Debra Disman

Fun and Fantastic Flag Bookmaking at the West Valley Branch Library!
2022-08-30 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mining-peace-in-a-troubled-world-and-how-artists-survive-tickets-304229317077
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!

Learn to Create the Fun and Fantastic Flower Fold Book with LACMA!
2022-02-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-01-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Join us online through LACMA – The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art to learn to create the Fun and Fantastic Flower Fold Book for families with children ages 6+
Learn the fun and fantastic flower fold structure and make a book of repeated forms that changes size and unfolds into a sculpture! Add artwork, text, poems and wishes and create your personal vision for 2022!
We will discuss Chris Burden’s METROPOLIS in reference to books that move, fold and unfold!!!
Sign up HERE!

Celebrate Chinese New Year, The Year of the Tiger and the Chinese Lantern Festival!
2022-02-15 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us in creating a fun and fantastic handmade book to celebrate
The Chinese Lantern Festival & Year of the Tiger.
You will learn both the accordion and the flower fold techniques while learning about this unique festival.
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.
To Register go to: https://tinyurl.com/bdz2ve9d
For ADA accommodations please call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event

Exhibitionista: The Center for Contemporary Art 2022 International
2022-01-14 08:00 - 2022-02-26 17:00 | The Center For Contemporary Art, 2020 Burnt Mills Road, Bedminster, Bedminster, NJ, 07921, United States
I am thrilled to participate in The Center For Contemporary Art‘s
2022 International Juried Exhibition

EXHIBITION DATES: January 14, 2022 – February 26, 2022
Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 2022, 6-8 p.m.
Attend the Zoom OPENING, January 14th, 2022, at 7PM EST, 3PM PST!
JUROR: Erin Jenoa Gilbert
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Joan Appel, Claude Beller, Bill Brookover, Monica J. Brown, Lionel Carre, Arden Cone, Steven Daiber, Debra Disman, Tracy DiTolla, Marvin Eans, Steven Epstein, Tracy Finn, Sandy Furst, Anita Gladstone, Gregory Hennen, Valerie Huhn, Pat Kelly, Karen L. Kirshner, Jack Knight, Shawn Marshall, Monica Mendes, Edward Mills, Myra Nowlin, David Orban, Clare Parry, Sandi Pfeifer, Robert Reid, Lilly Saywitz, Alireza Vaziri Rahimi, Mark Vogel, Chrissy Wallace

ABOUT THE JUROR:
Erin Jenoa Gilbert is a New York based curator and art advisor, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora. Exploring the relationship between art, power and politics, her curatorial practice examines the physical and psychological connection to land, the trauma of displacement and the Black female body as contested terrain. Gilbert’s intersectional critical analysis exposes the fault lines in the aesthetic regimes that dominate visual culture, specifically by presenting artists whose contributions to the canon have been overlooked, particularly women artists from the “Deep South” and the “Global South”. Most recently the Curator of African American Manuscripts at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, she has also held positions at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Over the course of her career she has addressed audiences at The Studio Museum in Harlem, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Howard University, Fashion Institute of Technology and Swann Auction House. Figure and Force, a conversation she moderated between Barbara Chase Riboud and Ilyasah Shabbaz for Solange’s Saint Heron, exemplifies her commitment to expanding the audience for modern and contemporary art.
In July 2021, Gilbert curated A Force For Change, an exhibition presenting 26 contemporary women artists of African descent in New York benefiting UN Women. She is the co-curator of Mary Lovelace O’Neal: Whales Fucking which will open at MoAD in San Francisco, California in November 2022. Since 2015 she has curated several museum and gallery exhibitions in the US and UK including Zohra Opoku: Draped Histories/Beyond Visage, Sienna Shields: Invisible Woman and In The Eye of the Beholder.
Gilbert holds a BA in Political Science and a BA in African and African American Studies from the University of Michigan, and a MA in Contemporary Art from the University of Manchester. She has published catalog essays on several prominent artists, including Deborah Roberts (Spelman University, 2018); Alma Thomas (Mnuchin Gallery, 2019); Chakaia Booker (ICA Miami, 2021) and Mary Lovelace O’Neal (MoAD, 2022).
Attend the Zoom OPENING, January 14th, 2022, at 7PM EST, 3PM PST!

Panorama City Branch Library Artist-in-Residence CULMINATION EVENT
2021-12-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Get ready for 2022 with your own handmade Vision Journal in this fun online event which culminates my Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs artist residency at the Panorama City Branch Library!

Take-home kits of materials to use during the online program (plus fun library swag) are available at the library Reference Desk, while supplies last.

This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.

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.

Date(s):

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Time:

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Location:

Online – Panorama City Branch Library

Audience:

Kids, Teens, Adults

Category:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Series:

Winter Celebrations

Language:

English

RSVP:

Register via Zoom.

Description:

Get ready for 2022 by creating your own handmade Vision Journal in our final workshop with artist-in-residence Debra Disman.

Take-home kits of materials to use during the online program (plus fun library swag) are available at the library Reference Desk, while supplies last.

This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.

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.

Winter Solstice Bookmaking with the West Valley Regional Branch Library
2021-12-21 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us online to create your own handmade book to celebrate the Winter Solstice!
Learn about the phases of the moon and add them to your book to welcome the Winter Season!

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.

Holiday Bookmaking with the Panorama City Branch Library!
2021-11-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
Make a “Treasured Memory Book” You Can Use for the Future!
Welcome the holiday season by creating a book that can hold treasured memories: recipes, photographs, poems, stories, songs, artworks.
Materials packets available.
Please contact the Panorama City Branch Library for details and to sign up!
This workshop is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and led by artist-in-residence Debra Disman through the Panorama City Branch Library!

Welcome the Holidays: Make a Recipe Book With the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
2021-11-18 16:00 - 17:30 | West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street,, Reseda, CA, 91335, United States
Join us online and learn how to create an Accordion Fold Book with pockets to hold treasured recipes!
Welcome the holidays by being creative, artmaking, and learning new skills!
This workshop is supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and led by artist-in-residence Debra Disman through the West Valley Regional Branch Library!
Materials packets available.
Please see flier for details.

EXHIBITIONISTA: "MOSTLY MONOCHROME"
2021-11-01 00:00 - 2021-11-30 00:00 | WoArt
I am thrilled to be included in the exhibition, Mostly Monochrome, presented online by the loved and respected WoArt Blog, and curated by WoArtBlog founder, Christina Massey, offering a strong platform for Women Artists.

November 1 – 30th, 2021
www.woartblog.com.

“Mostly Monochrome” is an online exhibition featuring artists using a mostly monochromatic approach to the creation of their work. Artworks with the reduced variant of color grab their viewers attention instead through their process, materials, composition and tonality.
As one scrolls through the exhibition, you’ll be visually transitioning through subtle shifts in the monochromatic palette and visually stimulated through the juxtaposition of works from minimal color field paintings to extremely detailed and laborious drawings and sculptures.
Viewers are invited to scroll through the wide range of artistic styles and explore the work in the virtual gallery slideshow. Click on the images to get further details and make any purchases of Artworks.
Support the work of Women Artists, shop the online store!

Featuring Artists:
Laura Ahola-Young, Lois Bender, Laurey Bennett-Levy, Angelica Bergamini, Carol Bouyoucos, Clare Burson, Ai Campbell, Jaynie Crimmins, Marianne DeAngelis, Debra Disman, Pauline Galiana, Veronika Golova, Carolynn Haydu, Erin Juliana, Rachel Kohn, Parvathi Kumar, Barbara Laube, Bonny Leibowitz, Seren Morey, Jane Nodine, Judith Ornstein, Dara Oshin, Barbara Owen, Lily Prince, Eve Provost Chartrand, Robin Roi, Andra Samelson, Amy Sands, Mary Shah, Barbara Sherman, Christina Smith, Lauren Smith, Judi Tavill, Jessica Tawczynski, Shira Toren, Ellen Weider, Odeta Xheka, Emna Zghal, Tamar Zinn
I am honored to have two works presented in the show, “Before the Fall”, and “Profusion”, pictured below.

Hear our discussion on Clubhouse!
Artists Who AND…, ”Artists…giving back to the creative community”, Debra Disman/Lois Bender/Laurey Bender-Levy, Clubhouse, November 17, 2021

Celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Panorama City Branch Library!
2021-10-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Panorama City Branch Library, 14345 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA, 91402, United States
FREE ONLINE BOOKMAKING PROGRAM!
The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles supports this artist in residence program!
Join us to celebrate Día de los Muertos by creating your own handmade book and add Papel Picado (cut paper designs) to make it special and unique.
Supplies packets available for the first 20 participants who sign up and pick up!
Contact the Panorama City Branch Library to sign up today!
