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Artist Talks: The Conversation Between

June 9, 2023 By Debra Disman

I have been fortunate to participate in numerous artist talks over the past several years, which have been illuminating in multiple ways, connecting with others, getting an insight into their work, sharing my own, furthering my experience in talking about it, reaching a wider “audience”.

Here are two of these talks, group conversations between artists, curator and facilitator, online through Zoom, sharing about specific works in specific exhibitions.

“Oh, Mother” Exhibition at The Hera Gallery
“Oh,  Mother” Artists Talk
“Oh, Mother” article

In the spring of 2022, Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation began to talk about our 50th anniversary as one of the first women-run artist cooperatives to open in the United States in 1974. Shortly after this discussion, the leak started to circulate that Roe v. Wade would be overturned before its own 50th feminist anniversary in 2023. The story came out around Mother’s Day. A group of us at Hera started to talk not only about the potential ramifications of the ruling, but also about motherhood itself. While frequently idealized in public discourse, we wanted to look at motherhood in all its complexity, as well as at the absence of desired motherhood. Throughout 2022 the abortion rights discussion swelled and ultimately burst into the Dobb's Decision. Hera’s conversation transitioned to ask, what happens now? Hera began looking for works which spoke to the overturn of Roe v. Wade in the virtual exhibition Objects of Agency, currently on view at heragallery.org. However, our conversation circled back to the bigger picture on the choice of motherhood. We wanted to hear voices not only from the perspective of mothers, but of all the people surrounding mothers and who could be mothers; including their children, partners, and even their parents. We were interested in the voices of mothers who were not born female cis gender, mothers who raise their children alongside other mothers, and everyone else who does not fit the traditional or stereotypical mother mold…..Nadiah Rivera Fella from the Cleveland Museum of Art (was)  juror for the show. Rivera Fella was part of the curatorial team of the 2021/2022 exhibition Picturing Motherhood Now at the Cleveland Museum of Art and thus made an excellent choice for a juror of Oh, Mother.

Participating Artists: Beizar Aradini, Sybil Archibald, Cassie Arnold, Raissa Bailey, Brandin Barón, Jasmine Best, Shweta Bist, Desirae Brown, Joanne Delmonico, Jessica Dietz, Debra Disman, Rebecca Ford, Raquel Fornasaro, Bonnie Jaffe, Marcella Kelley, Leah Klister, Moriah LeFebvre, Roberta Levitow, Madeleine Lord, Caroline McAuliffe, Haley Neville, Linda Plaisted, Sylvie Redmond, Sawyer Rose, Christina Santner, Ellen Shattuck Pierce, Leslie Sills.

“Text/Message” Exhibition
 “Text/Message” Artists Talk

Text/Message focuses on how we use text in fine art. Whether painting, sculpture, mixed media, video, digital, the use of text plays an integral part in telling stories. It can add a poetic layer, or a humorous anecdote. Text can challenge societal assumptions, activate our inner desires or crusade for long held beliefs. Text also lies.

Curated by Kristine Schomaker

ENJOY THE CONVERSATION!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrée Carter, Artist Talk, Artists who use text, Artists' Talk, Austin Brady, Bachrun LoMele Gina M, Beatrice (Bea) Antonie Martino, Briena Harmening, Candice Greathouse, Caro Volny, Chavez Fred Becker, Christopher Taylor, Contemporary, Contemporary Art, Cultural life, Daggi Wallace, Dan Ragland, Darlyn Susan Yee, David E. Weed, Debra Disman, E. Y. Reilly, Education, Gigi Janko, Greg Blair, Group Exhbition, Group Show, Hazel Batrez, Hera, Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery, Hera Gallery, Ian Cross, International Exhibition, Isabel Winson-Sagan, Isabella Cardim, Jack Weaver, Jennie E. Park, Judi Krew, Karen Fiorito, Karen Ruth Karlsson, Katie Mead, Kristine Shomaker, Linda Litteral, Lisa Bahouth, Lisa Cooperman, Lori Markman, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Margaret Jo Feldman, Maria Trunk, Marie Brix Tyler Brumfield, Martin Gantman, Maternal, Melanie Antuna Hewitt, Message, Monica R Marks, Mother, Nancy McDearmon, Nikyra Capson, Oh Mother, Online Artists' Talk, Online Exhbition, Online Show, Online Talk, Pennie Fien, Renee Bott, Rhode is;land, RI, Sean Tyler, Sheri Lynn Behr, Stephen Anderson, Steven Dick, Test Message, Text, Tom Lasley, Words In Art, Zahra Fard

EXHIBITIONISTA: TEXT/MESSAGE with Shoebox Projects

June 5, 2023 By Debra Disman

“Text/Message” focuses on how we use text in fine art. Whether painting, sculpture, mixed media, video, digital, the use of text plays an integral part in telling stories. It can add a poetic layer, or a humorous anecdote. Text can challenge societal assumptions, activate our inner desires or crusade for long held beliefs. Text also lies.”  —Kristine Schomaker 

Curated by Kristine Schomaker 

View the Show HERE

See and hear the Artists Talk/Exhibition “Walkthrough” HERE

Participating Artists: Stephen Anderson, Melanie Antuna Hewitt, Lisa Bahouth, Hazel Batrez, Chavez Fred Becker, Sheri Lynn Behr, Greg Blair, Renee Bott, Austin Brady, Marie Brix Tyler Brumfield, Nikyra Capson, Isabella Cardim, Andrée Carter, Lisa Cooperman, Ian Cross, Steven Dick, Debra Disman, Zahra Fard, Margaret Jo Feldman, Pennie Fien, Karen Fiorito, Martin Gantman, Candice Greathouse, Briena Harmening, Gigi Janko, Karen Ruth Karlsson, Judi Krew, Tom Lasley, Linda Litteral, Bachrun LoMele Gina M, Lori Markman, Monica R Marks, Beatrice (Bea) Antonie Martino, Nancy McDearmon, Katie Mead, Jennie E. Park, Dan Ragland, E. Y. Reilly, Christopher Taylor, Maria Trunk, Sean Tyler, Caro Volny, Daggi Wallace, Jack Weaver, David E. Weed, Isabel Winson-Sagan, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Darlyn Susan Yee

Tagged With: Andrée Carter, Artists who use text, Austin Brady, Bachrun LoMele Gina M, Beatrice (Bea) Antonie Martino, Briena Harmening, Candice Greathouse, Caro Volny, Chavez Fred Becker, Christopher Taylor, Contemporary, Contemporary Art, Daggi Wallace, Dan Ragland, Darlyn Susan Yee, David E. Weed, Debra Disman, E. Y. Reilly, Gigi Janko, Greg Blair, Hazel Batrez, Ian Cross, Isabel Winson-Sagan, Isabella Cardim, Jack Weaver, Jennie E. Park, Judi Krew, Karen Fiorito, Karen Ruth Karlsson, Katie Mead, Kristine Shomaker, Linda Litteral, Lisa Bahouth, Lisa Cooperman, Lori Markman, Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Margaret Jo Feldman, Maria Trunk, Marie Brix Tyler Brumfield, Martin Gantman, Melanie Antuna Hewitt, Message, Monica R Marks, Nancy McDearmon, Nikyra Capson, Online Exhbition, Online Show, Pennie Fien, Renee Bott, Sean Tyler, Sheri Lynn Behr, Stephen Anderson, Steven Dick, Text, Tom Lasley, Words In Art, Zahra Fard

ALL MEDIA 2022

August 13, 2022 By Debra Disman

All Media 2022

Exhibition: July 9–October 8

The Irvine Fine Arts Center is proud to announce the opening of All Media 2022, an exhibition featuring 56 local and regional artists whose artworks engage historic and contemporaneous themes. The exhibition will be on view July 9–October 8, with a free opening reception scheduled for Saturday, July 9, 2–4 p.m.

Works selected for this year’s All Media exhibition span painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, fiber, video, and mixed media. Awards were announced at the opening reception for three outstanding artworks and three honorable mentions, all of which were chosen by guest juror Joseph Daniel Valencia.

Exhibiting artists: Luciana Abait and Debra Disman, Eslam Abdelrahman, Debbie Abrames, Estefania Ajcip, Mary Allan, Stephen Anderson, Sheryl Ball, Ryan Bautista, Scout Bender, Danielle Bewer, Barbara Boissevain, Rachel Bunteman, Ruben Cantoran, Dennis Carrie, Michael Chesler, Ashoke Chhabra, Kat De Guzman, Jorg Dubin, Roland Escalona, Dede Lucia Falcone, Silvia Faris, Richard Ferncase, Karen Fiorito, John Flores, Gabriel Gonzalez, Audrey Hernandez Peterson, Gina Herrera, Lua Kobayashi, Joe Lee, Michael Lopez, Kiara Aileen Machado, Kai Mao, Tamara Martin, Jared Millar, Dorsadaf Moinzad, Skip Mueller, Melody Nunez, Francisco Palomares, Sho Peng, Gianni Pham, Alkaid Ramirez, May Roded, Isabella Salvatierra, Deanna Sanches da Silva, Chanchala Singh, Meriel Stern, Todd Swart, Hedy Torres, Noriho Uriu, Michael Usher, Kurt Theodore Weston, John White, Michael Wicks, and Rob Williams.

Guest juror Joseph Daniel Valencia is the associate curator of the Vincent Price Art Museum. In addition to his work as a historian, writer, and curator, Valencia has previously worked for the City of Irvine, as well as the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, and UCR ARTSblock.

“drift”, a collaborative work created by myself and artist Luciana Abait is included in the exhibition!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alkaid Ramirez, All Media 2022, Ashoke Chhabra, Audrey Hernandez Peterson, Barbara Boissevain, Chanchala Singh, Collaboration, Collaborative Art Work, Collaborative Artist Book, Danielle Bewer, Deanna Sanches da Silva, Debbie Abrames, Dede Lucia Falcone, Dennis Carrie, Dorsadaf Moinzad, Eslam Abdelrahman, Estefania Ajcip, Exhibition, Francisco Palomares, Gabriel Gonzalez, Gianni Pham, Gina Herrera, Group Show, Hedy Torres, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Isabella Salvatierra, Jared Millar, Joe Lee, John Flores, John White, Jorg Dubin, Joseph Daniel Valencia, Kai Mao, Karen Fiorito, Kat De Guzman, Kiara Aileen Machado, Kurt Theodore Weston, Lua Kobayashi, Luciana Abait, Mary Allan, May Roded, Melody Nunez, Meriel Stern, Michael Chesler, Michael Lopez, Michael Usher, Michael Wicks, Noriho Uriu, Rachel Bunteman, Richard Ferncase, Roland Escalona, Ruben Cantoran, Ryan Bautista, Sanches, Scout Bender, Sheryl Ball, Sho Peng, Silvia Faris, Skip Mueller, Stephen Anderson, Tamara Martin, Todd Swart

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