“Living Leaf” by Jane Ingram Allen, installed Nov. 30, 2023 at Pepperwood Preserve in front of Dwight Center, Santa Rosa, CA, Handmade paper pulp, dye, seeds for native grasses and wildflowers, 12 feet x 3 feet, to grow and change over time into a Pepperwood tree shaped leaf of native grasses (California Fescue, Purple Needs Grass, Blue Wild Rye and Silver Lupine). Photo by Timothy S. Allen.
“Living Leaves” by Jane Ingram Allen, installed Nov. 29, 2022, at Pepperwood Preserve Art Gallery, Dwight Center, Santa Rosa, CA. 100 units each 12″ x 4″, handmade paper pulp, dye, thread, seeds for native grasses and wildflowers, to be planted outdoors after the indoor installation. Photo by Timothy S. Allenandmad
For more information about Pepperwood Preserve, http://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org The exhibition in the Pepperwood Preserve Art Gallery continues through March 2023, and the outdoor Living Leaf is on display indefinitely and will continue to change working with nature to produce a living artwork. This link provides more info and photos of the Art Surround project at Pepperwood Preserve: https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/artsurround-project/
This art project at Pepperwood Preserve is part of the Art Surround Program of Creative Sonoma (www.creativesonoma.org).
Jane’s exhibition at the Tides Converge Gallery, the Presidio, San Francisco, CA, also continues through March 2023. This indoor gallery installation consists of 30 panels of handmade paper and printmaking and is a collaborative project with printmaker Jami Taback. For more information about the Tides see the website at https://www.presidio.gov/places/tides-converge
“In Deep Water – Turning the Tide”, by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, installed Nov. 13, 2022, at Tides Converge Gallery, the Presidio, San Francisco, 30 panels of handmade paper, thread, printmaking and collage, each panel, 2 feet x 10 feet, on view through March 2023 during gallery hours, M-F, 9am to 5pm.
The installation by collaborating artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback is shown here in progress. The installation in the China Brotsky Gallery at the Tides includes 30 panels of handmade paper and thread with printmaking and papermaking images as well as tearing, burning and collage elements. The gallery has large windows to offer natural light coming through the translucent panels and contributing shadows as the sunlight changes during the day. The exhibition also includes several smaller works from the In Deep Water Project in the Seed Gallery at The Tides Converge Gallery. The exhibition remains on view in the Presidio through March 2023 and is open Mon. – Fri. 9am to 5pm. For more information about the gallery see the website at https://www.presidio.gov/places/tides-converge
Here are some of the upcoming art activities and exhibitions I am participating in during the coming months.
Exhibition: In Deep Water – Rising at Gallery Route One Project Space, Pt. Reyes Station, CA.http://www.galleryrouteone.org/exhibitions This exhibition Oct. 8 – Nov. 13, 2022, features the collaborative work of Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback about water and the climate crisis. The show closes on Nov. 13, and there will be and artists talk at 4pm that day.
Exhibition: “Bountiful Harvest”, at Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA.https://uicb.uiowa.edu This exhibition includes one of Jane’s Taiwan Site Maps, made with materials harvested in Taiwan. The group show Oct. 31 – Nov. 14, 2022, features artworks by selected members of International Association of Paper Making Artists (IAPMA) with a variety of artworks utilizing handmade paper and paper mulberry fibers and celebrating the concept of harvest.
Exhibition: “Off the Grid: Contemporary Fiber Art” at Yolo Arts Barn Gallery, Woodland, CA. This group exhibition includes two of Jane’s recent fiber art works, Daily Scrolls and No More Guns. The show runs from Nov. 10, 2022- to March 15, 2023. https://yoloarts.org/the-barn-gallery/
Exhibition: “In Deep Water – Turning the Tide” at The Tides Converge Gallery, San Francisco, CA. This exhibition features a new site specific installation of the collaborative work of Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback. The show opens with a reception 5-7 pm and artists talk at 5:30 pm. The gallery is located at the Presidio in SF (https://www.presidio.gov/places/tides-converge), and this exhibition is open during office hours 9 – 5 M-F until March 15, 2023.
Workshop: Papermaking from Scratch with Local Plants at Fibershed Learning Center, Pt. Reyes Station, CA. Jane will lead participants through the entire process of making paper from local plant materials, from gathering plants to finished paper, in this two day workshop on Nov. 19 – 20, 2022. Enroll here:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/399100218497
Exhibition: Living Leaves for Pepperwood Preserve at Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA. Jane received a grant from Creative Sonoma ArtSurround Program (www.creativesonoma.org) to create a site-specific installation at Pepperwood Preserve, a large nature preserve in Santa Rosa dedicated to land and environmental preservation. Jane’s project includes a large outdoor installation “Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve” sited in front of the Dwight Center and an indoor installation “Falling Leaves” in the Dwight Center Gallery. The exhibition opens with a reception on Dec. 1, 2022 and runs through March 30, 2023 and is open to the public – http://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org
Residency: Diamante Verte, Uvita, Costa Rica. Jane has been awarded a 6-week artist-in-residency in Costa Rica from Jan. 4 – Feb. 13, 2023. During the residency Jane will use local plants of Costa Rica to create a new series of handmade paper artworks and collaborate with choreographer Marie M’Alaya Saurat ( https://cieartevivi.wixsite.com/mariemalaya) who directs this artist-in-residency program in Uveta, on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.
IN DEEP WATER – RISING at Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, through Nov. 13, 2022Jane preparing plants for papermaking in Taiwan, 2005, method to be used in Fibershed Learning Center Workshop Nov. 19-20, 2022.Jane making “Falling Leaves” for Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA, indoor and outdoor art installations Dec. 1, 2022 – March 30, 2023, at Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA.Taiwan Site Map – Cash Receipts”, 2004, Made in Taiwan Fulbright Project, work included in exhibition at Univ. of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 31- Nov. 14, 2022.“No More Guns” 2019, work included in “Off the Grid” exhibition at Yolo Arts, Woodland, CA, Nov. 13, 2022 – March 15, 2023.
Here is the link to the video made by Shelley Rugg for the Artists Talks at Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA: https://youtu.be/r8N_HNwqZuA First is the talk by Zea Morvitz and then the gallery walk-through with Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback.
This site-specific installation of In Deep Water – Rising, will be on view at this northern CA non-profit gallery in their project space through Nov. 13, 2022. The work by collaborating artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback utilizes hand papermaking and printmaking and focuses on water and climate change.
The photos below are by Timothy S. Allen at the opening reception on Oct. 8, 2022.
In Deep Water – Rising at Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CAJami and Jane at the Opening Reception for In Deep Water – Rising at Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CAJami and Jane talking about their collaborative work “In Deep Water – Rising” at Gallery Route One Opening Reception on Oct. 8, 2022.
“In Deep Water – Rising” an installation about water and climate change utilizing hand papermaking and printmaking by artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback opens Saturday, Oct. 8, 3-5pm, at Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA. There will be Artists Talks in the gallery at 3pm. The exhibition remains on view at Gallery Route One’s Project Space through Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. There will also be closing remarks by the artists at 4pm on Sunday, Nov. 13. Gallery Route One is open 11am to 5pm, Thursday through Monday.
Here’s a photo of the installation at Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, taken after installing on Oct. 5.
Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, In Deep Water – Rising, 2022 (detail of installation), 2022, mixed media installation with hand papermaking and printmaking, thread, dye, ink, multiple suspended panels, dimensions variable.
Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, In Deep Water – Rising, 2022, Gallery Route One, view, mixed media installation, hand papermaking, printmaking, thread, burning, multiple suspended panels, each about 1-2 feet wide and 8-10 feet long.
Jane Ingram Allen will be an invited speaker at the 2022 TransCultural Exchange Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts titled “Create the Future”. Jane’s presentation for the conference is called “The Road Less Traveled – Lesser Known Opportunities for Artists” and includes one session on Funding and Grants and another session on Residencies and Exhibition Opportunities. Jane will be speaking at this biennial conference for the third time, and highly recommends it for networking and meeting in person many artists, curators, administrators and others from around the world who are interested in international art opportunities. There’s nothing like meeting people in person to promote your work and learn what opportunities might fit best. The conference will be in Boston, MA, from Nov. 4-6, 2022, and is held at various colleges and museums in Boston. For more information and to register for this conference, visit the website at https://transculturalexchange.org
Jane making paper with students in Taiwan, 2005, while on a Fulbright Scholar Research Grant
This past week I was teaching two workshops at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology in Otis, Oregon, and had an opportunity to visit my art project done last year “Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley” created with students in the Summer Youth Art Program of the Sitka Center in cooperation with the K-12 School and students from the Nestucca Valley school district. I was the Guest Artist for this program and worked at the school for two weeks in August 2021, with the students to create and install this work before going back to my home in Santa Rosa, CA.
It is great to see how this “quilt” has changed over time and to see so many wildflowers that were in the handmade paper quilt blocks still blooming! The photos below were taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen when we visited the Nestucca Vally School and viewed the art installation in the school garden on Monday, August 8, 2022.
“Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley” shown on August 8, 2022, photo by Timothy S. AllenLiving Quilt for Nestucca Valley one year later!Another view of Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley after one year.Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley on August 8, 2022, showing detail of blue bachelor buttons and golden poppies blooming
The Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley was installed on August 13, 2021. I have also attached one photo below of the quilt when it was first installed with the handmade paper quilt blocks each having seeds in the paper pulp in the same colors and patterns in the design of fish, waves and trees. Hopefully the wildflower seeds will disperse again this Fall and come back in the Spring of 2023 with more blooms. For more about the Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley, see this link to an article from Sept. 2021, in ART NEWS: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/jane-ingram-allen-living-quilts-1234603170/
Jane Ingram Allen, Living Quilt for Nestucca Valley, Cloverdale, Oregon (in school garden of K-12 Nestucca Valley School) shown at installation on August 13, 2021, 8 feet x 10 feet x 5 feet, mixed media art installation of handmade paper, dye, thread, soil, boards, branches, created with participants in Summer Youth Art Program of Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, photo by Timothy S. Allen
Summer art activities include making handmade paper outdoors on my patio and assembling things indoors in my garage studio in Santa Rosa, CA, for upcoming exhibitions and public art projects.
I have been selected for Sonoma Creates Art Surround (https://www.creativesonoma.org/artsurround/) a new public art program that will partner artists with organizations in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, CA, to create new site-specific artworks in public spaces working with the community. The project offers grants of $1000 to $10,000 to each of the selected artists to do one or more public art projects during the months of July to December of 2022. I should know in a few weeks what organizations I will be working with and where my installations will be sited. I hope to do more eco art installations with handmade paper and seeds in the pulp to change over time and work in harmony with nature. Here is a photos of my installation last year in Steckborn, Switzerland, titled “Living Quilt for Steckborn”.
Jane Ingram Allen, Living Quilt for Steckborn, installed in April 2021 and starting to transform, 8 feet x 10 feet x 1 foot, sponsored by Haus zur Glocke https://www.hauszurglocke.ch/home, Steckborn, Switzerland, handmade paper pulp, dye, seeds for wildflowers, soil, boards.Jane Ingram Allen, Living Quilt for Steckborn, blooming in September 2021, 8 feet x 10 feet x 1 foot, handmade paper, dye, seeds for wildflowers soil, boards, installed in April 2021, organized by Haus zur Glocke and city of Steckborn, Steckborn, Switzerland.
Check back here soon for updates about the art installations I will be doing in Santa Rosa, California, and Sonoma County, California during the coming months.
Summer Workshops with Jane Ingram Allen in Oregon
Jane’s “Papermaking Around the World” workshops this summer at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology are both full. One session will be August 7 and 8, and another session will be August 9 and 10 at Sitka Center in Otis, Oregon, on the beautiful central Oregon coast. For more information about the programs at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, see the website at http://www.sitkacenter.org
During these “Papermaking Around the World” workshops participants will be learning to make handmade paper using materials, equipment and techniques from countries around the world, such as Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Tanzania, Indonesia, Brazil, Nepal and Turkey…all countries where Jane has been an artist in residence. Jane will be teaching more papermaking art workshops in her Santa Rosa, CA, studio during the Fall of 2022. Email her to be put on the email list for workshops and classes in hand papermaking: info@janeingramallen
Continuing work on Collaborative Art Project “In Deep Water“
Jane is continuing to work with printmaker Jami Taback on their “In Deep Water” Project. The installation of “In Deep Water” at Rowan University, Discovery Hall, Glassboro, NJ, is coming down at the end of August 2022. Here is a photo of one part of the multiple panels being created for this installation. Jane and Jami will be creating more handmade paper and printmaking panels for this ongoing installation art project about climate change and water.
Detail of “In Deep Water” panel, one sheet 18″ x 12″, handmade paper, dye, printmaking, ink
The next exhibition of “In Deep Water” will be Oct. 8 – Nov. 10, 2022, at Gallery Route One Project Space, Point Reyes Station, CA. http://www.galleryrouteone.org
Due to so many people wanting to take the class “Papermaking Around the World” Jane will be offering another workshop on this topic at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon, on August 6 and 7, 2022. Jane will also be teaching Papermaking Around the World at Sitka Center, August 9 and 10, which is already full and with a waiting list!
Taiwan Site Maps, created during Jane’s Fulbright Research Grant residency project in Taiwan, 2004-05.
Here is a description of the two-day Papermaking Around the World workshop.
In this workshop participants will learn about hand papermaking techniques, equipment and plant fibers used in different countries around the world (Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, China, Thailand, the Philippines, Bali Indonesia, Brazil, Tanzania and Turkey). The instructor will share her experiences as an artist in residence in these countries where she made handmade paper from local plants to create her handmade paper artworks. Participants will use such fibers as lotka from Nepal, kozo from Japan, abaca from the Philippines, palm leaves from Bali and Taiwan and banana leaves from Tanzania. The instructor will share images, sample books, fibers and equipment used around the world. Participants will learn to use Asian, Japanese, Nepalese and Western techniques for sheet forming as well as creative techniques on authentic and improvised equipment to achieve expressive and creative handmade paper art pieces.
No prior papermaking skills required. This workshop is also suitable for experienced papermakers who want to explore new techniques and different fibers from around the world.
This work is from a series of “Guns into Flowers” artworks I started in 2018 after another mass shooting at a school in our country. Enough is Enough, and we need to demand that Congress pass some common sense gun regulations.
Jane Ingram Allen, “Seven Children”, 2018, 12″ x 17″ x 1″, mixed media on artist made handmade paper, thread, acrylic paint and gel, collage
Jane Ingram Allen Art Projects 