Debra Disman

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Aries Rising" at the Irvine Fine Ars Center
2023-03-11 12:00 - 2023-05-20 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale Ave, Irvine, CA, 92604, United States
I am delighted to participate in:

ARIES RISING
Curated by Virginia Arce
Exhibition:
March 11–May 20
Irvine Fine Arts Center Main Gallery + Gallery 2
Opening Reception:
March 11, 2–4 p.m.
Rooted in the generative characteristics of spring, Aries Rising presents a collection of sculptural and two-dimensional artworks made of metal, fiber, and mixed media whose sensibilities reflect an organic source. Featured artists in the exhibition share a curiosity about human perception as it relates to the environment, both natural and manmade, reflected in their manipulation of material and form.
Artists featured:
Renée Azenaro, Debra Disman, Mirena Kim, Sofia V. Gonzales, Zara Kuredjian, and
Susan Lizotte.

"Women Artists Unfolding" at the West Valley Regional Library!
2023-03-09 16:00 - 17:00 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
In honor of Women’s History Month the West Valley Regional Branch Library celebrates women artists with a bookmaking workshop led by our artist in residence Debra Disman!
Please join us to create your own handmade book, learn about artists Faith Ringgold, Frida Kahlo and Yayoi Kusama and add what you learn about them to your books! All materials will be provided.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

This event is part of my Artist Residency in Bookmaking, “We Write the Book” at the West Valley Regional Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library, supported by the Los Angeles City Department of Cultural Affairs.
The Residency is comprised of a series of bookmaking workshops presented at the Library, planned in close coordination with Library Staff.
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Be The Change Book Festival! FREE Bookmaking Workshops!
2023-02-25 | Glendale Central Library, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA, Make Your Own Books with Debra Disman - Bookmaker and ReflectSpace Gallery exhibiting artist Saturday, February 25: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Glendale Central Library - ReflectSpace Annex AGE GROUP: ALL AGES EVENT TYPE: CLASSES & WORKSHOPS ARTS & CRAFTS Bring the whole family and learn how to create fun and fabulous handmade books using folding, cutting and gluing techniques., United States
Make Your Own Books with Debra Disman – Bookmaker and ReflectSpace Gallery exhibiting artist
Saturday, February 25: 10:00am – 11:00am, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Glendale Central Library – ReflectSpace Annex
AGE GROUP: ALL AGES
EVENT TYPE: CLASSES & WORKSHOPS ARTS & CRAFTS
Bring the whole family and learn how to create fun and fabulous handmade books using folding, cutting and gluing techniques.

Presented as part of:
Be the Change Book Festival – Be the Change Series
Saturday, February 25: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Glendale Central Library
AGE GROUP: ALL AGES
EVENT TYPE: SPECIAL EVENTS
Celebrate diverse voices in reading at the Book Festival with author talks, local book vendors, food trucks, DJ, and activities for all ages.

Enjoy my solo show and other exhibitions in the Library!
I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do Exhibition by Debra Disman – ReflectSpace Gallery
Friday, February 24: All Day
Glendale Central Library
AGE GROUP: ALL AGES
EVENT TYPE: ART EXHIBITION
A solo exhibition featuring Los Angeles-based artist Debra Disman.

Making Memories: Create Your Own Photo Album at the West Valley Branch Library
2023-02-09 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Public Library and learn to make your own special photo album with artist in residence Debra Disman.
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.

This event is part of my Artist Residency in Bookmaking, “We Write the Book” at the West Valley Regional Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library, supported by the Los Angeles City Department of Cultural Affairs.
The Residency is comprised of a series of bookmaking workshops presented at the Library, planned in close coordination with Library Staff.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "I Can't I Won't I Will I Do" SOLO SHOW
2023-01-28 18:00 - 2023-03-26 17:00 | ReflectSpace Gallery, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA, 91205, United States
“I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do”
ReflectSpace presents:
DEBRA DISMAN: I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do
January 18 – March 19, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 28th, 6-8pm
Curators: Ara & Anahid Oshagan

ReflectSpace in Glendale, run by Ara Oshagan, presents new work by artist Debra Disman. Along with the exhibition, ReflectSpace is publishing an artists’ book based on Disman’s 2021-22 Santa Monica Artist Fellowship project, investigating linking and responding to the groundbreaking work of artist Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse which will be available at the opening. For more information, please visit HERE.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Tenuous Threads"
2023-01-24 12:00 - 2023-02-11 12:00 | Atlantic Gallery, 547 West 27th Street or 548 West 28th Street Suite 540 – accessible from either street, New York, NY, 10001, United States
TENUOUS THREADS
Contemporary Work Incorporating Textiles, Fibers, Threads and Mixed Media
January 24th – February 11, 2023
Opening reception of Tenuous Threads: January 26th, 5:30pm-8pm:
Atlantic Gallery, located in the historic Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea NYC, presents the exhibition: Tenuous Threads, juried by Patricia Miranda

All of life is connected through networks, systems, fibers and webs. Communication (visual, verbal, electrical, chemical, and kinetic) enables an exchange of information amongst all life forms. Tenuous Threads alludes to the delicate lines that bring us together and sets us apart; that joins us yet repels us. This show features innovative artworks that utilize textiles, fibers, threads (natural and synthetic) in sculpture, collage, 3D and 2D mixed media that communicates the strength and fragility of what binds all life.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "I Can't I Won't I Will I Do' Solo Show at ReflectSpace Gallery
2023-01-19 08:00 - 17:00
I am thrilled to have a solo exhibition at ReflectSpace Gallery, part of Glendale Arts and Culture, opening Saturday January 28th and on view through March 19,2023.
Curated by the wonderful Ara and Anahid Oshagan of Glendale.
The title of the show is based on a work of the same name:
“I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do”, 2022, 13 x 71.5″, repurposed table runner, paint, hemp cord and linen thread

Love to See You There!!!!

Make Your Own "Storybook Theater" at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2023-01-12 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us to express yourself and learn how to create the fabulous Storybook Theatre which combines books, diorama drama and stories into one project.
All materials provided.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

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EXHIBITIONISTA: "Objects of Agency" at the HERA
2023-01-01 08:00 - 2023-12-31 17:00 | Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, 10 High Street, Wakefield, RI, 02879, United States
I am thrilled to participate in:

Objects of Agency
A Virtual Exhibition
On view at heragallery.org and @hera_gallery on social media
Objects of Agency addresses the health care crisis which has recently culminated in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and stripped thousands of people of the right to bodily autonomy.
The United States has the worst maternal mortality rate among other similarly developed countries. According to the University of Colorado, due to the Dobbs decision, maternal mortality rates are projected to go up 14%. For women of color, it is 20%. Simply due to women’s health care becoming more restrictive and less accessible.
When “abortion” is typed into a Google search, the first page that comes up is a misleading website filled with fear slogans and misinformation to prevent women from seeking necessary and viable health care options. A recent research study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate showed that in many right wing states, 1/10 Google search results for abortion services lead to anti-abortion fake clinics. When abortion is typed into Instagram, the first hashtag is #abortionisevil.
So, what do we do? How can we use our creative voices to counteract misinformation and false advertising and provide viable discourse and inspiration?
Hera Gallery has invited artists to fight, cry, rage, and make art, and to to connect with others through creative expression in hopes that it brings a sense of insight, or deep feeling, beauty, education, perseverance, protest, connection and/or community. We have invited artists to share their voices through the virtual exhibition Objects of Agency.
Objects of Agency is composed of 53 works which speak to abortion rights in the United States. The virtual exhibition takes place over the 52 weeks of 2023. All selected works will be on virtual display throughout the duration of the exhibition on heragallery.org. Each week, Hera Gallery will choose one featured artist and artwork from the exhibition to represent the current tribulations and inspirations of the current state of women’s health care in America. Featured artists will be posted on all social media accounts. Objects of Agency aims to stimulate, educate, and encourage abortion care. It aims to challenge the anti-abortion campaigns and false information which dominate the internet. It aims to provide access to factual information and ultimately to create a platform and a network to share the voices, choices, and stories of all women and female identifying persons.
Gallery commission of sold works will be donated to Planned Parenthood.
Participating artists will have the opportunity to speak in a virtual artist talk hosted by Hera Gallery.
About Hera Gallery:
Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery promotes contemporary professional artists through a comprehensive exhibition schedule of member work, curated, and juried intersectional social justice shows. Together with thought-provoking programming our organization encourages dialogue that enriches the cultural life of our non-urban Southern RI community. We provide a venue for young talent to find a public voice, and creative support to local health services. Since its inception in 1974, Hera has been resolutely dedicated to gender equity and feminist discourse to challenge perceptions and inspire social change.
Because of its flexibility and commitment to presenting exhibitions with artistic merit and integrity Hera has been awarded numerous grants for its exhibitions and programs including grants from Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, The Champlin Foundation, Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, Rhode Island Foundation, and the Puffin Foundation.
I am showing, “Excavation of the Interior”, 2021, 12 x 28 x 12.5″, Mixed media: wood, mulberry paper, canvas, muslin, watercolor paper, hemp cord and linen thread. It stands upright in any degree of opened/closed. Open, it can span up to 28″ wide.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "YARN/ROPE/STRING" at the New Bedford Museum of Art
2022-12-08 18:00 - 2023-03-12 16:00 | The New Bedford Museum of Art, 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
I am thrilled to be showing “Profusion” in “Yarn/Rope/String” at the New Bedford Museum of Art, organized by Fiber Art Now, and juried by Michael F. Rohde , originally presented in print and online in Fiber Art Now.

“Profusion“, 2018, 8.5 x 24.5 x 7.75, Book board, mulberry paper, watercolor paper, canvas, hemp cord

Get Ready for the New Year: CALENDAR 2023 at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-12-08 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Prepare for the New Year by creating your own 2023 sidebound calendar!
Fill it with your important dates and reminders!
OPEN TO ALL!
All materials 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.

Fall Into Bookmaking at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2022-11-10 16:00 - 17:00 | 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
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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
