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Handmade Books
Community Bookmaking Workshop at the Brentwood Art Center!
BRENTWOOD ART CENTER 13031 Montana Avenue (at 26th St), Los Angeles,, CA, United StatesFamily Book Art: Flag Books & Found Text
Debra Disman
Saturday June 8: 2:00-5:00pm
FREE
Join us to create the fun, innovative and versatile flag book structure and learn “found writing” techniques to take the anxiety out of the writing process. Learn to fold an accordion spine, attach covers, and add multiple flag book pages which create a pattern and move and groove when the book is opened and shut. Discover the artist, writer, designer and collagist within and learn essential bookmaking skills at the same time. Open to all ages. Children under six should be accompanied by an adult.
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Rainbow Bookmaking Workshop at the Granada Hills Library
Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman will instruct patrons in how to make a rainbow book in celebration of LGBTQ Heritage Month.
Everyone is welcome to attend this culmination event where everyone who attended a previous bookmaking program can share their creations.
Refreshments will be served.
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
The Art of Bookmaking
Pico Branch Library 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, United StatesDiscover the artist and writer within while learning bookmaking skills in this hands-on workshop led by 18th Street Arts Center artist, Debra Disman. Learn “found writing” techniques to take the anxiety out of the writing process and create a flag book that is its own work of art! This program is part of the Universe of Stories Summer Reading Program.
“The Book as Art v.7.0: Wonders”
Decatur Library 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, United StatesThe Book as Art v. 7.0: Wonders
Presented by the Decatur Arts Alliance
Decatur, Georgia
August 9–September 27, 2019
The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) presents the seventh edition of the juried exhibition of artists’ books, The Book as Art, August 9–September 27, 2019. This edition will be installed once again at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library. The show’s dates encompass the AJC-Decatur Book Festival, which takes place each Labor Day weekend throughout the City of Decatur. The DAA will sponsor a festive opening on Friday, August 23, 2019.
"A book begins as a small mass of material, formed and pressed into life by ideas, words, and machines. A concept becomes thought, becomes word, becomes book, becomes sculpture. From the tactile complexity of handmade paper, to the alteration of existing volumes, to a variety of other materials and concepts, these objects, in an increasingly digital world, stubbornly survive. The objects in this exhibition will interpret the concept of the book and invite the viewer to look beyond the printed page to where word has become form."
“OFFAL”
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, United StatesOffal: August 15 – September 229 2019
Opening reception: Sunday, August 11, 2 – 5 PM
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery presents a show conceived from the subject of offal (ˈôfəl,ˈäfəl), or the culture of consuming innards–a subject matter we hope will not be too awful to stomach.
“All Stitched Up”
Collins Memorial Library University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA N Warner St., Tacoma, WA, United StatesI am thrilled and honored to be showing my work "Prairie" in "All Stitched Up"An international juried book arts exhibition,
September 3rd – December 11th, 2019
September 14th – opening celebration
Collins Memorial Library University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
"To stitch is to join together, to mend, or fasten as with stitches – to sew. To stitch is to bring together fabric, paper, wounds of the body, or cultural divides. Stitching can be an act of healing, hope, practicality, creativity, and revolution. All Stitched Up recognizes and celebrates the work of book artists’ where stitching has become an integral part of the visual design. Curators Catherine Alice Michaelis, Jane A. Carlin, and Diana Weymar will jury the show and a print catalogue will be created. We are particularly (but not solely) interested in works that showcase collaboration and focus on building a sense of shared community. That may include collaboration between two or more artists, two or more communities, or crowd-sourced projects. Sewing that joins people and ideas link us to historical social and political sewing circles from the abolitionist movement of the 1800s, to the corporate resistant DIY movement kindled by the Riots Grrrls in the 1990s, to the knitting collectives of today that focus on the anti-war, pro-science, and pro-choice movements. In addition, you may draw inspiration from the embroidered books of the Victorian period, the rise of needlecrafts during the Arts & Crafts period, and family traditions of sewing by machine or hand stitching.
This exhibition will include pages from Diana Weymar’s Interwoven Stories project. This includes Refashioning Identity, which was created by members of the Puget Sound community in 2016/17 as facilitated by Weymar." --All Stitched Up