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Making Books Together

Make Your Own “Storybook Theater” at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!

December 25, 2022 By Debra Disman

Join us to express yourself and learn how to create the fabulous Storybook Theatre which combines books, diorama drama and stories into one project.
All materials provided.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Tagged With: Adults, All About YOU!, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Books made by Hand, Children's Art programs, Community Artmaking, DCA, Diarama, Folded and glued Books, Folded Books, LA DCA, LAPL, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Making Books Together, Storybook, Storybook Theater, Storymaking, theater and image and story, West Valley Regional Branch Library

Get Ready for the New Year: CALENDAR 2023 at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!

November 9, 2022 By Debra Disman

Prepare for the New Year by creating your own 2023 sidebound calendar!

Fill it with your important dates and reminders!
OPEN TO ALL!

All materials will be provided.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

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BOO: Halloween Tunnel Books at the West Valley Regional Branch Library

October 25, 2022 By Debra Disman

In July I started a new Artist Residency in Bookmaking, “We Write the Book” at the West Valley Regional Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library, through the Los Angeles City Department of Cultural Affairs.

The Residency is comprised of a series of bookmaking workshops presented at the Library, planned in close coordination with Library Staff.

October 20th, 2022, we had a blast learning to create “TUNNEL BOOKS” in celebration of upcoming Halloween!
See a VIDEO of an engaged mom and her creative son and  their experience of the workshop.
BOO!

  

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Fall Into Bookmaking at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!

October 17, 2022 By Debra Disman

Please join us at the West Valley Regional Branch Library and kick off your holiday season by learning how to create your own handmade book with our Artist in Residence Debra Disman!

Learn folding, gluing and sewing techniques, and use your book to hold holiday recipes, photos, good wishes and more!

All materials provided.

Tagged With: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Books with Pages, Books with Pockets, Community Artmaking, COMMUNITY BOOKMAKING, DCA, Families, FAMILY ARTMAKING, Folded and glued Books, Folded Books, Handmade Books, Hands on bookmaking, LA DCA, LAPL, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Making Books Together, signature books, West Valley Regional Branch Library

Friday Art Night at LACMA—Fantastic Flag Books

October 6, 2022 By Debra Disman

Friday Art Night—Fantastic Flag Books

Friday Art Night classes are a great way to end the week!

Visit Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising and create a fun flag book structure, learn to fold an accordion spine, design your own covers and flag pages that reveal a pattern when opened, and express your own special message using text and images. With artist Debra Disman.

This program will take place indoors on LACMA’s campus. Supplies are included with tuition.

About the Instructor

Debra Disman is a Los Angeles–based artist working primarily in the form of the book, both as a solo practitioner and in the public sphere of community engagement. She works across Los Angeles County in schools, museums, libraries, and other community settings. She holds a BA in painting from the University of Iowa and a certificate in Social Emotional Arts (SEA) from UCLArts & Healing. She shows her work nationally, and is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and the International Association of Colour Consultants/Designers.

Masks are strongly recommended indoors for everyone. 

Learn more about all of the museum’s health and safety protocols.

Tagged With: ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bolded and glued books, Fantastic Flag Books, Friday Art Night, Handmade Books, LACMA, los Angeles County Museum of Art, Making Books Together

Make Your Own Halloween Book: Tunnel Bookmaking at the West Valley Regional Branch Library!

September 24, 2022 By Debra Disman

Join us to create your own Halloween “Tunnel Book” where you can tell your Halloween stories!
Artist in Residence Debra Disman will guide you step-by-step on how to make a tunnel book.

All supplies will be provided.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Tagged With: Accordion Fold, Adults, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Books made by Hand, Children, Community Artmaking, DCA, Diarama, Diorama, Families, Folded and glued Books, Folded Books, Halloween, Halloween Book, LA DCA, LAPL, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Making Books Together, Tunnel Bookmaking, Tunnel Books, West Valley Regional Branch Library

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