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Art Centers and the Like: The HeART of Art

September 2, 2024 By Debra Disman

Art and Cultural Centers are amazing places.

They are CENTERS. Centers of art and culture to be sure, but also centers of learning, personal and collective growth, education, care, community, cooperation and love.

Amazing to show in, but especially amazing in the services they provide, the opportunities they offer and the roles they play for their near and far communities.

I am going to explore these worthy and precious resources and entities in the next few posts, but firstly, I need to get my arms around them in a big, collective heARTfelt hug!

I will add to, or write further interactions of this post over time.  I would also like to write about Libraries, College and University Art Galleries and smaller galleries as exhibition spaces and hubs of community and world culture.

These are the art and cultural centers I have shown in over the last few years, essentially since 2018:
(I included some very special organizations such as Blue Roof Studios, Shoebox Arts and ArtShare LA in Los Angeles, CA, “We Are The Arts”/The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County in Fayetteville, NC, the Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery in Wakefield RI, and the Springfield Art Association, in Springfield, IL, even though they don’t have the word “CENTER” in their monikers, as I believe they serve many of the same heART-FULL functions as those that do.)

18th Street Arts Center,  Santa Monica, CA

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO

Intersect Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO

The Dairy Barn Arts Center O’Bleness Gallery, Athens, OH

Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseville, OR

 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA

Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL

The Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA

“We Are The Arts”/The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County, Fayetteville, NC

Artworks Center for Contemporary  Art, Loveland, CO

ArtShare LA, Los Angeles, CA

Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Kelso Art Center, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
  
The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX

Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery in Wakefield RI

Blue Roof Studios, Los Angeles, CA

San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA

The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminister, NJ

Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA

The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN;

Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

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PLEASE TOUCH Invites You to Do Just That!

June 26, 2022 By Debra Disman

See a video of perhaps the world’s largest potholder HERE!


Julie O’Sullivan


Cathy Engel-Marder


Monica Marks


Liz Nurenberg


Laurel Paley and Liz Nurenberg


Robyn Sanford with Lisa Diane Wedgeworth and Sheli Silverio


Beautiful participants Mom and Daughter

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“Please Touch” Invites YOU to Enter the Womb…

June 19, 2022 By Debra Disman

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Closing Reception: “PLEASE TOUCH”

June 11, 2022 By Debra Disman

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

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“Please Touch” Invites YOU to Do Just That: INSTALL DAY!

June 7, 2022 By Debra Disman

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, Director


YES WE DO.


CURATORS SHELI AND KRISTINE SURVEY THE SCENE.


SHELI CONTEMPLATES.


SHELI AND THE WORK OF LIZ NURENBERG

CATHY ENGEL-MARDER…WORKS. AND PLAYS.


LAUREN PALEY INSTALS HER COMMUNITY-COLLABORATIVE “THE WORLD’S LONGEST POTHOLDER”


KRISTINE…SHELI…CATHY TAKE A MOMENT.


“WOMB”  INSTALLED.


CATHY WITH STARS AND MIRRORS.


PLEASE TOUCH THE WORK OF LIZ NURENBERG.


THE TREASURE CHEST OF LAUREL PALEY.


FURRY FUN WITH JULIE O’SULLIVAN!


I THINK SHELI APPROVES.


LOOK UP…


LOOK IN. AND OUT. CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION…CHANGE YOUR…LIFE.

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Exhibitionista: “Please Touch”

May 23, 2022 By Debra Disman

“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 

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