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The San Francisco Center for the Book

Art Centers and the Like: The HeART of Art

September 2, 2024 By Debra Disman

Art and Cultural Centers are amazing places.

They are CENTERS. Centers of art and culture to be sure, but also centers of learning, personal and collective growth, education, care, community, cooperation and love.

Amazing to show in, but especially amazing in the services they provide, the opportunities they offer and the roles they play for their near and far communities.

I am going to explore these worthy and precious resources and entities in the next few posts, but firstly, I need to get my arms around them in a big, collective heARTfelt hug!

I will add to, or write further interactions of this post over time.  I would also like to write about Libraries, College and University Art Galleries and smaller galleries as exhibition spaces and hubs of community and world culture.

These are the art and cultural centers I have shown in over the last few years, essentially since 2018:
(I included some very special organizations such as Blue Roof Studios, Shoebox Arts and ArtShare LA in Los Angeles, CA, “We Are The Arts”/The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County in Fayetteville, NC, the Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery in Wakefield RI, and the Springfield Art Association, in Springfield, IL, even though they don’t have the word “CENTER” in their monikers, as I believe they serve many of the same heART-FULL functions as those that do.)

18th Street Arts Center,  Santa Monica, CA

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO

Intersect Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO

The Dairy Barn Arts Center O’Bleness Gallery, Athens, OH

Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseville, OR

 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA

Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL

The Korean Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA

“We Are The Arts”/The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County, Fayetteville, NC

Artworks Center for Contemporary  Art, Loveland, CO

ArtShare LA, Los Angeles, CA

Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Kelso Art Center, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
  
The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX

Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery in Wakefield RI

Blue Roof Studios, Los Angeles, CA

San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA

The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminister, NJ

Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA

The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN;

Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Exhibitions, Venues, Work Tagged With: 18th street art center, American Art Centers, Art Center, Art Center as Community, art centers, Art Centers in the US, Art Share, Arts at Blue Roof, Arts Council of Fayetteville, ARTWORKS Center For COntemporary Art, Artworks Loveland, blue roof, Brand Library and Art Center, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Curators, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Foothills Art Center, Intersect Arts Center, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Korean Cultural Center, Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, O'hanlon, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Shoebox Arts, Shoebox Projects, Springfield Art Association, The Center for Contemporary Art, the Kelso Art Center, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts  (LHUCA), The San Francisco Center for the Book, The Yeiser Art Center, Tubac Center of the Arts, Umpaqua Valley Arts, Webster Arts

Book/Art/Artifact on VIEW!

June 11, 2022 By Debra Disman

GBW CALIFORNIA CHAPTERS 3RD MEMBER EXHIBITION: The Info!



Book / Art / Artifact will be open to the public starting Saturday, June 11 and runs thru Sunday, August 28th, 2022.  Please check their website for operating days and times.

The opening reception will take place at San Francisco Center for the Book on Friday, June 17th from 6-8 pm. This event is free to attend. Light refreshments will be served on the back patio; remarks will be at 7 pm. Masks are required while viewing the exhibition indoors; we are encouraging people to register for the opening reception at the following link: SFCB.org

WORKSHOP – Exhibition related

SFCB and CA Chapter of GBW are offering a one day workshop Leather Surface Decoration in-person workshop with Coleen Curry to accompany the exhibition on July 2, 2022

https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4332

This link is live now and is offered to CA chapter members first until June 15 and then will be open to public.

EXHIBITION CATALOGS 

The catalog is available to order online through Lulu:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/rebecca-chamlee/gbw-ca-chapter-catalog-2022/paperback/product-m97542.html?q=GBW&page=1&pageSize=4

$9.68 plus shipping. (At cost)

Those exhibiting will receive a complementary copy in the mail.

All exhibition information can be found on https://sfcb.org/bookartartifact and on our chapter website  https://gbwcaliforniachapter.wordpress.com

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book, Book / Art / Artifact, Book as Art, Books made by Hand, California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, GBW, Group Exhibitions, Group Shows, Guild of Book Workers, Guild Show, Handmade Books, The San Francisco Center for the Book

EXHIBITIONISTA: “Book / Art / Artifact”

April 7, 2022 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to participate in the third exhibition featuring works created by the talented members of the California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers at the San Francisco Center for the Book,

San Francisco Center for the Book

 

Book / Art / Artifact: Work from the CA Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers

EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, August 28, 2022


The exhibition Book/Art/Artifact showcases work from the California Chapter of the national organization the Guild of Book Workers. Book/Art/Artifact is the third major members’ exhibition; previous exhibitions have been presented at the Geisel Special Collections Library at the University of California San Diego (2016) and the Long Beach Museum of Art (2019). As with previous exhibitions, Book/Art/Artifact highlights a range of member expertise and imagination. Exhibited mediums include bookbinding, letterpress, artists’ books, and calligraphy. The exhibition introduces viewers to the idea that books are not only a collection of bound pages but also an expression of human creativity.

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The exhibition Book/Art/Artifact showcases work from the California Chapter of the national organization the Guild of Bookworkers. Book/Art/Artifact is the third major members’ exhibition; previous exhibitions have been presented at the Geisel Special Collections Library at the University of California San Diego (2016) and the Long Beach Museum of Art (2019). As with previous exhibitions, Book/Art/Artifact highlights a range of members expertise and imagination. Exhibited mediums include bookbinding, letterpress, artists’ books, and calligraphy. The exhibition introduces viewers to the idea that books are not only a collection of bound pages but also an expression of human creativity.


EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Cathy Adelman, Yukimi Annand, Marlyn Bonaventure , Robin Brandes , Servane Briand, Carolee Campbell / Ninja Press , Rebecca Chamlee / Pie in the Sky Press, Coleen Curry, Insiya Dhatt, Debra Disman, Anna Embree, Jean Gillingwators, Karen Hanmer, Paula Jull, Marie Kelzer / Marie Kelzer Designs , Mark Kirchner, Brian Lieske, Elaine Nishizu, Patricia Owen, Todd Pattison, Jennifer Pellacchia, Beth Redmond, Sue Ann Robinson, Pamela Wood



Exhibition CATALOG designed by Rebecca Chamlee

 

Tagged With: Anna Embree, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Beth Redmond, Book, Book / Art / Artifact, Book as Art, Books made by Hand, Brian Lieske, California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, Carolee Campbell / Ninja Press, Cathy Adelman, Coleen Curry, Debra Disman, Elaine Nishizu, GBW, Group Exhibitions, Group Shows, Guild of Book Workers, Guild Show, Handmade Books, Insiya Dhatt, Jean Gillingwators, Jennifer Pellacchia, Karen Hanmer, Marie Kelzer / Marie Kelzer Designs, Mark Kirchner, Marlyn Bonaventure, Pamela Wood, Patricia Owen, Paula Jull, Rebecca Chamlee, Rebecca Chamlee / Pie in the Sky Press, Robin Brandes, Servane Briand, Sue Ann Robinson, The San Francisco Center for the Book, Todd Pattison, Yukimi Annand

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