Flag Books & Found Writing with Debra Disman

Saturday 1/13, 11am-1:30pm
Cost: $5
Register at the link or call 310.458.2239.
http://apm.activecommunities.com/santamonicarecreation/Activity_Search/62860
Learn the fun and innovative flag book structure. Fold an accordion spine, add book covers, and attach your flag pages to a kinetic book whose parts move as you page through. You can write in or use preexisting print media to add text to your “flags.” As they move and flip, poetic connections in your found writing appear!
Debra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist working primarily in the form of the book. She is a teaching artist at LACMA and was recently awarded a Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence grant to work with high school students and community members in the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood. Disman was the featured artist for the Los Angeles Big Read in 2016, exhibiting at the Mike Kelley Gallery at Beyond Baroque in Venice. That same year she received a Bruce Geller Memorial Prize, and was commissioned the following year by the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum to create an interactive book for “Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California.” For her Art Lab project she is continuing a series of works that progressively investigate the emotional, sensory and evocative aspects of the book format.
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Train: Metro terminus at 4th St/Colorado, 4 blocks away. Upon exiting the station go west on Colorado to Ocean Ave, cross the street to the Pier and turn right. We’re in the park just past Broadway.
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Registration (bring cash to cover material fees, if applicable) In Person: Advance registration accepted at 1450 Ocean between 9am-5pm M-F & 11am-4pm Sat. Dropping in? Call 310-458-2239 to confirm availability, preferably by the Tuesday before class starts; plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of class; many classes do not allow drop ins.
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