Learn about the color wheel, how to mix colors, and how to wield a brush in this fun after-school program for children of all ages. We will use real acrylic paints and beautiful canvass and watercolor paper for our explorations in paint!
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Celebrate Women Artists From Around the World for Women’s History Month!
Celebrate Women’s History Month by celebrating women artists with Debra Disman!
Create your own accordion fold book, and add images and information about great female artists from different times in history, as well as your own words and artwork.
Learn about bookmaking, women artists, and how to be creative, all at the same time!
This program is for kids and all ages
Rainbow Bookmaking Workshop at the Granada Hills Library
Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman will instruct patrons in how to make a rainbow book in celebration of LGBTQ Heritage Month. Everyone is welcome to attend this culmination event where everyone who attended a previous bookmaking program can share their creations. Refreshments will be served. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
Scroll-making and Paper Marbling Workshop atthe Granada Hills Library!
Join us for an extraordinary scroll-making and paper marbling workshop in honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month!
Everyone is welcome!
All materials provided, just bring yourself, your creativity, and friends and family!
This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Creating Sidebound Books in honor of Dia de los Ninos: International Children’s Day!
Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman will lead a workshop that focuses on making a Sidebound Book in celebration of Dia de los Ninos: International Children’s and Book Day! This workshop is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. … It is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures.
Felt, Fabric, Feathers, FUN: Celebrating Women Artists at the Will and Ariel Durant Branch Library
I was thrilled to lead an artmaking program at the Will and Ariel Durant Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library System to celebrate Women’s History Month, specifically Women Artists!
Inspired by the artist Faith Ringgold’s “Story Quilts”, participants including children, adults and families, used a glorious melange of soft materials (well, there were some buttons…) to create their own textile hangings, tapestries of sorts, learning about five very special women artists in the process.
Faith Ringgold of New York City, Yayoi Kusama of Japan, Liza Lou of Los Angeles, Frida Kahlo of Mexico, and Georgia O’Keeffe of New Mexico were presented and discussed, and participants incorporated images of the artists and their work into their projects. The creative juxtaposition of materials and images was thrilling…and inspiring.
Children’s Librarian Aida got into the act with Georgia O’Keeffe, one of her favorite artists.
Feathers are fun!
This maker ensconced herself at one end of the room and focussed intensively on the materials.
Devotion to detail…
A glorious melange of felt, feathers, canvas and cloth…
Adding buttons.
Laying out the components in an orderly fashion…
Creating borders framing the work.
This Mom brings her two daughters to the program every week and enjoys creating with them. Talented…
She created a butterfly!
He created the five elements!
Serious little makers having fun. Did this little princess create her castle in her piece?
Wearable art!
Joy.