Debra Disman

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Mark Henry Samuel

DISMAN-tling “I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do” at ReflectSpace Gallery!

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It was with  tenderness mixed with pride and appreciation that I DISMAN-tled my solo show, “I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do ” which ran from late January to late March 2023, in the ReflectSpace Gallery in the Glendale Central Library, curated by the inimitable duo, Anahid and Ara Oshagan.


Thank you Tony, for your assistance, climbing those ladders, and using those tools!

A bit of fun with Tina Demirdjian of Poetry Consults.
Thank you Tina for the support on all fronts!

It takes a village…the completion of a job well done! With the incomparable Anahid Oshagan, co-curator of ReflectSpace, and Tina Demirdjian of Poetry Consults.


Posing with the Glendale Gals: Tina and Anahid…


and with the marvelous Maryl Fleisher, Marketing Program Supervisor at Glendale Library, Arts & Culture.

A dream I did  not even know I had…fulfilled.

Thank you…appreciation, and gratitude.

“I Can’t I Won’t I Will I Do Solo Show Opening At ReflectSpace Gallery!

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I am thrilled to have a solo exhibition at ReflectSpace Gallery, part of Glendale Arts and Culture, which opened Saturday January 28th and is on view through March 19,2023.
The show, a dream come true that I did not even know I  had, was curated by the wonderful Ara and Anahid Oshagan of The City of Glendale.

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Beautiful show video by Jennifer Remenchick, artist, writer, videographer and exhibition installer.


The opening was warm, wonderful and wild!


Our ReflectSpace-published artist book: “Concurrencies Charlotte Salomon, and Eva Hesse Genius, Trauma and the Creative Imagination”.
I was moved and surprised by flowers sent by my family, and a certificate presented by Senator Anthony L. Portantino!


Stacie B. London, exhibition designer and installer extraordinaire…and esteemed colleague.


Artist colleagues Laurey Bennett Levy and Rebecca Youseff


The very colorful artist and animator Michelle Robinson


Beloved artist and curator friend,  Frida Cano


Frida and Mick


Dear friend and actor extraordinaire, Suzanne Voss


Long-time no-see friend Rayne with Mark


Mark and I hanging with the beautiful Anahid Oshagan, curator and lawyer,  and Glendale Mayor Ardy Kassakhian


I was honored to receive a City of Glendale Certificate of Recognition,  presented by Senator Anthony L. Portantino!


Glendale Mayor Ardy Kassakhian and  Senator Anthony L. Portantino!

Director of Glendale Library Arts and Culture Gary Shaffer,  Mon Cher Mark, Curator  Anahid Oshagan, and  Glendale Mayor Ardy Kassakhian


What a line-up!
Exhibition Designer Stacie B. London, Curators Ara Oshagan and  Anahid Oshagan, Director of Glendale Library Arts and Culture Gary Shaffer, Glendale Mayor Ardy Kassakhian, Mark, myself, and  Senator Anthony L. Portantino and esteemed City of Glendale colleague!

Open Studio at 18th Street Arts Center

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“We the Artists”

18th Street Arts Center

30th Anniversary Celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph by Debra Disman

Cynthia Underwood

Asia Sztencel

Mark Henry Samuel

Photography except for top image of !8th Street Arts Center by Salvador Ochoa

2018 California OPENing

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I am thrilled and honored to be part of the 2018 California Open Exhibition  held this year at the beautiful Tag Gallery  in Los Angeles, near LACMA (The Los Angeles County Museum of Art) August 8-24, with an opening reception Saturday August 11th, 5PM – 8PM.

Beloved and acclaimed LA-based artist  Kim Abeles juried this show, and her statement about it in the Press Release is telling.

Gallery Director, Rakeem Cunningham, sent out these installation images as well as a great inventory of Works in the Show.  Thanks to Rakeem and Kim for their devoted work and ongoing efforts to make this show a great one, as well as to the wonderful Tag Gallery artists who opened their gallery “home” and their hearts to all of us who exhibited, made the Opening Reception a gala, and supported the cause with such heart and generosity.

This is an engaging and eclectic show.  I was thrilled to see the work of  three other (WOMEN!!!) artists that I know and have worked with in the show: photographer Marta Feinstein, printmaker and fellow LACMA teaching artist Brooke Sauer, and sculptor Karena Massengill. I share their work below as well as my own, and some images of the Opening. Really fun.


Throngs of beautiful souls crowd the gallery.


Stunned to find flowers here from my family! Mark and I get documented…


Sunflowers illuminated the evening, and graced the Gallery’s Reception desk. Pictured here photographer Marta Feinstein, a fellow exhibiting artist.


My piece, “Throes of the Body“, completed during my Studio Residency at 1450 Ocean in Santa Monica.

The work of colleagues..

It has been a great experience.

The exhibition runs through Friday, August 24th, 5pm.
If you have not yet seen it, check it out!

There is something for everyone there!

GrAtItUdEs