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SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY

Teaching Artistry Highlights

November 17, 2020 By Debra Disman

Honored to do this work….here are Teaching Artistry Highlights.

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Presentations, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Art Education, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bookmaking, CCSM, Ceramics, CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, City of Los Angeles Public Library, Clay Project, Community Art Education, Community Art Projects, Community Corporation of Santa Monica, Community Teaching Artist, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Family Art programs, Granada Hills Branch Library, Handmade Books, HIGH SCHOOL VAPA STUDENTS, Jewish Women's Theatre, LACMA, LACMA Education Department, LACMA Family Class, LAPL, making Books, MONTANA BRANCH LIBRARY, NoHo, NoHo Arts District, NoHo Plaza, Santa Monica Public Library, SMPL, Summer Nights at NoHoPlaza, SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY, Teaching Artist, Teaching Artistry, The Big Book, THE BRUCE GELLER MEMORIAL PRIZE, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, THE SHELTERING BOOK, The WORD Grant, Verdugo Hills High School, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM (VAPA)

From the Outside In: Artist Residency Culmination at the Sunland-Tujunga Library

March 7, 2020 By Debra Disman

I have been honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, conducting a series of bookmaking workshops for the community. As part of this Residency, I conducted two workshops at Verdugo Hills High School, for Freshman VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts Magnet) students.

I taught the fun and fascinating flag book structure, and the stellar English VAPA teacher Mrs. Leserman worked with the students in class between the workshops to develop their books.

To connect the project with her VAPA English Curriculum which included the study of J.D. Salinger‘s Catcher in the Rye,  she had the students develop the outsides of their books to reflect the ways they felt they were being seen, and how they wanted to be seen by the outside world, and then directed them to develop the inside flag pages to express how they actually felt on the inside.

On February 15th, we held a Residency Culmination event at the Library, featuring the  VAPA students OUTSIDE-INSIDE flag books. Viewers were intrigued and moved to see these revelatory books, which shared so much about their makers. Expressive, brave, unique,m beautiful, these works offer a glimpse into what it is to be a freshman in High School today.

Bravo.

 

Indeed.

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Exhibitions, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: AIR, ARTIST BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Program, Community, Community Arts, Community Arts programs, DCA, DCA AIR, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Flag Book, Flag Books, Handmade Books, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library, Sewn Books, STEAM, SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY, Sunland-Tujunga Community, Sunland-Tujunga Library, VAPA, Verdugo Hills High School, VHHS, Visual and Performing Arts program

Sunland-Tujunga: Artist Residency Culmination Event!

March 1, 2020 By Debra Disman

I have been honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, conducting a series of bookmaking workshops for the community. As part of this Residency, I conducted two workshops at Verdugo Hills High School, for Freshman VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts Magnet) English students.

On February 15th, we held a Residency Culmination event at the Library, complete with bookmaking activities, refreshments, and an exhibition of hand-made books created by adults participating in the Library’s “Wide Open Reading” group, and VAPA students.

We had a blast!


Three bookmaking projects were running in the Community Room.


Mother and Daughter work side by side.


A member of the Library’s “Wide Open Reading” group stands by her handmade book.


Patiently creating detail with tiny butterfly shapes.


Another Mom and Daughter team…artists working together.


Young adult artist proudly shares her creations.

Young artist from the VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) magnet at neighboring Verdugo Hills High School and her flag book created in a two workshop series held in her freshman VAPA English class. The books contrasted how students wanted to present themselves and how they felt they were perceived on the outside (exterior book covers) with how they feel on the inside- the flag pages).

It has been very moving to see makers create and share works which reveal them on various levels.

Gratitudes!

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Exhibitions, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: AIR, ARTIST BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency Culmination Program, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Program, Community, Community Arts, Community Arts programs, DCA, DCA AIR, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Flag Book, Flag Books, Handmade Books, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library, Sewn Books, STEAM, SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY, Sunland-Tujunga Community, Sunland-Tujunga Library, VAPA, Verdugo Hills High School, VHHJS, Visual and Perfomring Arts program, Wide Open Reading

From the Inside Out

February 24, 2020 By Debra Disman

I have been honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, conducting a series of bookmaking workshops for the community. As part of this Residency, I conducted two workshops at Verdugo Hills High School, for Freshman VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts Magnet) students.

I taught the flag book structure, and the stellar English VAPA teacher Mrs. Leserman worked with the students in class between the workshops to develop their books.

To connect the project with her VAPA English Curriculum which included the study of J.D. Salinger‘s Catcher in the Rye,  she had the students develop the outsides of their books to reflect the ways they felt they were being seen, and how they wanted to be seen by the outside world, and then directed them to develop the inside flag pages to express how they actually felt on the inside.

The results were both moving and stunning.

Filed Under: Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: AIR, ARTIST BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Program, Community, Community Arts, Community Arts programs, DCA, DCA AIR, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Flag Book, Flag Books, Handmade Books, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library, Sewn Books, STEAM, SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY, Sunland-Tujunga Community, Sunland-Tujunga Library, VAPA, Verdugo Hills High School, VHHJS, Visual and Perfomring Arts program

Wide Open Bookmaking

February 17, 2020 By Debra Disman

I have been honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, conducting a series of bookmaking workshops for the community.

It was great fun to lead a bookmaking workshop in early February for a group that meets at the Library called, “Wide Open Reading”. What a wonderful-sounding activity!

Participants came together to create single signature sewn books, with pockets created by an “inner cover” or casing, and glued on covers. A

A creative time was had by all!

Participants learned about signatures (a gathering of folded pages that comprise the text block of a traditional western style codex book structure),

and sewed signatures that had been prepared for them into an inner cover, with folded pockets.

They then had a blast using all kinds of materials to develop, embellish and adorn their inside and outside covers, and even a few pages!

Camaraderie and interaction among the group is a big part of the fun.

And, of course, pride in the final (or not so final) “product”.

Wide Open Reading deserves wide open bookmaking, and the makers certainly achieved this.

Bravo!

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: AIR, ARTIST BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Books with Pockets, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Program, Codex, Codice, Community, Community Arts, Community Arts programs, DCA, DCA AIR, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Handmade Books, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library, Sewn Books, Signle Signature Books, STEAM, SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY, Sunland-Tujunga Library, Test Block, Text, Wide Open Reading

Accordions, Books and Stories at the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library

February 10, 2020 By Debra Disman

I am honored to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Sunland-Tujunga Library, supported by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, conducting a series of bookmaking workshops for the community.

To kick off the new year and decade, I taught an accordion fold book with pockets workshop, and engaged families and individuals in creating their own books to hold memories, hopes, dreams, wishes and other treasures.


Participants folded prepared pastel paper into accordion pages and pockets.


and added covers, then developed content, embellished and decorated!


One young maker created a highly developed work telling the story of Little Red Riding Hood, in her own way.


Complete with text and illustrations.


Don’t forget the jewels!

Treasures to hold treasures to last a lifetime….

Happy 2020!

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Teaching Artist Tagged With: ACCORDION FOLD BOOKS, AIR, ARTIST BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, Books with Pockets, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Program, Community, Community Arts, Community Arts programs, DCA, DCA AIR, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Folded and glued Books, Folded Books, Handmade Books, Holiday bookmaking, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library, STEAM, SUNLAND-TUJUNGA BRANCH LIBRARY, Sunland-Tujunga Library

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