Debra Disman

Fall Into Bookmaking at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-11-10 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Please join us at the West Valley Regional Branch Library and kick off your holiday season by learning how to create your own handmade book with our Artist in Residence Debra Disman!
Learn folding, gluing and sewing techniques, and use your book to hold holiday recipes, photos, good wishes and more!
All materials provided.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "50 Years of Fiber"
2022-11-06 11:00 - 2022-12-09 17:00 | Kelso Art Center, Broadway & Hildebrand, San Antonio, 78209, United States
The annual Fiber Artists of San Antonio 2022 Art Exhibition will be held November 6 through December 9, at the Kelso Art Center, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX. The theme of the exhibit, “50 Years of Fiber Art,” celebrates the organization’s half century history. The show presents fiber artists from across the U.S. considering each decade since the 1970s as inspiration for their fiber art work.
*DEFINITION OF FIBER, as extracted from Merriam-Webster Dictionary: 1. A thread or structure or object resembling a thread; 2. A slender and greatly elongated natural or synthetic filament) such as wool, cotton, gold, asbestos, glass or rayon) which typically can be spun into yarn; 3. Material made of fibers (includes paper), fabric, plastic or metal fibers, tapestry, art cloth.
The exhibition is juried by Paula Owen.
Owen, president emerita of Southwest School of Art, began her tenure in1996, following 11 years as the Director of the Visual Arts Center in Richmond, Virginia. Under her leadership the school’s size, scope, and reputation grew significantly, and in 2014 a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program was added. In 2022 Southwest School of Art and University of Texas at San Antonio announced a merger to create a new and expanded school of art.
Owen has served as curator of numerous exhibits and on national and regional boards and panels, including the Pew Artist Fellowships, the Bush Foundation Fellowships, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a published arts writer and co-authored the book, Objects and Meaning: New Perspec5ves on Art and Craft:, published by Scarecrow Press. Most recently, her essay “Fabrication and Encounter: When Content is a Verb,” was published in Maria Elena Buzcek’s book, Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art.
Owen earned an MFA in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and continues to show her work in group and solo shows throughout the nation.

I am thrilled to be showing:
“Rent Wound Tear, Mend Heal Repair”
The first time this triptych will be shown outside of Los Angeles.

Exhbitionista: "Telling Stories" with Shoebox Arts
2022-10-22 00:00 - 2022-11-18 00:00 | Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA, United States
I am thrilled to participate in:
“Telling Stories”
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022 3-5pm PST: Zoom Opening Reception and artist talks
Presented by Shoebox Projects
Curated by Michelle Robinson, Artist and Curator
“Art and craft are means to tell stories visually. Through mythology, fairy tales, cultural commentary, dream imagery, family history, and personal narrative, art has sought to examine the challenges and mysteries of how we live; to interpret and understand our world and share those thoughts with others. This exhibition showcases how artists are telling stories now, from abstract and non-linear to representational and narratives” at Shoebox Projects“
See the show and hear the Artists Talk HERE!
I am showing: Chromatic Interactions: The Golden Thread, 2020, 76 x 90 x 1.5″, mixed media installation utilizing file cards written and drawn upon by Craft Contemporary Museum patrons participating in my commissioned interactive artists’ book project: Chromatic Interactions

Michelle Robinson studied architecture and visualization at Texas A&M University, producing animated short films that were shown at the Walker Art Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, and The AFI National Video Festival. She has been an artist and supervisor with Walt Disney Animation Studios for over 28 years, with credits that include Frozen, Zootopia, and most recently, Head of Characters on Encanto. She also holds an MFA from New Hampshire Institute of Art and has had her work published in Diffusion of Light, The Hand, and Precog magazine. Exhibition highlights include a curated show dealing with the urban environment at the Brand Library in Glendale, CA, and solo shows at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO, The Wright Gallery at Texas A&M University, and the Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery at Coker University in NC. www.michellerobinsonstudio.com
Shoebox Arts is an arts organization focused on supporting and empowering artists, building community, offering peer mentorship, PR/marketing strategies and social media management. Shoebox Projects is our alternative art space that supports artists through curator opportunities, residencies and representation.

Make Your Own Halloween Book: Tunnel Bookmaking at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-10-20 16:00 - 17:00 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us to create your own Halloween “Tunnel Book” where you can tell your Halloween stories!
Artist in Residence Debra Disman will guide you step-by-step on how to make a tunnel book.
All supplies will be provided.

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.

Friday Art Night at LACMA—Fantastic Flag Books
2022-10-14 18:00 - 21:00 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Friday Art Night—Fantastic Flag Books

Friday Art Night classes are a great way to end the week!
Visit Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising and create a fun flag book structure, learn to fold an accordion spine, design your own covers and flag pages that reveal a pattern when opened, and express your own special message using text and images. With artist Debra Disman.
This program will take place indoors on LACMA’s campus. Supplies are included with tuition.
About the Instructor
Debra Disman is a Los Angeles–based artist working primarily in the form of the book, both as a solo practitioner and in the public sphere of community engagement. She works across Los Angeles County in schools, museums, libraries, and other community settings. She holds a BA in painting from the University of Iowa and a certificate in Social Emotional Arts (SEA) from UCLArts & Healing. She shows her work nationally, and is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and the International Association of Colour Consultants/Designers.
Masks are strongly recommended indoors for everyone.
Learn more about all of the museum’s health and safety protocols.

Craft Lab Family Workshop: Tunnel Books with Debra Disman
2022-10-09 13:30 - 15:30 | Craft Contemporary, 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Craft Workshops, Family Programs

Sunday, October 9, 20221:30pm – 3:30pm$10 Adults | $7 Children | Free for Members
RSVP

Create a multidimensional tunnel book with artist Debra Disman! Using accordion folds, framing techniques, and strategic cutouts, participants will explore a “layered view” that creates the setting for a dramatic sculptural book scene. Get some inspiration by visiting the diorama scenes in Lezley Saar: Diorama Drama. Craft Lab is for all ages, everyone is welcome!
Space is limited. Advance RSVP is required.
All participants must wear a mask during check-in and at all times while indoors. Masks are not required during outdoor programs but are suggested.
Thank you to all program participants for your understanding and cooperation. Learn more about our COVID-19 protocol on our Visit page.

EXHIBITIONISTA: Surface Design Association Southwest Regional Exhibition
2022-09-30 10:00 - 2022-11-13 16:30 | Tubac Center For The Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
Current SDA members in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern California, Texas, and Utah were invited to submit work for the juried SDA Southwest Regional Exhibition. The exhibition was juried by Arizona artist, Annie Lopez.
September 30-November 13, 2022 at
Tubac Center of the Arts
9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ 85646

Making Books Together at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-09-29 11:00 - 12:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Learn how to make your own folded, glued and sewn book!
Use it as a journal, sketchbook, gift, album, recipe book and more! Gather with other to learn, play, create, laugh and share!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)"
2022-09-10 00:00 - 2023-04-23 00:00 | Annenberg Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica, CA, 90402 ·, United States
ON SITE: ANNENBERG COMMUNITY BEACH HOUSE
Annenberg – Swept Way: Love Letters to a Surrogate

Organized by
Warren Neidich, Christina Mossaides Strassfield, Anuradha Vikram and Rene Petropoulos 2022-23
“Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate/s” is a community oriented artistic project that aims to create a transcontinental heartbeat across America. It is hoped that through its combined gestures and performances, a sense of solidarity, so desperately missing today, will emerge with which to confront the ecological catastrophe at our doorstep.”
65 Los Angeles County artists will present live performances over Earth Day Weekend: April 22 and 23, 2023 at the Santa Monica State Beach near the Annenberg Community Beach House on the Pacific Ocean.

I am thrilled to participate in:
Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s), Main Beach, East Hampton, NY / Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, CA
Curators: Warren Neidich, Christina Mossaides Strassfield, Anuradha Vikram and Rene Petropoulos 2022-23

The syncopated sound of the surf will provide the background acousmatic. This poetic project in some ways harkens back to the Happenings staged by Allan Kaprow in 1966 all through the South Fork: https://alastairgordonwalltowall.com/2018/02/07/gas-i-am-a-happener-1966-east-hampton/
Artist Warren Neidich co- curated the successful Drive by Art event in 2020.
The “SWEPT AWAY” project is co-curated and co-coordinated by Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator of Guild Hall, Anuradha Vikram, Los Angeles based independent curator, and Los Angeles based conceptual artist Renee Petropoulos, plus administrative coordination by Julie McKim.
65 artists living in on the East End and 65 west coast artists are participating in this community and family-based Art Happening. In the spring the reverse will occur; with East End artists writing love letters to LA artists to be executed at Will Rogers State Beach, Santa Monica in conjunction with the 18th Street Arts Center.
Artists will create ephemeral performative gestures of immateriality or time-based works on the beach. This could be making a sandcastle, singing a song, reciting poetry, dancing, make a sculpture that interacts with the tide, collecting shells, doing a light projection,, picking up garbage on the beach, etc. The works could be political and deal with global warming and its effects on the water level or could be apolitical and talk about the natural beauty of the real in opposition to the digital and virtual.
The importance of biodegradable, non-toxic materials will be essential as well as leaving the beach pristine after the work.
Each East Coast artist has been linked up to a West Coast artist who will email instructions – a love letter – for a work of art that the local artist will incorporate into their performative piece, acting as a surrogate. In the Spring will occur the reverse, with East Coast Artists sending Love Letters to their West Coast counterparts, who will use it as a springboard to create offerings to happewn at Santa Monica’s Will Rogers State Beach.
The list of East End and West Coast artist pairings is as follows:
EAST END ARTISTS > LOS ANGELES ARTISTS
Pamella Allen > Jade Gordon + Megan Whitmarsh
Suzanne Anker > Margarethe Drexel
Elena Bajo > Jasmine Orpilla
Lillian Ball > Dana Duff
Monica Banks > Jamie Ross
Dianne Blell > Lisa Anne Auerbach
Scott Bluedorn > Robby Herbst
Sanford Biggers > Sterling Wells
Megan Chaskey > Lionel Popkin
Scott Chaskey > Kathryn Andrews
Philippe Cheng > David Horvitz
Andrea Cote > Nina Waisman
Ivana Dama > Rodrigo Arruda
Peter Dayton > Anita Pace
Katrina Del Mar > Taisha Paggett + Meital Yaniv
Jeremy Dennis > Debra Disman
Sabra Moon Elliot > Rochelle Fabb
Carol Edwards > Pamela Hudson
Eva Faye > Patty Chang + David Kelly
Saskia Friedrich > Fran Siegel
Margaret Garrett > Susan Kleinberg
Veronica Gonzales > Cassandra Marketo
Kimberly Goff > Cheri Gaulke + Xochi Maberry-Gaulke
Jeremy Grosvenor > Vincent Johnson
Jerelyn Hanrahan > Andrew Berardini
Candace Hill Montgomery > Anna Joy Springer
Virva Hinnemo > Sam Shoemaker
Alice Hope > Krysten Cunningham
Erica-Lynn Huberty > Sandeep Mukherjee
Terri Hyland > Joseph Mosconi
Ruby Jackson > Alice Könitz
Ilya + Emelia Kabakov > Carolyn Castano
Carlos Lama > Elisabeth Houston
Laurie Lambrecht > May Sun
Joseph Liatela > Badly Licked Bear
Donald Lipski > Raul Baltazar
Sutton Lynch > Yrneh Gabon Brown
Josephine Meckseper > Jiayun Chen
Paul Miller > Lucia Santini Ribisi
Tanya Minhas > Allison Wyper
Richard Mothes > Kristin Calabrese
Michelle Murphy > Sarah Beadle
Jill Musnicki > Victoria Vesna
Eileen O’Kane Kornreich > Iman Person
Dalton Portella > Ryat Yezbick
Jaanika Peerna > Marcus Kuiland Nazario
Toni Ross > Sharon Barnes
David Rothenberg > Beatriz Cortez
Will Ryan > Jody Zellen
Sara Salaway > Melinda Altshuler
Matthew Satz > Katie Grinnan
Bastienne Schmidt > Jisoo Chung
Barry Schwabsky > David Schafer
Christine Sciulli > Karen Lofgren
Arlene Slavin > Jenny Yurshansky
Janice Stanton > Kearra Gopee
Christina Sun > Catherine Scott
Carol Szymanski > Xiouping
Sara VanDerBeek > Alicia Serling
Ryan Wallace > Joshua Aster
Ross Watts > Justine Harari
Allan Wexler > Dan Kwong
Nina Yankowitz > Francesca Gabbiani
Darius Yektai > Barbara McCarren + Jud Fine
Almond Zigmund > Marissa Mandler

ABOUT WARREN NEIDICH
Warren Neidich uses written texts and neon-light sculptures to create cross-pollinating conceptual works that reflect upon situations at the border zones of art, science, and social justice. His performative and sculptural work Pizzagate Neon (2018), recently on display at the Venice Biennale 2019, analyzed, through a large hanging neon light sculpture, fake news and the post-truth society. Selected exhibitions include the Whitney Museum of American Art, PS1 MOMA, White Columns, Walker Art Center MIT List Visual Art Center, (Cambridge), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Museum of American Art (Washington D.C., US), Museum Ludwig (Köln, Germany), Haus Der Kunst (Munich), Zentrum für Kunst and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany), ICA London, Palais Tokyo (Paris, France), Villa Arson (Nice, France) and Kunsthaus Zürich. He has been a visiting lecturer in the Departments of Art at Brown University, GSD Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of California, Los Angeles, the Sorbonne in Paris, France; and the University of Oxford and Cambridge University in the UK. His work has been the subject of over 150 magazine and newspaper articles, including The New York Times, Time Magazine, Artforum, Art in America, Kunstforum International, The Art Newspaper, Smithsonian Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Hyperallergic, Artnet, GQ, Forbes, Vogue IT, Monopol, Performance Art Journal, , Time Out, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, and Frieze.

Exhibitionista: The Small-Scale Sculpture Survey, Part 2
2022-09-09 11:00 - 2022-10-29 18:00 | Addington Gallery, 704 North Wells Street, Chciago, IL, 60654, United States
The Small-Scale Sculpture Survey, Part 2 is ready to debut Sept 9th at Addington Gallery in Chicago’s River North Gallery District, curated by “Curators Gone Rogue” Susan Aurinko and Susan Blackman!
The The Reception is 5 to 8PM!
Bring a friend and come by to see works by Doug DeWitt, Debra Disman, Edward Karl Fresa, Donna Hapac, John Hatlestad, Mike Helbing, Jason Messinger, Nancy Pirri, Bobby Joe Scribner and Vivian Visser.

Fun and Fantastic Flag Bookmaking at the West Valley Branch Library!
2022-08-30 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Learn to create this kinetic, multi-faceted book and add your words and images to it!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "(Re)imagining Home: On Care for Our Common Home"
2022-08-22 10:00 - 2023-07-31 17:00 | 18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
18th Street Arts Center is pleased to present the exhibition (Re)imagining Home: On Care for Our Common Home, curated by Emma Balda and Venus Tung-yan Lau, on view in the Kitchen Lab at 18th Street Arts Center’s Airport Campus (3026 Airport Ave. in Santa Monica) from August 22, 2022 – July 31, 2023.
What is home?
Over the last two years, our notions of home have been challenged, transformed, and clarified. The pandemic has simultaneously forced us to shrink our physical home, while also asking us to expand our sense of home to now include people, food, rituals, and ideas. We have also seen our relationship with and to the Earth change. We have seen that our sense of home must expand to include the Earth and the way we care for it.
As we attempt to create a shared home, the first step in that is defining what home means to us. This project asked the 18th Street community to examine the idea of home outside of the domestic sense. They were asked to identify people, memories, materials, places, movements, or concepts that resonate as home to them. These ideas, in combination with art that reflects on this concept, will then be displayed on the monitor in the Kitchen Lab at the Airport Campus. This project relied heavily on 18th Street’s theme “Our Shared Home,” while also deconstructing and defining what that sense of home means so that we can better understand what it means to share this space with one another.
This exhibition highlights the artworks of Alexandra Dillon, Christopher Tin, Dan Kwong, Dan S Wang, David McDonald, Deborah Lynn Irmas, Debra Disman, Edi Dai, Elham Sagharchi, Gwen Samuels, Jeff Beale, Julia Michelle Dawson, Lionel Popkin, Luciana Abait, M Susan Broussard, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Michael Masucci, Po-Hao Chi, Rebecca Youssef, and Yvette Gellis, all artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center.
Explore a 360 view of the virtual exhibition HERE.

EXHIBITIONISTA: PAPERWORKS 2022 at B.J. Spokes Gallery
2022-08-01 08:00 - 2022-08-31 08:00 | B.J. Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY, 11743, United States
Paperworks 2022 is an international, juried exhibition at B.J. Spokes Gallery featuring artists creating work on, with, or about paper.
I am showing:
“Throes of the Body”

Juror: Kiko Aebi is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, a position which she has held since 2019. In this role, she has provided exhibition and acquisition support on various projects. Most recently, she worked with Senior Curator Jodi Hauptman and Associate Curator Samantha Friedman on Cézanne Drawing (2021) and contributed texts to the associated exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and holds an M.A. in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and a B.A. in Art History and Environmental Studies from Amherst College.
Works by the winners of the international Paperworks 2022 competition will be on display on the Gallery website from August 1 – 31, 2022. There will be a Zoom reception on Saturday, August 13th. Meet and chat with the artists online and meet juror Kiko Aebi, Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Join us for the ZOOM RECEPTION for Paperworks: Saturday, August 13th, 7 pm. Meet the artists! Meet the juror! Ask Questions! Register with the link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-iuqzsoGNdKqDWGnJeAKSIa8RuCl204

EXHIBITIONISTA: "PULP- Book and Paper Arts"
2022-07-23 12:00 - 2022-09-03 17:00 | Sebastapol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High Street, CA, Sebastopol, 95472, United States
PULP- Book and Paper Arts

Show coordinators are Renee Owen and Jenny Lynn Hall.
Jurors are Alicia Bailey and Helen Hiebert:
Alicia Bailey, curator and artist, is currently the director of Abecedarian Books. She has been working with book forms since the mid-nineties, has owned and run a successful gallery dedicated to book arts, and is the visionary and curator behind the annual Artists’ Book Cornucopia.
Helen Hiebert is a Colorado artist who constructs installations, sculptures, films, and artists’ books and works in paper using handmade paper as her primary medium. She teaches, lectures and exhibits her work internationally and online, and is the author of several how-to books about papermaking and paper crafts.

EXHIBITIONISTA: All Media 2022 at the Irvine Fine Arts Center
2022-07-09 11:00 - 2022-10-08 17:00 | Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale Ave, Irvine, CA, 92604, United States
All Media 2022
Exhibition: July 9–October 8
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 9, 2–4 p.m.
The Irvine Fine Arts Center is proud to announce the opening of All Media 2022, an exhibition featuring 56 local and regional artists whose artworks engage historic and contemporaneous themes. The exhibition will be on view July 9–October 8, with a free opening reception scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2–4 p.m.
Works selected for this year’s All Media exhibition span painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, fiber, video, and mixed media. Awards will be announced at the opening reception for three outstanding artworks and three honorable mentions, all of which will be chosen by guest juror Joseph Daniel Valencia.
Exhibiting artists: Luciana Abait and Debra Disman, Eslam Abdelrahman, Debbie Abrames, Estefania Ajcip, Mary Allan, Stephen Anderson, Sheryl Ball, Ryan Bautista, Scout Bender, Danielle Bewer, Barbara Boissevain, Rachel Bunteman, Ruben Cantoran, Dennis Carrie, Michael Chesler, Ashoke Chhabra, Kat De Guzman, Jorg Dubin, Roland Escalona, Dede Lucia Falcone, Silvia Faris, Richard Ferncase, Karen Fiorito, John Flores, Gabriel Gonzalez, Audrey Hernandez Peterson, Gina Herrera, Lua Kobayashi, Joe Lee, Michael Lopez, Kiara Aileen Machado, Kai Mao, Tamara Martin, Jared Millar, Dorsadaf Moinzad, Skip Mueller, Melody Nunez, Francisco Palomares, Sho Peng, Gianni Pham, Alkaid Ramirez, May Roded, Isabella Salvatierra, Deanna Sanches da Silva, Chanchala Singh, Meriel Stern, Todd Swart, Hedy Torres, Noriho Uriu, Michael Usher, Kurt Theodore Weston, John White, Michael Wicks, and Rob Williams.
Guest juror Joseph Daniel Valencia is the associate curator of the Vincent Price Art Museum. In addition to his work as a historian, writer, and curator, Valencia has previously worked for the City of Irvine, as well as the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, and UCR ARTSblock.
“drift”, a collaborative work created by myself and artist Luciana Abait, is included in the exhibition!

https://www.cityofirvine.org/irvine-fine-arts-center/upcoming-exhibitions

DO YOU! Express Yourself at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-07-09 10:00 - 11:00 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
CALLING ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS!
Join the West Valley Regional Branch Library and Artist in Residence Debra Disman and learn how to make an accordion fold book with pockets in our upcoming program:
A Book About Me
Express yourself through cutting, folding, designing and pasting, and create a book all about YOU! You can add
drawings, photographs, keepsakes and your own writing to the pockets!@lapubliclibrary lapl.org/summer
For ADA accommodations, please call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!

MAKERS' NIGHT: CRAFT CONTEMPORARY!
2022-07-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Craft Contemporary, 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90036, United States
Thursday,
July 7

Maker Night:
Bookmaking with
Debra Disman

6:00PM – 8:00PM
In-Person + Outdoors

$12 | Free for Members

REGISTER

Book artist Debra Disman will teach participants basic bookmaking techniques such as folding, paper punching, and sewing to create a side-bound handsewn book! Materials will be available to customize the front and back covers of your book. Cost of program includes materials and drinks.

Advanced RSVP is required. This workshop has limited capacity, so we advise participants to arrive early to secure a spot in the workshop.
Payment is due upon arrival.

Concurrencies: Investigating, Linking and Responding to the Work of Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse
2022-06-25 13:00 - 17:00 | 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus, 1653 18th Street, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States

Closing Reception: "PLEASE TOUCH"
2022-06-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Arts at Blue Roof, 7329 S. Broadway Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90003, United States
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2022 AT 6 PM – 7 PM

“Please Touch” Exhibition at Arts at Blue Roof – Closing Reception
Arts at Blue Roof

“Please Touch”
a group exhibition that is part of Arts at Blue Roof 2022 Summer Festival
Closing Reception June 17, 6pm PST
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: "Book / Art / Artifact"
2022-06-10 11:00 - 2022-08-28 17:00 | San Francisco Center for the Book, 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
I am thrilled to participate in the third exhibition featuring works created by the talented members of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers at the San Francisco Center for the Book,

Book / Art / Artifact: Work from the CA Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers

EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, August 28, 2022

The exhibition Book/Art/Artifact showcases work from the California Chapter of the national organization the Guild of Book Workers. Book/Art/Artifact is the third major members’ exhibition; previous exhibitions have been presented at the Geisel Special Collections Library at the University of California San Diego (2016) and the Long Beach Museum of Art (2019). As with previous exhibitions, Book/Art/Artifact highlights a range of member expertise and imagination. Exhibited mediums include bookbinding, letterpress, artists’ books, and calligraphy. The exhibition introduces viewers to the idea that books are not only a collection of bound pages but also an expression of human creativity.
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The exhibition Book/Art/Artifact showcases work from the California Chapter of the national organization the Guild of Bookworkers. Book/Art/Artifact is the third major members’ exhibition; previous exhibitions have been presented at the Geisel Special Collections Library at the University of California San Diego (2016) and the Long Beach Museum of Art (2019). As with previous exhibitions, Book/Art/Artifact highlights a range of members expertise and imagination. Exhibited mediums include bookbinding, letterpress, artists’ books, and calligraphy. The exhibition introduces viewers to the idea that books are not only a collection of bound pages but also an expression of human creativity.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Cathy Adelman, Yukimi Annand, Marlyn Bonaventure , Robin Brandes , Servane Briand, Carolee Campbell / Ninja Press , Rebecca Chamlee / Pie in the Sky Press, Coleen Curry, Insiya Dhatt, Debra Disman, Anna Embree, Jean Gillingwators, Karen Hanmer, Paula Jull, Marie Kelzer / Marie Kelzer Designs , Mark Kirchner, Brian Lieske, Elaine Nishizu, Patricia Owen, Todd Pattison, Jennifer Pellacchia, Beth Redmond, Sue Ann Robinson, Pamela Wood

Exhibition CATALOG designed by Rebecca Chamlee

Exhibitionista: "Please Touch"
2022-06-04 12:00 - 2022-06-17 19:00 | 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

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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!
