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ARTISTS TALK at the IRVINE FINE ARTS CENTER!

January 4, 2024 By Debra Disman

In May of 2023 I was privileged to participate in an

IRVINE FINE ARTS CENTER

ARTISTS PANEL DISCUSSION

 about the exhibitions NORTH NODE and ARIES RISING exhibitions

It was fun, it was fascinating, it was fitting!

If you would like to see and hear it, please go to:

ARTISTS PANEL

and use the
PASSWORD: !5V@zPur

I was one of six women artists in

ARIES RISING
Curated by Virginia Arce

March 11–May 20, 2023
Irvine Fine Arts Center Main Gallery + Gallery 2

“Rooted in the generative characteristics of spring, Aries Rising presents a collection of sculptural and two-dimensional artworks made of metal, fiber, and mixed media whose sensibilities reflect an organic source. Featured artists in the exhibition share a curiosity about human perception as it relates to the environment, both natural and manmade, reflected in their manipulation of material and form.”

Artists featured:
Renée Azenaro, Debra Disman, Mirena Kim, Sofia V. Gonzales, Zara Kuredjian, and
Susan Lizotte.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Exhibitions, New Work, Presentations, Women Artists, Work Tagged With: Aries Rising, Art By Women, Art of the Book, Art of Women, Artists in Discussion, ARTISTS' Panel Discussion, Artists' Talk, City of Irvine, Clay, Debra Disman, Exhibition, Fiber, Group Show, Installation, Irvine, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Los Angeles Contemporary Artists, Metal, Mirena Kim, Mixed media, North Node, Painting, Renée Azenaro, Sculptural, Sculpture, small group show, Sofia V. Gonzales, Susan Lizotte., Virginia Arce, Women Artists, Women-identifying Artists, Zara Kuredjian

Painting Program at the Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library!

March 20, 2020 By Debra Disman

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!

Tagged With: Children's Art programs, LAPL, Library Art and Crafts Programs, Library Art programs, Painting, Painting Program, Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library

Inspired By Great Artists: Keeping the Faith

August 14, 2019 By Debra Disman

One of the Great Artists my students were inspired by this past summer was the amazing Faith Ringgold, inventor of the “Story Quilt“.

Inspired by Faith, students created a “quilt” through the combination of felt, textiles, fabric and painting on canvass, embellished with buttons, “pom poms”, ribbon and more, then painted borders to add to their quilts.

As a side project, some students created painted compositions using their names. It was fascinating to see that they used the same color combinations in both.

Our End of Class Show…a line-up of Faith Ringgold-inspired textile collages

Students had their own “color stories” as well, which repeated throughout their works.

The students employed a variety of materials in create an impressive amount of detail.

 

The students, all girls aged 9-11, seemed to pour their hearts into this project, working on it for twice the time planned.

Inspiring!

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Faith Ringglold, Inspiration, Mixed media, Painting, Story Quilt, Textile Arts

In Resonant Residence (10)

March 22, 2018 By Debra Disman

In Resonant Residence (10)

I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab

in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th.  I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura

1450 Exterior
Vintage Camera Obscura
 
 
 
 
Step inside the Camera Obscura Art Lab and you’ll find a welcoming space with fantastic views of Santa Monica Bay and the Pier. The Camera is located in a midcentury time capsule in Palisades Park between Broadway and Santa Monica Blvd on what was once the site of the Pacific Electric Railway’s North Beach Station. Designed by noted architect Weldon J. Fulton (who’s work can be found around town including the classic Camera Obscura sign and font, the Montana and Fairview branch libraries, and the former Zucky’s building on Wilshire Blvd), the building’s exterior features walls clad in chunky Palos Verdes stone, glass walls, sloping roofs, and projecting canopies and rafter beams. It was donated to the City of Santa Monica by Marcellus Joslyn in 1955.”

The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.

Eighth  and Ninth Workshops, March 3/10 2018: Working on “The Big Beach Book“, participants collaged, stenciled, stamped, drew and painted on its multitude of people-sized ever evolving surfaces surfaces….

Re-purposing maps, book pages, and even glass bottles to create new stamps…our imaginative workshop participants are creatives extraordinaire.

Just FYI, the flip flops are glued to the surface, and have stayed there…making their way across the proverbial “book beach”!

 

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: 1450 Ocean, Accordion Fold, Accordion Fold Book, Altered Book Pages, Art Lab, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book Cover Embellishmnet, Book Covers, Book Structures, Bookmaking, Books and Architecture, Camera Obscura, Community Arts, Exposed Spine, Life-Sized Book, Pacific Palisades Park, Painting, SANTA MONICA, Santa Monica Beach, Stamping, Stencilling, Studio Residency at Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean, Teaching Artist, The Big Beach Book

In Resonant Residence (9)

March 22, 2018 By Debra Disman

In Resonant Residence (9)

I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab

in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th.  I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura

1450 Exterior
Vintage Camera Obscura
 
 
 
 
Step inside the Camera Obscura Art Lab and you’ll find a welcoming space with fantastic views of Santa Monica Bay and the Pier. The Camera is located in a midcentury time capsule in Palisades Park between Broadway and Santa Monica Blvd on what was once the site of the Pacific Electric Railway’s North Beach Station. Designed by noted architect Weldon J. Fulton (who’s work can be found around town including the classic Camera Obscura sign and font, the Montana and Fairview branch libraries, and the former Zucky’s building on Wilshire Blvd), the building’s exterior features walls clad in chunky Palos Verdes stone, glass walls, sloping roofs, and projecting canopies and rafter beams. It was donated to the City of Santa Monica by Marcellus Joslyn in 1955.”

The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.

Eighth  and Ninth Workshops, March 3/10 2018: Working on “The Big Beach Book“, participants collaged, stenciled, stamped, drew and painted on its multitude of people-sized ever evolving surfaces surfaces….

Altering book pages…creating “black-out  poetry” and “found writing”…creating books, large and small…

847.866.8173

 

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: 1450 Ocean, Accordion Fold, Accordion Fold Book, Altered Book Pages, Art Lab, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book Cover Embellishmnet, Book Covers, Book Structures, Bookmaking, Books and Architecture, Camera Obscura, Community Arts, Exposed Spine, Life-Sized Book, Pacific Palisades Park, Painting, SANTA MONICA, Santa Monica Beach, Stamping, Stencilling, Studio Residency at Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean, Teaching Artist, The Big Beach Book

In Resonant Residence (8)

February 26, 2018 By Debra Disman

In Resonant Residence (8)

I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab

in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th.  I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura

1450 Exterior
Vintage Camera Obscura
 
 
 
 
Step inside the Camera Obscura Art Lab and you’ll find a welcoming space with fantastic views of Santa Monica Bay and the Pier. The Camera is located in a midcentury time capsule in Palisades Park between Broadway and Santa Monica Blvd on what was once the site of the Pacific Electric Railway’s North Beach Station. Designed by noted architect Weldon J. Fulton (who’s work can be found around town including the classic Camera Obscura sign and font, the Montana and Fairview branch libraries, and the former Zucky’s building on Wilshire Blvd), the building’s exterior features walls clad in chunky Palos Verdes stone, glass walls, sloping roofs, and projecting canopies and rafter beams. It was donated to the City of Santa Monica by Marcellus Joslyn in 1955.”

The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.

Sixth and Seventh Workshops, February 17/24, 2018: Working on “The Big Beach Book“, participants stenciled, stamped, drew and painted on its multitude of people-sized ever evolving surfaces surfaces….

A young woman who came to the Beach with her family took brushes and acrylic paints, and created this “goddess of the sea” (?!?) covering the top half of one of The Big Beach Book pages….finishing it off with proud signature.  others then stepped in and added the sailboat, and fishes swimming below. Who knows how this page will develop over the coming weeks…

A trio of friends worked together on the Book’s front cover, using stencils to outline the shapes of the fish, which they then painted in brilliantly.  They were invited to return this coming Saturday to further develop their artwork, and they said they would. Fingers crossed…

A recent arrival to LA visited the the Art Lab with her companion, and elegantly painted a panel of the Book’s accordion spine with stencils and hand-painted arrows…a lovely addition and gift.

Feel the love….

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: 1450 Ocean, Accordion Fold, Accordion Fold Book, Art Lab, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book Structures, Bookmaking, Books and Architecture, Camera Obscura, Exposed Spine, Life-Sized Book, Mural painting, Pacific Palisades Park, Painting, SANTA MONICA, Santa Monica Beach, Stamping, Stencilling, Studio Residency at Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean, Teaching Artist, The Big Beach Book

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