Artist
Learn How to Make Your Own Book!
Wednesday, November 29
3:30 to 5 p.m.
An Art Workshop for Children & Tweens
This workshop has been made possible through the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
Led by Artist-in-Residence, Debra Disman and Verdugo Hills High School Students.
Sunland-Tujunga Public Library
7771 Foothill Blvd. Tujunga, CA 91042
(818) 352-4481
“We Right The Book” I
I am honored to serve as Artist in Residence at Verdugo Hill High School in Tujunga, CA (Los Angeles) for a group of 42 Senior English class Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) students.
Our project is entitled, “We Right the Book“, and is supported by an Artist in residence grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. I am working with the students on a series of bookmaking projects during weekly workshops held right in the classroom from September – December, 2017. The students are also assisting with bookmaking workshops held for the community at-large in the Sunland-Tujunga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
The project is designed to offer participating students an outlet for feelings, thoughts, hopes and dreams related to their upcoming transition out of high school, and into the next epoch of their lives.
We started with the basics: Accordion Fold Books, created from folding equidistant sections of material. We used “bright tagboard” for the folded pages, and assorted posterboard and railroad board for the covers.
An industrious maker adds tiny butterflies to the cover of her book.
A writer!
Tiny pieces of text work together to form the title…the piece is held closed with hemp cord.
Choosing a length of cord to enhance book.
Angelica layers materials into her folded page.
We have a wonderful group of boys in the class…talented and detailed makers!
Two girls work together (upper left of image) making the most of materials, space and each other!
Working with letters, and seeing/absorbing their visual quality.
He is able to let others into his world through the book.
Paper world…
Our wonderful VAPA English classroom teacher, Amy Leserman.
Now that we have learned the basics of accordion folding, it is time to move into the fun and versatile Flag Book structure!
Stay tuned for “We Right The Book” II
Please enjoy reading a wonderful post written by Karen Satzman, Director of Youth & Family Programs at LACMA, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art…
I was honored to serve as teaching artist for a series of onsite LACMA art making workshops on “People Street“, in North Hollywood, in the NoHo Arts District.
Join us for these upcoming NoHo LACMA art workshops :
Make a Flag Book
2 pm | Sat, October 14, 2017
Participate in a free artist-led workshop and create your own artwork in response to works in LACMA’s collection.
North Hollywood | Valley Plaza Branch Library
Free and open to the public
Note: This program takes place off-site on 12311 Vanowen St., North Hollywood, CA 91605
This project is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation.
Make a Tunnel Book
2 pm | Sat, November 18, 2017
Participate in a free artist-led workshop and create your own artwork in response to works in LACMA’s collection.
North Hollywood | Valley Plaza Branch Library
Free and open to the public
Note: This program takes place off-site on 12311 Vanowen St., North Hollywood, CA 91605
This project is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation.
Make an Accordion Book
2 pm | Sat, December 9, 2017
Participate in a free artist-led workshop and create your own artwork in response to works in LACMA’s collection.
North Hollywood | Valley Plaza Branch Library
Free and open to the public
Note: This program takes place off-site on 12311 Vanowen St., North Hollywood, CA 91605
This project is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation.
LACMA Workshop at the Valley Plaza Branch Library in North Hollywood
“CHAPTERS: Book Arts in Southern California” presented at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in LA.
I was commissioned to create an interactive book.
I created “Chromatic Interactions”
Chromatic Interactions is a flag book is comprised of an accordion spine, front and back covers, and flag pages which are pockets with windows cut out of them to reveal both front and back of the cards that visitor participants wrote and drew on, then inserted into the pockets.
The front and back covers had windows cut out of them that correlated with the windows cut out of the flag pocket pages.
People’s responses, offerings, additions and interactions surprised me…they really did pause and participate.
This is one of my favorites:
May we all have…Joy…in the morning, in the night…all the time.
As Much As Possible.
JOY