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when FACING DARKNESS

November 11, 2024 By Debra Disman

Face it, if at all possible, look “it” square in the proverbial eye/I, and take your reckoning. Be prepared, be intelligent, be on the ready. 

Facing Darkness, 2020, 19 x 18 x .5″, canvas, acrylic paint, lace, zipper

Yet,

Facing Darkness, (detail), 2020, 19 x 18 x .5″, canvas, acrylic paint, lace, zipper

Leave an opening, don’t zip yourself away. Stay open and fluid. And. Be prepared, be intelligent, be on the ready. Be open to creating silver linings.

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, TEXTILE/FIBER, Textiles/Fiber/Cloth, Work Tagged With: after election 2024, Cloth, Cope, Dark Days, Election, Facing Dariness, Fiber, Post US Election, Process, Textile, Zipper

White & Texture & Paper & Fiber

October 4, 2024 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to be participating in two show on opposite coasts which aim to share artworks that center on some of my specific interest in artmaking.

“White & Texture” at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod:
“Subtitled Monochrome Unity, we invited artists to explore the profound subtleties and striking complexities of using white as the driving color and how texture within the white and informs the execution and the narrative of an artwork. We wanted them to explore the effect of this limitation – without a “conventional” color palette.”

“White Zip”

“Paper & Fiber: Fourth Annual Show” at 1202 Contemporary in Gilroy, California:
“1202 Contemporary proudly presents its 4th annual Paper + Fiber show, celebrating two mediums that women artists have traditionally used for centuries, but have always been considered “craft,” or less than fine art.  Uplifting and supporting artists who have worked in textile, fiber, and/or paper mediums, this exhibition centers and hones in on the theme of figure.”

“Into The Bush”

“Profusion”

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Exhibitions, TEXTILE/FIBER, Venues, Women Artists, Work Tagged With: 'women's art mediums, 1202 Contemporary, 4th annual Paper + Fiber show, Cape Cod, Cloth, Contemporary Art, contemporary art using fiber, crocheting, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Fabric, Fiber, fiber artworks, fiber as a medium, fibert artist, Group Exhibition, Group Show, Joan Nixon, Maria Barttuszova, Michael Buthe, Molly Demeulenaere, Monochrome, Monochrome Unity, nixed media, Paper, Piero Manzoni, String, Tactile, Textile, Textiles, Texture, Thread, Unifying Element, Unity, Weaving, White, Women's Work

Faith Ringgold-Inspired “Story Quilts”

May 20, 2024 By Debra Disman

In what I am calling my “Girl Power” after-school artmaking class (“Making Art Inspired By Great Artists!), my group of seven power artmakers are hard at work creating textile creations based on the “Story Quilt” invention of the late inspirational artist Faith Ringgold, a Force of Nature known for her breakthrough textile textile artistic creations and civil rights activism.

Magnificent creations. So inspiring and moving, and such a great group. So supportive of each other, devoted to their creative and artistic expressions, and imaginative ideas and use of materials.

Brava!!!

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Presentations, Student Work, Teaching Artist, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Afer School Arts Enrichment, After school art class, After School Art Classes, After School Arts programs, Arts Enrichment, butterflies, City of Santa Monica Youth Office, Cloth, COLOR, Color and design, CREST, Fabric, Faith Ringgold, Felt, Fiber, Girl Power, Girls Making, Girrrl Power, MAKING ART INSPIRED BY GREAT ARTISTS, Quilt, Ribbon, Santa Monica Public School After School Enrichment, Springtime, Story Quilt, Teaching Artist

K no wing No Safe Place

February 13, 2024 By Debra Disman

K no W Safe Place, 2023
60 x 48 x 48″ canvas, netting, hemp, nylon cotton cord, lace, ribbon, paint, wood


Photo credit: Gene Ogami


Photo credit: Gene Ogami


Photo Credit: Victoria May

Wake me When it’s Over

Filed Under: ARTISTS, New Work, Presentations, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Architectural Space, Built Environment, Cloth, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Los Angeles Artist, Cord, Creating Safe Space, Environment, Fabic, Fiber, Fiber Artist, Gene Ogami, HEMP CORD, Installation, K no W Safe Place, Place to enter, Safe place, Safe Space, Safety, Sculpture, Space to Be, String, Textile, Textile Artist, To K no W Safe Space, Victoria May

K no W Safe Place

November 13, 2023 By Debra Disman


“K no W  Safe Place”
2023, 60 x 48 x 48″, canvas, netting, hemp cord, nylon cord, cotton cord, lace, ribbon, acrylic paint,  pH neutral adhesive, wooden dowel
and elbow grease, commitment, stick to it ness, imagination, vision, strength and love


Filed Under: New Work, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Architectural Space, Built Environment, Cloth, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Los Angeles Artist, Cord, Creating Safe Space, Environment, Fabic, Fiber, Fiber Artist, HEMP CORD, Installation, Place to enter, Safe place, Safe Space, Safety, Sculpture, Space to Be, String, Textile, Textile Artist

K no W Safe Place

November 10, 2023 By Debra Disman


“K no W  Safe Place”
2023, 60 x 48 x 48″, canvas, netting, hemp cord, nylon cord, cotton cord, lace, ribbon, acrylic paint,  pH neutral adhesive, wooden dowel
and elbow grease, commitment, stick to it ness, imagination, vision, strength and love 

Filed Under: New Work, TEXTILE/FIBER, Work Tagged With: Architectural Space, Built Environment, Cloth, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Los Angeles Artist, Cord, Creating Safe Space, Environment, Fabic, Fiber, Fiber Artist, HEMP CORD, Installation, Place to enter, Safe place, Safe Space, Safety, Sculpture, Space to Be, String, Textile, Textile Artist, To Know Safe Space

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