Debra Disman

Artist

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Family Art Classes

THE ART OF THE BOOK at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art!

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Kids Art Class: Fall Art Camp—The Art of the Book (Ages 9–12)

Create your own books using fun folding and gluing techniques! Add your own writings, drawings, photographs, and more! Sketchbook, journal, album—what will YOUR book become? Each class will teach techniques for creating fun and fantastic books, and unleash your imagination!
With artist Debra Disman.

Join on your computer or tablet wherever you have internet. A Zoom link will be sent prior to camp start. Materials are included in tuition.

Three Days: Monday–Wednesday, November 23–25

  • Mon, Nov 23, Tuesday Nov 24, Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
  • 10 am–12 pm PT
  • Online
  • Art Camp is designed for children ages 9-12; children ages 8 and under will not be admitted.
  • NexGenLA Members $100; General Public $125
  • Pre-registration is required for all classes
  • Tuition includes materials.
  • Additional fee for shipping.
  • For additional art class information, please contact ArtClasses@lacma.org.
  • For ticketing support, contact boxoffice@lacma.org.
  • Please visit LACMA’s FAQ page for our refund policy.
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Tunnel Vision

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It was fantastic to teach a workshop on Tunnel Books for families, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The Tunnel Book is comprised of two accordion spines, or “sides”, connected by a “backdrop” and “cross pieces” or frames attached to the accordion folds working from the back fold and moving forward in space.
The mise-en-scène is then created through the addition of images/shapes/materials attached to the crosspieces and creating actual depth of space between them.

Students of all ages employed tremendous imagination and creativity as they “tunneled through” the process of making, adding pop-ups, folds, “doors” and even a “floor” to their works.


The work of our hands…


Tunnel Book “doors” employ illusionistic effects as the image transforms when they are opened.


Heart “balloons” floating up into the “sky”…


A work depicting the perfect day…with drawings of the Calder works in the Directors Roundtable Garden in front…


The artist wants the viewer to finish the sentence!


Happiness, happiness…


One really feels like one is entering a theatrical space here…


This young maker worked very hard to design this piece so that the images moving back in space made sense on all fronts…BRAVO!


And what is inside this book? The structure in front of it is a home for the five-year-old maker’s new pet ladybug!


ROAR!

Art, Theatre, Life and Literature… come together, at our beloved LACMA!

“Making Books Together” at LACMA!

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Join us to create fun, personal, handmade books! Learn glued, folded, and rolled book-making techniques, as well as how to use color, texture, pattern, design, and composition to make your books unique. Families can create books together, work on individual projects, or both! Led by artist Debra Disman.

Five Saturdays: April 6, 13, 27, May 4, and 11

  • Sat, Apr 6, 2019: Make An Accordion Fold Book!
  • 10 am–1 pm
  • L.A. Times Central Court  |  LACMA
  • For children ages 5+ and members of their family
  • $160 LACMA NexGen members (plus one adult), $50 per additional family member; $175 general public (plus one adult), $55 per additional family member
  • Pre-registration is required for all classes. Art materials and parking fees included in tuition. For additional art class information, please call 323 857-6139. For ticketing support, contact boxoffice@lacma.org. Please visit LACMA’s FAQ page for our refund policy.

LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 1: The Accordion Book

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We started off our Family Bookmaking Workshop series at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art  with Accordion Fold/Concertina Fold Books, a basic yet complex structure, as regards to the amount of surfaces makers had to work on and develop.

We visited Chris Burden‘s master work, “Metropolis II“, observed and drew movement, then returned to the Park View Studio to look at our drawings, learn the accordion fold book structure, create our books, then develop and embellish them!


Mom and son work together.


He proudly shows off his completed creation.


Two beauties,


creating pink and purple beauty.


What a line-up!


Zeroing in…


Completed “min-book”!


This young maker is attending with his Dad,


who enjoyed the time to create his own book as well.


Much needed Mom makers time.


Mother and daughter makers, with friend looking on,


repeating colors and patterns to create a story.


Here is the friend with her Mom, creating an amazing book!


Using pattern to express fruit, vegetables and animals…and create a beautiful world.


A blue ribbon winner!


Working with pop-ups,


to create a “talking” bird.


The winning smile and dimple!

Everyone wins..such a beautiful time had by parents and children working together, side-by-side, cheering each other on.

What could be better?

“Make Your Own Books” at the Compton Library!

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“Make Your Own Books” at the Compton Library!

Join us for a community bookmaking program for middle schoolers and their families at The Compton Library!

Together, we will create the fun and versatile flag book structure, a kinetic book which reveals a design when opened.

All materials included.

Family Bookmaking Workshops at LACMA

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Family Bookmaking Workshops at LACMA

A series of one day Family Bookmaking Workshops at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art!
Join us 10AM – 1PM Saturdays, July 21, 28, August 4, 11 and 18.

Learn how to create fun book structures including The Flag Book, The Folded Fan Book, The Accordion Fold/Concertina Book, and The Tunnel Book.

Each project will include an exploration of a special artwork at the Museum which relates to our bookmaking project for that workshop.

All materials included.