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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: FACING DARKNESS
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be included in FACING DARKNESS\, an online exhibition of works created by artists from 18th Street Art Center‘s 18th street and airport campuses. \nTour the Show!\n“In our darkest hours\, it is natural and human to seek connection with others\, to face the darkness together so that we can imagine a brighter path forward. In our current pandemic-time of crisis and isolation\, this instinct can feel thwarted\, and lead us to even darker places. Art is one of the ways that communities can find resilience in isolation\, a method of aesthetic communication that empowers both the artist and the viewer to transform the most difficult and paradigm-breaking experiences into new visions for the future. Even as the arts and cultural infrastructure in the US is in deep crisis\, the work of artists reflecting on this time and its socio-cultural reverberations is even more necessary for binding us together and rebuilding our world. As Californians for the Arts director Julie Baker quipped “A first responder comes in and saves a life. A second responder comes in and helps rebuild a life.” \nArtists are second responders\, and this exhibition of 25 varied artists from 18th Street’s artist community present multivalent ways that artworks that address the human capacity to overcome hardships on both global and personal scales. From meditations on memory\, investigations into the warped passage of time\, working through fraught familial relationships\, and grappling with fear and longing in a time of public health crises and inequities laid bare\, the artists in this show address our current moment both obliquely and directly\, with humor\, melancholy\, and uncomfortable propositions. Creation during this time feels nothing like luxury; rather it is deeply necessary in navigating the darkness ahead.”  \nCollective – “The only way out is through”\n“Hopes and Fears and…”\, 2020\, 24.5 x 16.25\, mixed media\n18th Street will host related online events over the course of the exhibition. \nParticipating artists include: Deborah Lynn Irmas\, Beth Davila Waldman\, Elham Sagharchi\, Gwen Samuels\, Rachel Chu\, Debra Disman\, M Susan Broussard\, Lionel Popkin\, Leo Garcia\, Alexandra Dillon\, Gregg A Chadwick\, Ameeta Nanji\, Yrneh Gabon\, Claudia Concha\, Luciana Abait\, Rebecca Youssef\, Crystal Michaelson\, Susie McKay Krieser\, Melinda Smith Altshuler\, David McDonald\, Julia Michelle Dawson\, Daniela Schweitzer\, Luigia Gio Martelloni\, Sheila Karbassian\, and Joan Wulf.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/facing-darkness/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery\, 3026 Airport Avenue\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: IDENTITY at Art Fluent
DESCRIPTION:“IDENTITY is a display of aspects that usually remain hidden—a bittersweet and raw take on what churns inside us. We all have a certain idea of who we are through our identity\, but to get there\, we need to probe beneath the surface. To get a sense of ourselves\, we need to explore who we are\, how we are viewed by the world\, and the characteristics that define us. This exhibit explores our beliefs\, qualities\, expressions\, and personalities that collectively form our identity.” \nI am honored to participate in this exhibition\, showing “White Zip“. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-identity-at-art-fluent/
LOCATION:Art Fluent
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:RECOVERY JUSTICE: Being Well
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to participate in: \nRECOVERY JUSTICE: Being Well\nMarch 8\, 2021 – September 11\, 2021\nat\n18th Street Arts Center (Airport Campus) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Being Well” is what we seek together as neighbors\, and recalls one of the central guiding principles of the City of Santa Monica\, the notion of “wellbeing” as key to civic health. Recovery Justice: Being Well\, aims to highlight the recent circumstances that have evolved during the pandemic (racial justice demonstrations and destruction\, as well as social discontent and general disconnection) into a series of self-organized artist projects that merges the exterior and interior public spaces of City of Santa Monica property. 18th Street Airport Campus at Santa Monica Municipal Airport will be the site where artists reimagine the city and beyond in the midst of complex social unrest globally. Recovery Justice will recuperate through various means the digital and physical footprints left in a city that struggles to reclaim the seemingly peaceful environment it once had. Artists will develop a palette for making and sharing artworks responding to the street experience in safe\, healing and expressive modes. This porous series is a point of departure to reconcile and redefine the concept of justice. \nThis collage of self-organized artist projects was organized around the common theme of Recovery Justice\, facilitated as part of Sara Daleiden’s artist project and ongoing conversations nurtured through a series of online conversations with 18th Street’s artist community called “Creative Roundtables” over the past 8 months. These projects will manifest in outdoor presentations on the side of the building; sculptural\, photographic\, painting and video work in the galleries; and a series of online and drive-in events in Spring of 2021. The artists’ presentations will also be represented online and via a 360 tour for virtual viewing.” \nParticipating artists include: Sara Daleiden\, Nicola Goode\, Susie McKay Krieser\, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario\, M Susan Broussard\, Lionel Popkin\, Yrneh Gabon Brown\, Lola del Fresno\, Debra Disman\, Melinda Smith Altshuler\, Gregg Chadwick\, Luciana Abait\, Deborah Lynn Irmas\, Rebecca Youssef\, and Dan S. Wang. \nSara Daleiden’s residency and facilitation work on these projects is generously supported by the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Bailiwik is also a supporting partner on this exhibition.\nABOUT THE FACILITATOR\n(such a joy working with Sara)\nSara Daleiden is a Los Angeles-based artist who facilitates civic engagement within developing landscapes\, exercising arts and cultural exchange strategies. She encourages local cultures to value neighborhoods\, public space\, civic art\, land and racial and gender equity. Sara has an expertise in working with artists and other cultural entrepreneurs for civic engagement\, creative placemaking\, network development and small business development. \nHer project at 18th Street Arts Center grows out of the placekeeping work that 18th Street has been engaged in over the past six years through our cultural asset mapping project (culturemapping90404.org) and the Commons Lab\, which involves community voices to define\, center\, and connect cultural practices within their own neighborhoods. Her practice investigates the influence of location\, scale\, market\, values and other regional factors on the production of the arts and cultural identity. Through methodologies involving partnership mapping\, network building\, and the facilitation of self-organizing and advocacy\, Sara aims to enhance the advocacy power of artists in influencing neighborhood development in the city. Her durational engagement with 18th Street will spin off land-based activations with opportunities for neighbors\, artists\, city staff\, and the broader public to participate. Sara has been collaborating with arts workers Nicola Goode\, Susannah Laramee Kidd\, Dorit Cypis and Kimberli Meyer for this artist project. \nPictured is  “Womb”\, 2021\, (plastic\, canvas\, jute cord) and “I Smile At You With My Eyes”\, 2021\, cardboard\, magazine pages\, acrylic paint\, 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/recovery-justice-being-well/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Airport Gallery\, 3026 Airport Avenue\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: INSIGHT at the Cape Cod Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be showing in The Cape Cod Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition\,  INSIGHT. When spoken\, this word can be broadly understood as – Insight\, In Sight and Incite. \nGrace Hopkins\, gallery director at the Berta Walker Galleries in Provincetown\, and Wellfleet\, MA served a s juror.\n523 artworks were submitted by 272 artists from 30 states across the country for INSIGHT. Only 65 artworks have been selected from 60 artists in 16 states.\nA note from the juror:\n“Narrowing down the artwork for this exhibition was challenging. I first had to digest all 500+ submissions as a whole before any threads of meaning could be drawn between the works\, and a final cohesive subset could be chosen. As a gallery director I am regularly confronted with an aesthetic puzzle. But\, when you throw in the added thematic complexity of INSIGHT and the sheer number of works submitted\, making a final selection was both a demanding and rewarding exercise in distillation. I want to thank everyone who came forward and placed their artwork into this pool. Another juror\, with different values and sensibilities would have solved this very differently. Your collective vision\, ability and insight moved me.”\n -Grace Hopkins\, Juror\, Artist and Gallery Director\, Berta Walker Galleries \nView Virtual Reception and Video featuring statements from the artists\, juror Grace Hopkins and CCMoA Director of Art\, Benton Jones.\nI am showing MAXIMUM SECURITY\, 2018\, 15 x 18 x 10.25″\, Sculptural Artists’ Book\, Mixed Media (Book board\, wood\, mulberry paper\, paint\, canvas\, watercolor paper and hemp cord). \n  \nWATCH VIRTUAL RECEPTION  SEE ALL THE WORKS hear the ARTISTS SPEAKING ABOUT THEM!\nVIRTUAL RECEPTION PART 2!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhbitionista-insight-at-the-cape-cod-museum-of-art/
LOCATION:The Cape Cod Museum of Art\, 60 Hope Lane\, Dennis\, MA\, 02638\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: "CONTENT" at The Artery
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to be included in CONTENT\, a show of Artists’ Books at The Artery\, in Davis\, CA. \nClick Here to Join us for the online reception!\n \n“Artist Books typically defy classification\, definition\, and expectations. They are vessels for an artist’s vision. To understand what an artist book is you have to forget your definition of a book.” \nAccording to the Smithsonian Institute Library blog\, “An artist’s book is a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of ‘book’ as inspiration. It is the artistic initiative seen in the illustration\, choice of materials\, creation process\, layout and design that makes it an art object. …” \n“What truly makes an artist’s book is the artist’s intent\, and artists have used the book as inspiration in a myriad of ways and techniques\, from traditional to the experimental. The book could be made through fine press printing or hand-crafted\, the pages illustrated with computer-generated images or cheap photocopies; books became sculptures\, tiny and gargantuan; books were sliced up and reconfigured\, made from all kinds of materials with unconventional objects incorporated\, in unique or limited editions\, or produced in multiple copies. With all sorts of ideas behind them\, artists continue to challenge the idea\, content and structure of the traditional book.” \nThere is a special guest juror for this exhibition: Nikki Thompson of Deconstructed Artichoke Press.\nNikki Thompson is a book artist (aka Deconstructed Artichoke Press) and poet. With an MFA from the California College of the Arts\, her art explores architecture\, feminism\, and the politics of work through the mixed media of bookmaking\, printmaking\, and photography. Her work has been awarded First Prize at Gallerie Renee Marie and a Purchase Prize at 23 Sandy Gallery. She has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and received the College Book Arts Association Project Assistance Grant. Her work can be seen at www.deconstructedartichokepress.com. \nCo-juror: Adele Louise Shaw of Circle A Studio.\nAdele is a book artist and a painter. Her career as an artist has been punctuated with wildly diverse artistic explorations but she grew up surrounded by hand-bound books made by her great-grand parents. Her bookbinding studies started with classes in Japan and Thailand. Adele’s book work is squarely focused on a different\, newish book form referred to as “Artist Books”. Many of her hand-bound books are derived from her work as a painter. She never ceases to try new methods and materials to actualize her vision. She teaches book classes out of her studio in Davis\, California. You can view her work at www.adeleshaw.com. \nI am showing:\n“Narrow Bridge”\, 5.5 x 16 x 3.5″\, mixed media\n“Narrow Bridge” is an “Artists’ Book”\, which can be opened to about 16+” wide\, but can be displayed opened to 8-10″\, standing upright. It is a flag book structure and is made of board\, paper\, linen thread\, and fabric. It says\, “All the world is a narrow bridge\, the important thing is not to fear.” (Indeed…!) \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-content-at-the-artery/
LOCATION:The Artery\, 207 G Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: Fantastic Fibers 2021 at the Yeiser Art Center
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to be showing in FANTASTIC FIBERS 2021 at the Yeiser Art Center. \n“One of  Yeiser Art Center’s most engaging and innovative international exhibitions\, FANTASTIC FIBERS is showcasing \a wide range of outstanding contemporary works related to the fiber medium.” \nHISTORY:\nThe 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.  Paducah becomes a Mecca for quilters and quilt enthusiasts each April as more than 30\,000 visitors from across the globe attend AQS QuiltWeek.  \nI am showing “PROFUSION”  a sculptural Artists’ Book made of book board\, mulberry paper\, paint\, canvas\, watercolor paper and hemp cord. It stands upright on a pedestal\, shelf\, table or another surface parallel to the floor. When opened\, it can span up to 24.5″ wide \n  \n \n \nJUROR:  Sandra Johnson\n“My quilt journey started over 30 years ago and I continue to be inspired by the myriad of fabrics and techniques learned over time. I am a passionate teacher who encourages students to create unique fabric creations\, whether the end product is a quilt or garment. Creating what is important to the maker is a joyful experience that I try to pass on in my workshops. Wherever you are in your design process my goal is to inspire your creative “genius” and improve your techniques. \nHand sewing with my grandmother started it all. From the beginning\, the process of transforming fabric into art struck me as magical. Sewing was the foundation that led me into quilting. What started as a hobby turned my passion into an artistic reality.\nI love to hand stitch using the traditional Japanese Sashiko and Boro embroidery styles and incorporating them as a decorative feature into my designs. The concrete\, repetitive nature of this work frees my imagination provides many opportunities for happy accidents and grace to influence the finished product.\nMy core materials for quilting are thread and fabric\, however\, I often employ recycled denim\, yarns\, dyed fabrics and stamps to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. I hold a B.S. in Clothing\, Textiles and Design from Arizona State University\, Tempe\, AZ.\nRecently\, I discovered modern quilting: simple\, crayoned patchworks that resonate deeply with my fiber work. Inspired and invigorated by a renewed sense of continuity\, and awed by the mystery of how creation occurs\, my process allows me to explore visions to enable my creative work to evolve and grow.”  \nTOUR THE SHOW!!!!
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/fantastic-fibers-2021-at-the-yeiser-art-center/
LOCATION:Yeiser Art Center\, 200 Broadway St.\, Paducah\, KY\, 42001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionistia: "A Thousand Words" at Core New Art Space
DESCRIPTION:I am honored to be showing “Window Treatment”  as part of the “A Thousand Words” show at Core New Art Space! \n“A Thousand Words” presents works that tell a story. Realistically\, abstractly or expressionistically inspired by literature and legends\, poetry and parables\, novels and narratives\, myths and metaphors\, artworks have their own fictions\, fables\, folklore or fairytales. Artworks can be worth a thousand words. The submitted works were judged on overall impact\, content\, composition and mastery of techniques\, as well as attention to creativity and craftsmanship.”
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionistia-a-thousand-words-at-core-new-art-space/
LOCATION:New Core Art Space\, 6851 West Colfax Avenue\, Lakewood\, CO\, 80214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: 2021 LA OPEN at TAG
DESCRIPTION:TAG Proudly Presents\nThe Los Angeles Open 2021\nMay 11 — June 5\nVirtual Reception May 20th 7PM PT\nThis year\, TAG celebrates local area artists with a dedicated showcase from May 11-June 5 in our Sky Gallery in the upstairs loft at TAG. \nParticipating artists include:\nMariko Bird\, Milan DelVecchio\, L. Aviva Diamond\, Debra Disman\, David Emmett\, Taz Essa\, Pat Shafer Falkner\, Tony Gangitano\, Daniela Garcia\, Kyoung Han\, Andy Hann\, Gina Herrera\, Tom Lasley\, Nancy Goodman Lawrence\, Monica Marks\, J.D. Mathes\, Nelson Munares\, Vojislav Radovanovic\, Brian Reynolds\, Emily Sunez\, & Michael Usher. \nEach artist will receive 48 inches of linear wall space to highlight their work and will collaborate with TAG’s  in-house team of artist curators and staff to create each display.  \nI will have three wall pieces and sculptural book pieces in the show. \nPictured:\n“Stepping”\n 2019\, 40 x 19” x 2″\, mixed media (denim\, thread\, bandana) \n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-2021-la-open-at-tag/
LOCATION:Tag Gallery\, 5458 Wilshire Boulevard\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Bookmaking with Self-Compassion
DESCRIPTION:Recovery Justice: Being Well\n“Being Well” is what we seek together as neighbors\, and recalls one of the central guiding principles of the City of Santa Monica\, the notion of “wellbeing” as key to civic health. Recovery Justice: Being Well\, aims to highlight the recent circumstances that have evolved during the pandemic (racial justice demonstrations and destruction\, as well as social discontent and general disconnection) into a series of self-organized artist projects that merges the exterior and interior public spaces of City of Santa Monica property. 18th Street Airport Campus at Santa Monica Municipal Airport will be the site where artists reimagine the city and beyond in the midst of complex social unrest globally. Recovery Justice will recuperate through various means the digital and physical footprints left in a city that struggles to reclaim the seemingly peaceful environment it once had. Artists will develop a palette for making and sharing artworks responding to the street experience in safe\, healing and expressive modes. This porous series is a point of departure to reconcile and redefine the concept of justice.  \nWE RISE PROJECTS: THIS MAY\nFor the We Rise series of projects related to Recovery Justice: Being Well\, 18th Street Arts Center will produce a series of artist-led workshops and civic engagement projects addressing mental health for youth and for families in Spanish and English. \nARTS LEARNING LAB @ HOME: CREATIVE SELF-COMPASSION \nThis May\, we are thrilled to present three new Arts Learning Lab @ Home art-making workshops for families all around wellbeing and self-compassion. May is Mental Health Awareness month\, and taking time for creativity together with loved ones is a key part of self-care in these uncertain times. We are partnering with WE RISE LA (https://werise.la/) to bring these moments for creative growth to you\, centered around the theme of wellbeing as we navigate coming out of a pandemic and transitioning to new routines together. \nWe will be providing ALL@HOME Art Kits with materials for each workshop that will be available for pick up from 1639 18th Street\, Santa Monica\, for those that live in the LA Metro area\, but all materials will also be easily found at home or at a local supply store. More information on Art Kit pick-up will be provided once you register for a workshop. Supplies are limited and are first come\, first serve. All of the virtual workshops will be presented on Zoom\, and interpretation will be provided in both English and Spanish. \nMay 15\, 2021 at 11 AM- 12:30 PM [Virtual: Zoom] Bookmaking with Self-Compassion | Debra Disman \n\nDebra Disman\, Narrow Bridge\, (inside) 2016\, 5.5 x 16 x 3.5 inches\, Artists’ Book/Mixed Media (board\, paper\, fabric\, linen thread).\nMake an artist book celebrating your own creative growth!!!\nJoin 18th Street Arts Center artist in residence\, Debra Disman and discover how to create the beautiful\, fun and versatile Flower Fold book into which you can write or paste wishes\, hopes\, prayers and dreams\, make into a chain to hang in your home\, or give as a gift. Explore what the pandemic has meant to you while learning new skills and creating a unique expression of renewal and rebirth during the spring season.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/bookmaking-with-self-compassion/
CATEGORIES:Presentations,Teaching
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: "Turmoil and Transformation" at the Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be showing “Torrent and Tangle: Keep your House In Order” in  the:\n“Turmoil and Transformation” show at the Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation\, a non-profit\, artist-run organization that  has continued to stimulate discussion and challenge perceptions for over 40 years. This creative space has allowed countless artists a place for transformation\, exploration\, and community with one another which has been BRINGING CREATIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1974 \n“2020 was a year that was filled with worldwide turmoil. The Pandemic. Another reckoning with racism and police brutality. Climate Change\, wildfires\, hurricanes\, and droughts.  The undermining and politicization of science. The widening political divide. An election with voting rights\, healthcare\, immigration\, paid sick leave\, income inequality\, living wages\, reproductive rights\, LGBTQIA rights\, our environment and the future of democracy at stake. \nIs this turmoil leading to transformation? And what kind of transformation is it going to be?“ \n \nHera Gallery/ Hera Educational Foundation presents work that addresses the current turmoil and visions of our future. What are the emotional\, physical and spiritual effects of the turmoil and how might they manifest into the transformation? What does our world look like and what might it look like post-2020. Will transformation reflect the multiplicity of voices of America? How will our future be transformed by the current chaos? \nThe juror\,  Francine Weiss is the Senior Curator at the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island where she curates exhibitions of contemporary art\, photography\, and American art. Her recent exhibitions include “Andy Warhol: Big Shot\,”  “The Shapes of Birds: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa\,” and “Domestic Affairs” among others. Her past positions include Curator at the Photographic Resource Center (Boston\, MA)\, Acting Assistant Curator in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC)\, Curatorial Fellow at the deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum\, and Curatorial Fellow of American art at Harvard University Art Museums (both in MA) among others. She has taught art history at Wellesley College\, Simmons College\, and Boston University (all in MA) and has taught and advised students in the MFA program at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College. Dr. Weiss has a Ph.D. in American studies\, specializing in art and photography\, from Boston University and a B.A. from Wellesley College in English. She has received fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC)\, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and Research Center (NM)\, Center for Creative Photography (AZ)\, The Huntington (CA)\, and Harry Ransom Center (TX). She has published widely on photography and American art. \nSee the virtual exhibition\, and hear the artist talks here!\nTorrent and Tangle: Keep Your House in Order\, (aerial view) 2019\, 10.5 x 25 x 18”\, mixed media (book board\, lace\, ribbon\, mulberry paper\, hemp cord\, watercolor paper) \n \nRead about the show here !\n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-turmoil-and-transformation-at-the-hera-gallery-and-educational-foundation/
LOCATION:Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation\, 10 High Street\, Wakefield\, RI\, 02879\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibitionista: conVERGEnce at MarinMOCA
DESCRIPTION:I am thrilled to be participating in MarinMOCA’s upcoming exhibition:\nconVERGEnce!\n“In a time of extraordinary flux\, this exhibit will explore concepts of merging\, verging and combining in shape\, form\, color\, and meaning. How do artists investigate coming together—or coming apart—in their practice? The exhibit will feature artists from around the country working in a variety of media. \nThe exhibit has been juried by Susan Snyder who is a partner with Oliver Caldwell in the Caldwell Snyder Gallery\, a leading contemporary art gallery representing many of the most significant international painters and sculptors of the 21st century. Founded in 1983\, the gallery now has three locations in San Francisco\, St. Helena\, and Montecito.” \nThese are the participating artists. \nI am showing\, “Hopes and Fears and…” 2020\, 24.5 x 16.25\, mixed media (textile samples\, linen thread) \n \n\n \n\n  \n 
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-convergence-at-marinmoca/
LOCATION:MarinMOCA\, 500 Palm Drive\, Novato\, California\, CA\, 94949\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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