\,  Architectural Digest\, Sight Unseen\, and more. She also currently works with collectors across the United States to build collections focusing on emerging as well as established and blue-chip artists. Previously\, Jennifer worked for institutions such as the Getty\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and LACMA.\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-a-womans-place-visual-voices-at-the-ebell-of-los-angeles/
LOCATION:The EBELL of Los Angeles\, 741 S Lucerne Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
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SUMMARY:“We Write The Book” Closed-Spine Accordion Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
DESCRIPTION:IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY and WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH!\nJoin us as we learn to how to create the fun and fantastic Closed-Spine Accordion Book at the Northridge Branch Library in honor of Women’s History Month\, International Women’s  Day\, and Women Artists everywhere!\nLearn about ground breaking women artists Faith Ringgold\, Frida Kahlo\, Yayoi Kusama and Georgia O’Keeffe.  All materials included!\n \nWednesday March 19 @ 3:30 – 5PM\nFREE!\nAll materials included!\n\n\n\n\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, every other Wednesday afternoon\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturday 11:00am – 12:30PM\n\nJOIN US!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-closed-spine-accodionworkshop-at-the-northridge-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250314T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250425T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250205T194131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T203402Z
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "Cut/Fold/Press" at Craft Alliance!
DESCRIPTION: I am  thrilled to participate in “Cut/Fold/Press” juried by artist and educator Buzz Spector at Craft Alliance showing “Burning Bush”\n\n\n7.5 x 11 x 5.5″\, board\, mulberry paper\, sewing thread\, linen thread\n“At times\, paper is often thought as a vehicle for other artistic practices. This exhibit embraces the transformational quality of paper and the art created using paper as a primary material. Juried by Craft Alliance’s inaugural Visiting Artist\, Buzz Spector\, this exhibition brings together compelling work on a seemingly simple material and craft form. CUT/FOLD/PRESS asks paper artists to explore and consider the many forms that paper art takes—books\, sculpture\, and sheet.  \nThe exhibition presents artists who use paper as their primary medium or create artworks made on\, of\, or about paper including cut paper\, folded paper\, woven paper\, glued paper\, drawings\, paintings\, pastels\, printmaking\, photographs\, paper sculpture\, 3D\, bound books\, collage\, or as the subject of a video and installation.” \nBuzz Spector is an artist\, writer and emeritus professor of art at Washington University in St. Louis. His academic career includes five years’ service as dean of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts (2009–2013). Spector has also taught at Cornell University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a full professor and at numerous institutions as visiting or adjunct faculty. \nSpector’s art practice makes frequent use of the book\, both as subject and object\, and focuses on relationships between public history\, individual memory and perception. He has had numerous exhibits in private and institutional galleries and museums in the U.S.\, Europe and Asia\, and his solo or two-person museum exhibits have taken place at the Saint Louis Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art\, Washington\, D.C.; Huntington Museum of Art\, West Virginia; Mattress Factory\, Pittsburgh; Orange County Museum of Art\, Newport Beach\, California; Cranbrook Art Museum\, Bloomfield Hills\, Michigan; and most recently\, Rockford Art Museum\, Rockford\, IL. \nSpector has also published two books\, Buzzwords (Sara Ranchouse Publishing\, 2012) and The Book Maker’s Desire (Umbrella Editions\, 1994). He has also written numerous exhibition catalog essays\, including for exhibits by Luis Camnitzer\, Ann Hamilton\, Dan Ramirez and Dieter Roth.  Additionally\, Spector received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Teaching of Art award in 2013. \n Craft Alliance is located in The Maker District of  St. Louis\, is a hub for artists\, enthusiasts\, and students to explore\, learn\, and celebrate the world of contemporary craft. We offer studios for ceramics\, print and paper arts\, metals\, fibers\, glass\, wood\, an artists-in-residence program\, robust community programs\, and an exhibition program.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-cut-fold-paste-at-craft-alliance/
LOCATION:Craft Alliance\, 5080 Delmar Blvd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250308T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250308T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250225T202441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T013208Z
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SUMMARY:"We Write The Book" FLAG BOOK Workshop at the Northridge Library!
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we learn to create the fun and fantastic FLAG BOOK at the Northridge Branch Library in honor of Women’s History Month\, International Women’s  Day\, and Women Artists everywhere!\nLearn about ground breaking women artists Faith Ringgold\, Frida Kahlo\, Yayoi Kusama and Georgia O’Keeffe.  All materials included!\n\n\n\n\nI am thrilled to work  with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR).  I am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, every other Wednesday afternoon\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturday 11:00am – 12:30PM\n\nJOIN US!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-flag-book-workshop-at-the-northridge-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250113T030740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T030740Z
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: 62nd Annual Juried Competition: Mazur Museum
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in “The 62nd Annual Juried Competition” at  Mazur Museum! \nAbout the Exhibition\nThe Masur Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium. First started in 1964\, the Annual Juried Competition is the Masur Museum’s longest-running tradition and one of its best-reviewed exhibitions each year. This year\, 1400  artworks were submitted by artists all over the nation\, in all styles and media.\n\nExhibition on view Feb 20 – May 3\, 2025\nPublic Reception: January 20\, 2025 5:30 – 7:30 PM \nI am honored to show: “The Body Politic: Black and Gold”\n\n2024\, 8.5 x 23 x 7″\, bk board\, paint\, canvas\, metal leaf\, lace\, cord\, netting\, trim\, beads \n \nAbout the Juror\nAnnemarie Sawkins\, PhD\, is a Milwaukee-based independent curator\, who has curated several exhibitions for the Masur Museum of Art including Kogyo: Japanese Woodblock Prints (2022)\, Treasures of Art Nouveau (2019) and Afghan War Rugs: The Modern Art of Central Asia (2018). Her more recent projects include Profound Prints: Art by Exceptional Women at the Hilliard Art Museum and A Creative Place at the Trout Museum of Art. From 1999 to 2012\, she was a curator at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. A frequent juror and portfolio reviewer\, Annemarie Sawkins has a MA and PhD in Art/Architectural History from McGill University in Montreal\, Canada. \nSponsored by The Northeast Louisiana Arts Council  \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-62nd-annual-juried-competition-mazur-museum/
LOCATION:Mazur Museum\, 1400 South Grand Street\, Monroe\, LA\, 71202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250219T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T053451
CREATED:20250102T032554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T185525Z
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SUMMARY:"We Write The Book" February Kick-off at the Northridge Branch Library!!!!
DESCRIPTION:“We Write The Book” comes to Northridge!\n\nBeginning February 19 2025 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm\nJoin us and learn to create an accordion-fold book with pockets!\n\n\n\nI am thrilled to work again with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR)\n\nI will be an artist-in-residence at the Northridge Branch Library\, conducting bookmaking workshops and events for the local community and library patronage from February through May\, 2025\, every other Wednesday afternoon\, 3:30-5:00PM\, and Saturday 11:00am – 12:30PM\nI am honored to be serving the City of Los Angeles again through the DCA.\nLet the bookmaking begin!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/we-write-the-book-february-kick-off-at-the-northridge-branch-library/
LOCATION:Northridge Branch Library\, 9051 Darby Avenue\, Northridge\, 91325\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: "PAPER" Presented by SITE: BROOKLYN
DESCRIPTION:“PAPER” is presented online by Site: Brooklyn\nFebruary 13\, 2025 – March 13\, 2025\nSEE THE SHOW HERE!\nThe 20th century marked the peak\, and subsequent decline\, of paper’s dominance over everyday life. “Paperwork” is still a near-universal experience\, but like everything else\, has taken a more-and-more virtual form. Paper\, unlike most artistic mediums\, is a substrate first and artistic medium second. Created from textile waste\, paper is woven very deeply into the fabric of modern life. It can be equally associated with the transformation of work\, easy replication\, industriousness\, disposability\, creativity\, and experimentation. Since its invention\, these qualities have encouraged artists to prepare\, design\, and experiment on paper. Ironically\, it was in the later part of the 20th century when artists like Dorothea Rockburne. Ed Ruscha\, and Robert Rauschenberg took the investigations of the Cubists into papier collé and developed paper as both a physical object\, and a subject. Site:Brooklyn is looking for works that continue and expand this tradition.  \nExhibition Juror\, Rachel Gladfelter\,  is the Director at Pace Paper. Previously\, she was the gallery director for the Pace Prints NYC\, a fine art print gallery specializing in original\, limited-edition prints in collaboration with printmaking affiliates\, Pace Editions and Pace Paper. Before that\, Gadfelter held the position of Studio Director for Dieu Donne Paper.  \nSite:Brooklyn Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the current practice of contemporary artists. We are taking Site:Brooklyn online with a new series of interactive exhibitions. Our goal remains the same\, to connect artists with an expert and diverse set of jurors through the open call format. Our new program focuses on online open call exhibitions\, selected by a cast of new jurors\, solo artist features\, and spotlights.  \nSEE THE SHOW HERE!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-paper-presented-by-site-brooklyn/
LOCATION:Site: Brooklyn\, New York City\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHIBTIONISTA: "PENDULUM" at A.D. Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am happy to participate in the exhibition PENDULUM\, at The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. \n“Gains/losses\, highs/lows\, submerge/emerge……our human experience swings on a pendulum. While we all aim for homeostasis\, the moments the pendulum swings are often when we feel the most alive\, when we are called to act or react. In the past 20 years\, we have faced major political\, social\, environmental\, and personal shifts. These shifts have presented us with obstacles\, challenges as well as moments for reinvention and emergence. This call looks for art that visualizes a swing in the pendulum\, a life altering moment\, a shift in the trajectory.” \nJuror: Emily Beck\nEmily Scott Beck is an interdisciplinary artist and professor in the Department of Art\, Art History and Design at the University of Notre Dame. Her work manipulates and re-contextualizes aspects of our identity that are often hidden within the layers of human communication and interaction. Using video\, animation\, photography\, sculpture\, fibers\, installation\, and sound\, she captures experiences of emotional vulnerability\, unrehearsed performances\, gender construction\, systems of belief\, and women’s labor and leadership. A focus on art as a powerful tool for visual communication and social change is a common thread between her studio practice and her teaching. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States\, including the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh\, NC\, the South Bend Museum of Art in South Bend\, IN\, Elisabet Ney Museum in Austin Texas\, and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago\, IL.\nI am showing my page-less Artists’ Book\,\n“It’s Not Black and White”\, 2021\, 9 x 22 x 7.5″\nbook board\, canvas\, paper\, typewriter ribbon\, hemp cord\, typewriter ribbon\, hemp cord\n\n\nREAD THE PRESS RELEASE!\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibtionista-pendulum-at-a-d-gallery/
LOCATION:A.D. Gallery\, Locklear Hall PO Box 1510\, Pembroke\, NC\, 28372\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Bookmaking with Love at the West Hollywood Library!
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to lead a Valentine’s bookmaking program February 8th\, 2025\, at 2PM at The West Hollywood Library\, a beautiful and welcoming place for the whole community!\nLearn to create your own accordion fold book with pockets and pop-ups you can give a a gift for Valentine’s Day or keep for yourself!  \nPut special messages into the pockets\, and learn how to create fun pop-ups including hearts!\nRefreshments and all materials included.\nJoin us and Feel the Love!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/bookmaking-with-love-at-the-west-hollywood-library/
LOCATION:West Hollywood Library\, 625 N San Vicente Blvd.\, West Hollywood\, CA\, 90069\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:EXHIBTIONISTA: "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" at the the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in: \n“Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover“\, an evocative visual art exhibition designed to challenge our perceptions and invite us to look beyond the superficial. This engaging showcase\, presented at the Cultural Center\, features a variety of artists who use unexpected materials\, surprising forms\, and innovative techniques to question the initial impressions and judgments we often make.\nEach piece in the collection serves as a metaphor for the complexity of identity and the hidden depths beneath external appearances. By juxtaposing the seen with the unseen\, this exhibition encourages viewers to reconsider how they interpret not only art but each other in everyday life\nJoin us from February 3 – March 1\, 2025\, for a transformative journey that redefines what it means to truly ‘see.’
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibtionista-dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-at-the-the-cultural-center-of-cape-cod/
LOCATION:Cultural Center of Cape Cod\, 307 Old Main Street\, South Yarmouth\, MA\, 02664\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Cultural Center of Cape Cod":MAILTO:mollyd@cultural-center.org
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: EXPO 44 at B.J. Spoke Gallery
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in EXPO 44  presented online by B.J. Spoke Gallery.\n \nJuror: Emily Olek is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art\, New York. Before joining MoMA\, Emily was the Janet and Craig Duchossois Curatorial Research Assistant in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago\, where she worked on projects including Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw\, Hairy Who? 1966-1969\, and Lygia Pape: Tecelares. She also worked on exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Emily recently completed her M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a concentration in American works on paper and holds a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Chicago. Her Master’s Thesis entitled “So-Called “Outsiders”: A Case Against the Moniker” won UIC Graduate College’s 2022 Outstanding Thesis Award.\n\nView my WORK in the show here! \nReception will be Thursday\, February 6\, 2025\, at 7:00pm (EST) via ZOOM. The reception will be recorded.\nEverybody will be there:\nSelected Artists! Juror! Gallery Members! Guests!\nRegister below and Zoom will send you a link to enter the reception.\nJOIN US!\nRegister HERE for Expo Reception\n\nView my WORK here!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-expo-44-at-b-j-spoke-gallery/
LOCATION:B.J. Spoke Gallery\, 299 Main Street\, Huntington\, NY\, 11743\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:EXHBITIONISTA: "Visual Language of Modernity" with WHOSMUSEUM at the Sasse Museum
DESCRIPTION:I am looking forward to participating in the upcoming exhibition “Visual Language of Modernity“ \n“Visual Language of Modernity” is visioned to be a resourceful group exhibition showcasing contemporary artworks by international artists. The artworks have been chosen to provide a unique lens at the complexities and modernity of multi-cultural backgrounds and identities in globalization and diaspora. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of art forms\, medias and materials\, from traditional techniques to digital work and installation art. The exhibition has been designed to reflect the multi-aspects of modern creation. \n“Visual Language of Modernity” a juried exhibition masterfully curated by Shuai Xu\, emerges as a groundbreaking showcase of contemporary artworks that challenges our understanding of identity in an increasingly interconnected world. This international exhibition brings together artists whose works navigate the complex intersection of tradition\, displacement\, and cultural evolution in our globalized society.”–Sasse Museum of Art\n \nIn collaboration with WHOSMUSEUM and Sasse Museum of Art\, the “Visual Language of Modernity” will take place in the  Sasse Museum of Art located in the diverse-cultural Downtown Pomona Arts Colony at 300 S. Thomas St.\, Pomona.\nThe exhibition will run from February 1st to February 22nd\, 2025.\nThe local art community and world-wide art lovers are encouraged to experience this dynamic exploration of  art\, culture\, and aesthetic presentations emerging from multi-cultural artists’ communities\, their artistic languages integrated with innovation and modernity. \nI am very happy to be showing:\n“Concurrencies I: Charlotte Salomon Eva Hesse”\, 2022\, 58 x 19.5″\, denim\, varnish\, hemp cord\, gold thread \n \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-visual-language-of-modernity-with-the-whosmuseum-at-the-sasse-museum/
LOCATION:Sasse Museum of Art\, Progress Building | Basement Level 300 South Thomas Street |\, CA\, Pomona\, CA\, 91766\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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