Debra Disman

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

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

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

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

West Hollywood Library
Meeting Room

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

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

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

Bookmaking at the Julian Dixon Culver City Library!
2024-06-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Julian Dixon Culver City Library, 4975 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
BOOKMAKING AT THE LIBRARY!!!
Join Us THIS COMING SATURDAY June 15th, 2024, at 11AM!
Learn to make an Accordion Fold Book with Simple one and two cut Pop-ups!
Book Making with Debra Disman
In-Person Program!

Saturday, June 15
11:00am – 12:00pm

Culver City Julian Dixon Library
Meeting Room

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 10 – July 11, 2024

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

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

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

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

EXHIBITIONISTA: PULP: BOOK & PAPER ARTS
2024-04-06 10:00 - 2024-05-05 16:00 | Sebastapol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High Street, CA, Sebastopol, 95472, United States
I am thrilled to participate for the second time in:

PULP: Book & Paper Arts
Book Arts: Handmade artist’s books or book art objects, showing excellence in bookmaking or altered book techniques, including books made of any medium (not just paper), as well as the art & craft of letterpress printing, bookbinding, book art sculptures, etc.
Paper Arts: including innovative or traditional explorations of paper sculpture, papermaking, etc.
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts is one of the most vibrant arts organizations in Northern, California. Since 1988 it has engaged and inspired the community through presentations of contemporary art, music, dance, film, and literary events. Through classes and workshops it strives to educate and deepen the interest in the arts for adults, teens and children. The Center is located in a 17,800 square foot building in downtown Sebastopol where it offers a large variety of arts programs and is a creative force in California. Sebastopol, located 60 miles north of San Francisco, is one of America’s premier destinations for food, wine, and the arts, attracting thousands of visitors each year.
Juror: Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery:
A native of New Orleans, Donna Seager’s background is in Art History. She received her
education at the University of Texas. She began in the art business in 1978, working in galleries
in New Orleans and was the director of a gallery in Boston before moving to California in 1989.
She continued to work in galleries in the Bay Area until 2005 when she opened Donna Seager Gallery. In 2011, she partnered with Suzanne Gray to form Seager Gray Gallery and moved the
gallery to Mill Valley where they are a cornerstone of the Marin arts community. Seager has distinguished herself for her discerning eye and commitment to the arts in her area. She has given lectures on the art of the book at international fairs in Miami and San Francisco and curated an exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library entitled “Ten Years of Artists’ Books” and “This is Not a Book, Chapter 2” for the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. She has served on the board of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association and The San Francisco Center for the Book.

EXHIBITIONISTA: Fantastic Fibers 2024
2024-03-26 10:00 - 2024-05-09 17:00 | Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway St., Paducah, KY, 42001, United States
I am thrilled to participate in: FANTASTIC FIBERS 2024, an international juried exhibition presented by Yeiser Art Center. One of Yeiser Art Center’s most engaging and innovative international exhibitions, FANTASTIC FIBERS seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding contemporary works related to the fiber medium.
The exhibition focusses on contemporary and innovative works created with fiber as the primary medium or concept.
I am showing: Torrent and Tangle: Keep Your House in Order, 2019,
10.5 x 25 x 18, book board, hemp cord, watercolor paper, mulberry paper, acrylic paint, lace, ribbon

FANTASTIC FIBERS 2024 will be on display at Yeiser Art Center from March 26th to May 9th, 2024.

Springtime Bookmaking at the Canoga Park Branch Library!
2024-03-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Join us to create a sewn book to celebrate springtime and new beginnings!

Learn the pamphlet stitch, and deck your book out with springtime flowers!

All materials provided.
This program is part of my Artist Residency at the Canoga Park Branch Library, and is supported in part by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Please see HERE for details!

"Be Our Valentine" at the Canoga Park Library!
2024-02-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Join Us To Create Your Own Special Valentine’s Day Gift or Card!
Add beautiful materials to personalize your Valentine for yourself, or that special someone!
All materials included.
Part of my residency “We Write the Book” at the Canoga Park Branch Library, supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "String Theory" at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
2024-02-06 10:00 - 2024-03-03 17:00 | Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA, 02664, United States
I am thrilled to participate in:
“String Theory” at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod

Opening Reception Friday, February 9, 5–7pm

Exploring the possibilities within fiber art to showcase the beauty and versatility of the medium.

The exhibition explores the wide range of possibilities within fiber art, including but not limited to weaving, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and felting. It will showcase the beauty and versatility of fiber as a medium.
SEE THE SHOW HERE!
I will be showing a work that has not yet been exhibited publicly:
Blue Tapestry (Here’s To The Red, White and Blue), 2021, 18.75 x 6.5″,
repurposed placemat, hemp cord, linen thread

WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE SHOW HERE!

Get Ready for the New Year at the Canoga Park Branch Library!
2024-01-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
JOIN US!
Learn How to Create an Organizer Book with Pockets to Welcome the New Year and Get You Started in 2024!
All Materials Included.
Supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!
Date(s):
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Time:
11 a.m.

Location:
Canoga Park Branch Library

Type:
In Person

Audience:|
EVERYONE!!!!
Kids, Adults

Category:
Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Description:
Start the New Year right by learning to create a fun book in which you can store holiday memories and plan for the future. All materials provided.

This program is supported in part by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

"Objects of Agency" Virtual Artists Talk December 21st at 4PM PST, 7PM EST
2023-12-14 08:00 - 17:00
Objects of Agency Virtual Artists Talk
https://www.heragallery.org/objects of agency
Please join with ZOOM Link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88407885936?pwd=[REDACTED]
Thursday December 21, 2023
7PM EST / 4PM PST
Objects of Agency is a 52 week long virtual exhibition, through 2023. The exhibition 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.
At the time this call for art was written, when “abortion” was typed into a Google search, the first page result was 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. And when abortion was typed into Instagram, the first hashtag was #abortionisevil. Due to activists, advocates, artists, and scientists this scale is tipping to provide accessible, accurate, and viable healthcare information.
So, what can we do to continue the fight for abortion rights? How can we use our creative voices to counteract misinformation and false advertising and provide viable discourse and inspiration?
At Hera Gallery, we invited you to cry, rage, and make art. We invited you to connect with others through creative expression in hopes that it would bring a sense of insight, or deep feeling, beauty, education, perseverance, protest, connection and/or community. Culminating in the virtual exhibition Objects of Agency, we bring you 52 selections of work from artists across the country.
Each week, Hera Gallery chose one featured artist and artwork from the exhibition to represent the 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.

Winter Holiday Bookmaking at the Canoga Park Branch Library
2023-12-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Join us to create a fun holiday book based on the closed spine accordion structure!
Create a card or gift for the holidays and learn folding and gluing techniques.
Customize your book to make it special and unique.
All materials provided!

This program is supported in part by the City
of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

Flag Bookmaking at ArtShare LA!
2023-12-09 11:00 - 12:30 | ArtShare LA, 801 E 4th Pl, Los Angeles, CA, 90013, United States
Join us and learn to create the fun and fabulous “flag book” with artist Debra Disman while being inspired by the “Paper Route” exhibition at ArtShare LA. Learn the accordion fold, add book covers and alternating flag pages, and play with “found writing” to create a kinetic book that can be opened and used in multiple ways.
Please sign up with Eventbrite!
Debra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her work inspired by the book, both as a solo practitioner and in the public sphere of community engagement. As a maker and teaching artist she creates work and projects which push the body and boundaries of the book into new media and materials, inviting altered ways of viewing the world and how we inhabit it.

Make Your Own Recipe Book at the Canoga Park Branch Library!
2023-11-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Join us to create your own recipe book just in time for the holidays!
Bring in your favorite family recipes, learn how to make your own sewn book with envelopes to hold the recipes.
All supplies included!
This workshop is part of my Artist Residency supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "By THE BOOK" at Artopia Gallery
2023-11-03 10:00 - 2024-02-09 17:00 | Artopia, 524 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA, 91006, United States
Join Us for the opening of:
The Book, Book Forms, Printmaking
BY THE BOOK
A five-person show of works celebrating the book as art in multiple forms!

Friday November 3rd, 20236:30-8PM

"Let's Make Books!" at the Hermosa Beach Library
2023-10-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Hermosa Beach Library, 550 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, 90254, United States
“Let’s Make Books!”

In-person program!

Saturday, October 28
10:00am – 11:00am

Hermosa Beach Library

Join us to learn how to make books for yourself or as gift. All materials will be provided. Generously sponsored by Hermosa Beach FOL. For Adults.

Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party, including kids. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.
This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. Please see the Guidelines for Attendees during the registration process for more information.

Create A Spooky Drama for Halloween at the Canoga Park Branch Library!!!!!
2023-10-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Learn to create a tunnel book and make a three-dimensional scene for Halloween inspired by the holiday and your own imagination!
All materials provided!
This program is part of my artist residency at the Canoga Park Library supported by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs!

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the Canoga Park Branch Library with Papel Picado!
2023-09-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303
Join Us to Honor and Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by learning to create a folded and glued book, and add to it with “Papel Picado”, the art of cut paper!

All materials included!

EXHIBITIONISTA: "From Fiber..."
2023-09-01 17:00 - 2023-09-30 17:00 | Springfield Art Association, ​ 700 North 4th Street, ​Springfield, Illinois, 62702, United States
The exhibition “From Fiber” will present contemporary art that utilize and showcase fibers. The works reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium, from raw fibers to high fashion and everything in-between. The goal of the exhibition is to showcase innovative work that explores both traditional materials and processes as well as those that expand the use of fiber with other media, processes, and disciplines.
The show will run from Friday, September 1 through Saturday, September 30. A reception and awards ceremony will be held Friday, September 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. A total of $1,200 in prizes will be awarded.
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Juror: Ann B. Coddington. Ann utilizes a variety of traditional and innovative fiber techniques including twining, looping, lashing and netting in her sculptural forms.

Make A Book to Help You Get Organized at the Canoga Park Branch Library!
2023-08-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Canoga Park Branch Library, 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California, 91303

Creating the Fun and Fabulous Flag Book at the Brand!!!
2023-08-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Brand Library and Art Center, 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA, 91201, United States
I am thrilled to lead a fun and fabulous flag book workshop at the Brand Library and Art Center!!!

The Associates of Brand invite you to join us in a special event workshop to learn how to create a fun and fabulous Flag Book! You will combine art, craft, bookmaking and creative writing in a paper-based project inspired by the Brand 51: Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, now on view in the Gallery at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale!
Learn how to make the versatile accordion fold and combine image and text in a way that allows you to become author, artist, designer and writer in one fell swoop!
Workshop leader and Brand 51 artist Debra Disman is known for her work inspired by the book. As both maker and teaching artist, she invites you to explore the book as art by mixing media and materials to express yourself and invite new ways of viewing the world and how we inhabit it.
When: Saturday, August 12, 2023
11 am-12:30 pm
Where: Brand Library & Art Center
1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale
Who: Free and open to people of all ages
We ask that children be 6 years old and above and accompanied by an adult
How: Limited to the 25 participants
RSVP to Debra Thompson, President of the Associates by August 10
debra@associatesofbrand.org

EXHIBITIONISTA: "INTERNATIONAL FIBER ARTS XI" at Sebastopol Center for the Arts
2023-07-29 10:00 - 2023-09-10 16:00 | Sebastapol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High Street, CA, Sebastopol, 95472, United States
I am thrilled to be a part of International Fiber Arts XI!
The 11th Biennial Fiber Art juried exhibition is held every two years at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. This outstanding celebration of fiber arts presents the work of artists from all over the world. Over 3,000 attend this well publicized and reviewed exhibit. This show is held in the SCA gallery and available virtually online on the SCA website. The exhibition is co-sponsored by Sebastopol Center for the Arts and Surface Design Association.
International Fiber Arts XI is a juried exhibition presenting a distinct approach to innovative and traditional fiber techniques, and contemporary concepts for the
use of traditional and unusual materials. The selected two and three-dimensional works invite the viewer to experience the many facets of fiber art.

Jurors are distinguished fiber artists Judith Content and Ann Johnston.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Material World: A Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition"
2023-07-28 18:30 - 2023-09-09 17:00 | We Are The Arts/The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County., 301 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC, 28301, United States
I am happy to participate in:
Material World: A Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition , presenting innovative work of art that utilize textiles, threads, and fibers (both natural and synthetic) in ways that expand the definition of ‘fiber art’ and push the boundaries of the medium, presented through “We Are The Arts / The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County.
VIEW THE SHOW!
