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LACMA LOCAL

LACMA LOCAL BOOKMAKING CLASS!

October 12, 2017 By Debra Disman

Tagged With: Art Class, Art Museum Class, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bookmaking, Flag Book, Handmade Books, LACMA, LACMA LOCAL, Los Angeles, los Angeles County Museum of Art

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August 14, 2019

“Building A World” together

August 7, 2019

The Art of The Book: Ages 11-14

August 2, 2019

Sharing Shows 5: “THE ARTFUL BOOK”

July 31, 2019

Sharing Shows 4: “THE BOOK AS ART: WONDERS”

July 21, 2019

Hanging in Hawthorne

July 13, 2019

Sharing Shows 3: “BRAND 47”

July 4, 2019

Sharing Shows 2: “ALL STITCHED UP”

June 29, 2019

Sharing Shows 1: “OFFAL”

June 21, 2019

Making Books, Making Community at the Brentwood Art Center!

June 16, 2019

FORMATION at UCLA: The Exhibition (5)

June 9, 2019

FORMATION at UCLA: Hang Out (4)

June 2, 2019

SPECIAL collections SPECIAL place

May 26, 2019

Marbling Unfurled: Making Marbled Scrolls at the Granada Hills Library

May 24, 2019

Tunnel Vision

May 18, 2019

FORMATION at UCLA: The Artists (4)

May 9, 2019

FORMATION at UCLA: The Artists (3)

April 30, 2019

FORMATION at UCLA: The Artists (2)

April 25, 2019

FORMATION at UCLA: The Artists (1)

April 18, 2019

“Wave of Materials” by Zhu Jinshi at LACMA

April 12, 2019

Working It: Processing the Untitled

April 5, 2019

Felt, Fabric, Feathers, FUN: Celebrating Women Artists at the Will and Ariel Durant Branch Library

March 27, 2019

Getting Lit: Making Matchbox Books at the Granada Hills Public Library

March 22, 2019

The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 4

March 11, 2019

The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 3

March 7, 2019

The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 2

February 27, 2019

The Work of Our Hands: Hand Building with Clay 1

February 24, 2019

Seeing Double Vision: Double Flower Bookmaking

February 13, 2019

Beach, Books and Shelter

February 7, 2019

Freedom of Expression and More…

January 30, 2019

2019 LA Open Exhibition (2)

January 27, 2019

“Be Part of the Story”: VAPA Students Make Books

January 16, 2019

“It’s About the Story”: VAPA Students Make Books

January 13, 2019

2019 LA OPEN EXHIBITION (1)

December 30, 2018

Open Studio at 18th Street Arts Center

December 26, 2018

18(2) Studio Notes/Working at 18th Street Arts Center

December 5, 2018

The (Clay)Work of Our Hands

November 27, 2018

18(1): Working at 18th Street Arts Center

November 20, 2018

“Tunneling through” at the Granada Hills Branch Library!

November 16, 2018

Like White on White 2

November 6, 2018

“We the Artists” at 18th Street Arts Center!

November 2, 2018

Bell Library

October 21, 2018

don’t faint, Blackout

October 17, 2018

Latinx Heritage Celebrated

October 12, 2018

National Hispanic Heritage Month: A Bookish Celebration

October 4, 2018

The Book As Art v.6.0: Pulp

September 26, 2018

FORMATION

September 17, 2018

PRAIRIE

September 10, 2018

“The Book as Art 2018: PULP”

September 6, 2018

Creating in Compton

August 31, 2018

LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 3: The Flag Book

August 21, 2018

2018 California OPENing

August 16, 2018

LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 2: The Folded Fan Book

August 8, 2018

LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 1: The Accordion Book

August 3, 2018

California Open

August 1, 2018

“Reading Takes You Anywhere!”(2)

July 23, 2018

“Reading Takes You Anywhere!”(1)

July 15, 2018

Like White on White

July 9, 2018

in the BLACK

July 2, 2018

In “FORMATION”

June 26, 2018

TRANSITION II

June 20, 2018

TRANSITION I

June 11, 2018

Story Time

June 6, 2018

NEW WORKS Show at 1450 Ocean

May 31, 2018

enRICHment IV

May 19, 2018

enRICHment III

May 19, 2018

enRICHment II

May 14, 2018

enRICHment I

May 14, 2018

In Resonant Residence (14)

May 9, 2018

In Resonant Residence (13)

May 9, 2018

LACMA LOVE: We Make Books

May 3, 2018

In Resonant Residence (12)

May 2, 2018

In Resonant Residence (11)

May 1, 2018

Library Love II

April 28, 2018

Library Love I

April 18, 2018

Tunneling Through (2) Too

April 11, 2018

Clay Play (2)Too

April 4, 2018

In Resonant Residence (10)

March 22, 2018

In Resonant Residence (9)

March 22, 2018

Clay Play

March 14, 2018

In Resonant Residence (8)

February 26, 2018

In Resonant Residence (7)

February 19, 2018

In Resonant Residence (6)

February 14, 2018

In Resonant Residence (5)

February 8, 2018

In Resonant Residence (4)

February 1, 2018

In Resonant Residence (3)

January 25, 2018

In Resonant Residence (2)

January 17, 2018

In Resonant Residence (1)

January 11, 2018

“We Right The Book” VI

January 3, 2018

“We Right The Book” I

October 25, 2017

On-Site: Neighborhood Partnerships with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

October 4, 2017

Chromatic Interactions III

August 14, 2017

Chromatic Interactions II

August 14, 2017

Chromatic Interactions I

August 11, 2017

CHAPTERS I: “Chromatic Interactions”

June 28, 2017

The Sheltering Book Chapter 3

May 20, 2017

The Sheltering Book Chapter 5

April 28, 2017

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