Media
“We Write the Book”: Making TUNNEL BOOKS at the Northridge Library!
I am thrilled to serve again as a 2025-26 “NEAR” Artist in Residence at the Northridge Branch Library!
This Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR) is supported by the wonderful City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
On October 6th, 2025, participants of a diverse ages and backgrounds gathered to learn how to create the TUNNEL BOOK, a three-dimensional story which moves back in space, and joyfully develop them into fanciful, whimsical and fantastical works of art.
All workshops FREE to the Public, All materials and supplies included!
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“WE Write the Book”: Making Flag Books at the Northridge Branch Library!
I am thrilled to serve again as a 2025-26 “NEAR” Artist in Residence at the Northridge Branch Library!
This Neighborhood Engagement Artist Residency (NEAR) is supported by the wonderful City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
On September 27th, 2025, participants of a diverse ages and backgrounds gathered to learn how to create the accordion fold book, create one and two cut pop-ups, and joyfully develop their books into fanciful, whimsical and fantastical works of art.
MEDIA page
I have been empowered by learning how to update my Site’s MEDIA page!
This is the page in my Site where I share, through word, image and link, everything that pertains to MEDIA that I have been involved in:
Print media
Digital/online media
Film/video
including
Press/listings across platforms
Exhibition catalogues, publicity and tours
Artist talks
and more.
Thank you beloved web and graphic designer Dianna Jacobsen, for the design, the tutalage, the support and the patience …
O, and, the sense of humor!
It has been fun, and enlightening.
M E D I A
Fairy Tales…Make Your Own Books
It was a gift to be able to work with students every day for five weeks this past summer, and introduce them to the book arts as well as other media. As a teaching artist, we often only see students once a week, so to be able to watch them learn and grow on a daily basis was a thrill!
Surrounded by scads of art supplies, tools and materials, 5-6 year old students in our “Fairy Tales” and “Make Your own Books” classes had an ideal situation for creating!
This outstandingly creative young student in “Make Your Own Books” certainly did just that, using her flag book to try out all kinds of drawing and painting media while exploring color, shape, line and texture.
Each flag page held a different combination of media, including acrylic and watercolor paints, pastels, crayons and markers.
Students created books large and small, including tiny ones that would fit in a (albeit rather large) matchbox!
Mixed media reigned supreme, such as combining letter stickers with markers and paint pens.
Oops! Markers on the project, not on your fingers!
Making and embellishing file folder portfolios was our first project. Some students created so many books they made a second portfolio to hold them!
A brilliantly bookish and imaginatively magical time was had by all!
Goodbye summer program, until next year!