Intersection: where art and community meet with Debra Disman
2025-04-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus, 1653 18th Street, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
I am thrilled to participate in FIBER:
This international exhibition seeks to showcase the best of contemporary fiber art that reflect the breadth of functional or non-functional works that use fiber and/or fiber art techniques in traditional or innovative ways. Artwork in this exhibition may be made from natural or high tech materials that reference fiber and that blur the lines between art, architecture and craft.
Opening Reception on Saturday, May 17, 5-7pm

Curators:
Tom Grotta and Rhonda Brown

Tom and Rhonda have showcased modern fiber art since the 1980s, championing fiber art’s evolution and future. Representing over 100 artists from 25 countries, the gallery’s exhibitions, art fairs, and partnerships with museums have placed works in prestigious collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery. Tom, a Rochester Institute of Technology graduate, is renowned for his photography of fiber art and knowledge of contemporary textiles. Rhonda’s background as a lawyer and writer informs her editorial leadership at browngrotta arts. Rhonda oversees the gallery’s catalogs, blog, and social media, ensuring its continued influence in fiber art.

SEE THE SHOW HERE!
See My Work HERE!

I am honored to be showing with: (several of whom I know and have shown with before)

Becca Barolli – Bethlehem, CT / Eszter Bornemisza – Budapest, Hungary / Carolyn Carson – Pittsburgh, PA
Monica Carvalho – Rio de Janeiro , Brazil / Wan Lin Chang – Taichung City, Taiwan
Cheyenne Concepcion – San Francisco, CA / Jennifer Davies – Branford , CT / Sherry Davis – Riverhead, NY
Ellen Dickinson – Roslyn Heights, NY / Debra Disman – Los Angeles, CA / Rosana Escobar – Bogota, CO
Sarah Haskell – York, ME / Elizabeth Joo – Chicago, IL / Anna Kocherovsky – West Bloomfield, MI
Alexandra Kohl – Mamaroneck, NY / Haeley Kyong – Franklin Lakes, NJ / Mati Laforge – Montréal, Canada
Fannie Lee – Brooklyn, NY / Laura Foster Nicholson – New Harmony, IN / Amy Putansu – Waynesville , NC
Joh Ricci – Gettysburg, PA / Michael Rohde – Thousand Oaks, CA / Theda Sandiford – Union City, NJ
Tushita Singh Singh – Uttar Pradesh, India / Adrienne Sloane – Watertown, MA / Justyna Solomianko – Bialystok, Poland
Gerri Spilka – Philadelphia, PA / Susan Tonkin Riegel – Granite Bay ,CA / Stefania Urist – Londonderry, VT
Mila Vovk – Irvine, CA / Alice Wiese – Mill Valley, CA

“We Write The Book” Flower Fold Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!
2025-04-05 11:00 - 12:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

“We Write The Book” Sidebound Bookmaking Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!
2025-04-16 15:30 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

“We Write The Book” Single Signature Bookmaking at the Northridge Library in Honor of National Poetry Month!
2025-04-19 11:00 - 12:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

“We Write The Book” Tunnel Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
2025-05-03 11:00 - 12:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: "FIBER" at Silvermine Arts Center
2025-05-10 10:00 - 2025-06-19 16:00 | SILVERMINE Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, CT, 06840, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: "CARE" at Hera Gallery
2025-05-10 13:00 - 2025-06-14 17:00 | Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, 10 High Street, Wakefield, RI, 02879, United States

“We Write The Book” Two-in-One Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
2025-05-14 15:30 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

“We Write The Book” BOX OF FIREWORKS Bookmaking Workshop at the Northridge Library!
2025-05-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: "Stories Untold: The Book Reimagined"
2025-05-24 10:00 - 2025-07-27 16:00 | View Arts Center, 3273 State Route 28 | PO Box 1144, Old Forge, NY, 13420

"We Write the Book" CULMINATION EVENT!!!
2025-05-31 11:00 - 13:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

"Let's Make a Flag Book!" at the Manhattan Beach Library!
2025-06-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Manhattan Beach Library, 1320 Highland Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266, United States

NOMAD IV Presented By The Torrance Art Museum
2025-07-11 - 2025-07-13 | Torrance Art Museum (TAM), 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA, 90503, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: "NOMAD IV" at the Torrance Art Museum!
2025-07-11 10:00 - 2025-07-13 17:00 | Torrance Art Museum (TAM), 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA, 90503, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: TRYST Art Fair
2025-07-11 16:00 - 2025-07-13 18:00 | Torrance Art Museum (TAM), 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA, 90503, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: BRAND 53: National Juried Show of Works on Paper
2025-07-19 17:00 - 2025-09-12 17:00 | Brand Library and Art Center, 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA, 91201, United States

"Let's Make Books!' at the Hawthorne Library!
2025-08-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne, CA, 90250, United States

"We Write the Book" "Kick-off" Workshop at the Northridge Library!
2025-08-22 08:00 - 17:00 | CT

Online Book Making Workshop: Learn the "Folded Fan" Structure with Debra Disman
2025-08-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Shoebox Arts

"We Write The Book" returns to the Northridge Branch Library!
2025-09-01 08:00 - 2025-12-31 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: EMBRACING THE CRAFT at CORE Art Space
2025-09-12 12:00 - 2025-09-28 17:00 | New Core Art Space, 6851 West Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO, 80214, United States

"We Write The Book Returns to the Northridge Branch Library" this FALL!
2025-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

"We Write the Book" Bookmaking series kicks off at the Northridge Library September 13th!
2025-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

“We Write The Book" Bookmaking Workshop II at the Northridge Branch Library!
2025-09-17 15:30 - 17:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

Artist-In-Residence: The Silverlake Independent JCC!
2025-09-20 08:00 - 2025-10-06 17:00 | Silverlake Independent JCC, 1110 Bates Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90029, United States

“We Write The Book” Bookmaking Workshop III at the Northridge Branch Library!
2025-09-27 10:00 - 12:00 | CT

EXHIBITIONISTA: "The California Effect: New Books from the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers"
2025-10-04 17:00 - 2026-03-08 17:00 | Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 E Ocean Blvd,, Long Beach, CA, 90803, United States

"We Write the Book" Folded, Glued and Sewn RECIPE BOOKMAKING!
2025-11-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

“We Write the Book” "Double Signature" Bookmaking!
2025-11-12 15:30 - 17:30 | Northridge Branch Library, 9051 Darby Avenue, Northridge, 91325, United States

EXHIBITIONISTA: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space at 18th Street Arts Center
2025-11-14 - 2026-01-02 | 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus, 1653 18th Street, Studio 1, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, United States
