Make a Book to Celebrate Women Artists with Debra Disman
Artist Debra Disman will teach you how to make a flip book celebrating women artists. This program is part of Women’s Heritage Month.
Community Arts
In Resonant Residence (10)
In Resonant Residence (10)
I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab
in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th. I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura
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Step inside the Camera Obscura Art Lab and you’ll find a welcoming space with fantastic views of Santa Monica Bay and the Pier. The Camera is located in a midcentury time capsule in Palisades Park between Broadway and Santa Monica Blvd on what was once the site of the Pacific Electric Railway’s North Beach Station. Designed by noted architect Weldon J. Fulton (who’s work can be found around town including the classic Camera Obscura sign and font, the Montana and Fairview branch libraries, and the former Zucky’s building on Wilshire Blvd), the building’s exterior features walls clad in chunky Palos Verdes stone, glass walls, sloping roofs, and projecting canopies and rafter beams. It was donated to the City of Santa Monica by Marcellus Joslyn in 1955.”
The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.
Eighth and Ninth Workshops, March 3/10 2018: Working on “The Big Beach Book“, participants collaged, stenciled, stamped, drew and painted on its multitude of people-sized ever evolving surfaces surfaces….
Re-purposing maps, book pages, and even glass bottles to create new stamps…our imaginative workshop participants are creatives extraordinaire.
Just FYI, the flip flops are glued to the surface, and have stayed there…making their way across the proverbial “book beach”!
In Resonant Residence (9)
In Resonant Residence (9)
I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab
in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th. I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura
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Step inside the Camera Obscura Art Lab and you’ll find a welcoming space with fantastic views of Santa Monica Bay and the Pier. The Camera is located in a midcentury time capsule in Palisades Park between Broadway and Santa Monica Blvd on what was once the site of the Pacific Electric Railway’s North Beach Station. Designed by noted architect Weldon J. Fulton (who’s work can be found around town including the classic Camera Obscura sign and font, the Montana and Fairview branch libraries, and the former Zucky’s building on Wilshire Blvd), the building’s exterior features walls clad in chunky Palos Verdes stone, glass walls, sloping roofs, and projecting canopies and rafter beams. It was donated to the City of Santa Monica by Marcellus Joslyn in 1955.”
The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.
Eighth and Ninth Workshops, March 3/10 2018: Working on “The Big Beach Book“, participants collaged, stenciled, stamped, drew and painted on its multitude of people-sized ever evolving surfaces surfaces….
Altering book pages…creating “black-out poetry” and “found writing”…creating books, large and small…
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Clay Play
Clay Play
I had a blast with a wonderful “Hand Building with Clay” class at Will Rogers Elementary School in Santa Monica. With a span of ages 5-10, kindergarten through fifth grade, the students got along beautifully and created with gusto!
Here is a bit of their journey through painting, pinch pots, coils and slab technique!
“Santa Monica Eats” Bookmaking Program at the Santa Monica Public Library!
“Santa Monica Eats” Bookmaking Program at the Santa Monica Public Library!
601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-458-8600
Join us for a wonderful event at the The SMPL Main Library and create your own book to hold your treasured recipes!
Make an accordion fold book with pockets to keep your favorite recipes in! Adorn your useful and beautiful book with decorative papers, textures, ribbons and pop-ups you cut yourself right in the folds of your book!
LACMA Workshops at NoHo Plaza
LACMA Workshops at NoHo Plaza
August 26th @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
FREE
Summer Nights at NoHo Plaza (People St.)
Saturdays, August 5, 12, 19, 26 | 6–9 pm
During the month of August, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will be in the NoHo Arts District on Saturday nights from 6–9 pm! Stop by NoHo Plaza for art projects connected with LACMA’s collection and exhibitions and enjoy a live DJ set.
Join us for a fun and versatile project: the flower-fold book! Also called an exploding book due to its jutting geometric structure, the flower-fold book opens into a dynamic and magical art piece. Inspired by artists who embrace geometry from LACMA’s collection.