Jane Ingram Allen was selected for the fellowship award Artist-in-Residency this year at Pond Farm Pottery, Guerneville, CA. Jane has been an artist in residence at Pond Farm, just outside Armstrong Woods, in the Austin Creek State Parks Recreation Area, from August 8 – August 28, 2026. Jane has been creating new works and experimenting with some new techniques in her hand papermaking art inspired by the trees and beautiful nature surrounding the Pond Farm Pottery as well as its rich heritage and history. Pond Farm is the home and studio of Bauhaus-trained potter Marguerite Wildenhain and now on the national historic register. For more information about Pond Farm Pottery see the website at https://pondfarmpottery.org
Here is a photo from my residency at Pond Farm taken by one of the Park staff. This image shows some of my process and experiments with paper casting. I also tried cyanotype on handmade paper and other things during my time at Pond Farm, and I will be posting more images soon on this site.
Jane putting her handmade paper to dry on the trunk of a large coastal live oak tree growing near the deck of the Pond Farm guest house where she has set up a temporary papermaking studio. When the paper dries it will be removed capturing the wonderful bark texture, pattern and color from the living tree…which will be transformed into a sculptural work. In the background you can see the Pond Farm barn studio.
These images were all taken by a volunteer at the Festival and show some public participants working on making their own “house” for the installation and adding to the community public art installation in the back garden area at NY2CA Gallery, 617 First Street, Benicia, CA. The over 100 “houses” each about 4 x 4 x 6 inches were created using wire mesh joined with copper wires and then dipped into different colors of paper pulp made from cotton, abaca and recycled plant fibers. The wet “houses” were then decorated with various natural and recycled materials such as flower petals, leaves, bits of fabric, paper, thread and other found materials. The “houses” were placed in the public art installation to dry and picked up later by participants. The installation will remain on view (at least some of the houses that have not been picked up yet) until the close of Jane Ingram Allen’s exhibition “The Work of Earth and Hand”, ending June 21, 2026. Contact NY2CA Gallery
https://ny2cagallery.com for more information. Jane Ingram Allen may be contacted at info@janeingramallen.com or through a comment on this site. Thanks to the 15 volunteers from around the area who came to help for this day long public art activity. All were experienced teachers and papermakers!
The Opening Reception for Jane’s solo exhibition at NY2CA Gallery last Saturday was a wonderful evening of art, music, food and conversation at NY2CA Gallery, 617 First Street, Benicia, CA. Jane gave a Gallery Talk responding to questions about her works from gallery director Vickie Marchand. Many people attended and also enjoyed live music by local musicians and great food in the gallery’s back patio area. Jane’s work remains on view in the gallery till June 21, and the NY2CA Gallery is open Thursday through Sundays, Noon to 5 pm. Jane will be there in Benicia at the gallery again on June 6 for the Benicia Arts Festival day to conduct a public art activity at the gallery. The public is invited to make a “house” for a public art installation of over 100 handmade paper and wire mesh “houses” in the patio and garden area behind NY2CA Gallery.
See the gallery’s website at https://ny2cagallery.com for information about the exhibition and the Benicia Arts Festival.
Here are some photos of the gallery reception on Saturday, May 16, 2026, for Jane’s exhibition taken by Timothy S. Allen:
Site Botanical – Banana, 2006, Handmade paper from Taiwan banana leaves, collage with real banana leaves, acrylic paint and gel, digital photo of banana display in local market by Timothy S. Allen, 72 x 25 inches, two sided suspended work.
Jane will also be at NY2CA Gallery in Benicia for the Benicia Arts Festival on Saturday, June 6, 2026, to conduct a public participatory art activity to make over 100 handmade paper “houses” for an outdoor public art installation in the area behind the gallery. People are invited to come make their own handmade paper “house” during the public activity from 11 am – 4 pm on June 6.
Jane’s 1998 installation of 200 handmade paper birds on a barn in New York State. There will be a “Bird Watching in Benicia” installation of flying and standing “birds” in NY2CA Gallery’s storefront window area as part of Jane’s 2026 exhibition, “The Work of Earth and Hand”, May 14 – June 21, 2026.“House” example for public art installation “Houses – Building Community” at NY2CA Gallery, Benicia, public participation activity on June 6, 11-4 pm“Chiayi Houses”, 2005, mixed media installation of hundreds of handmade paper and wire mesh “houses” for public art installation for Chiayi Lantern Festival, sited on unused railway platform in downtown Chaiyi City, Taiwan, each “house 6″ x 4″ x 4”, handmade paper pulp, wire hardware cloth, wire, tea candles.
Jane Ingram Allen, a Fulbright Scholar artist in Taiwan in 2003-04 and 2005-05, announces that the Tainan Art Museum in Tainan, Taiwan, now has 34 of her handmade paper mixed media artworks in their permanent collection. The works were created by Allen during her two years on the Fulbright grant working in 14 different communities all over Taiwan. The Tainan Art Museum will keep the works in their archival storage and have them available for research and exhibitions. Allen hopes that the Tainan Art Museum will have an exhibition of her “Made in Taiwan” works in 2027.
These works are part of an ongoing series of map-based works that Allen calls “site maps.” The “site maps” are a record of her experience of a particular place and time and are made entirely from materials collected in that place. They are based on tourist maps, road maps, historical maps, geological maps and cultural resources that depict the particular characteristics of a place, as well as her personal experience of a place. Each “site map” is made up of multiple sheets of natural plant fiber handmade paper Allen made from local plants and joined with natural fiber string so that the constructions will fold up like maps. These are mixed-media works that use acrylic painting, drawing, collage and other techniques. They are two-sided and hang in space so that viewers can travel around them and look through them to get another view of that particular place.
Collaborating Artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback will present the 6th exhibition of their “In Deep Water” project at Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY, June 28 – August 3, 2025.
Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback began this work together in 2020 to express their concern about the growing environmental crisis relating to climate change and water, the most essential element for life. “In Deep Water” has been presented at 3 different venues in Northern California and one in New Jersey and also in Taiwan, with new versions and more panels added at each place to make it site specific The “In Deep Water – Confluence” art installation will consist of 27 panels of handmade paper and printmaking with controlled burning that are joined by threads and suspended in space to surround the viewer in a blue watery world where rivers come together, symbolically representing the hope that the world can all come together to preserve the environment and deal with climate change. The presentation in Narrowsburg, NY, will be designed for the DVAA gallery located in the downtown area along the banks of the Delaware River, and the exhibition is happening at the same time as the community’s annual Riverfest celebration of the Delaware River.
Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, “In Deep Water – Rising”, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, 2022Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, “In Deep Water – We’re in This Together – Taiwan”, 2023-24Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback installing “In Deep Water” at Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, in January 2022.
My exhibition of 80+ handmade paper artworks created in Santa Rosa and at artist residencies around the world are on view at Spring Lake Village Art Gallery, 5555 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, CA, till May 30, 2025. The show is open every day for viewing, and visitors should contact Spring Lake Village Art Committee Member, Les Saldanha, saldanhales@hotmail.com or cell phone 707-367-1874.
The opening reception is Saturday, April 12, 3:45 to 5PM with an Artist Talk in the Auditorium and reception in the Art Room immediately following.
Here are some photos of the exhibition at Spring Lake Village taken by my husband Timothy S. Allen.
My Solo Exhibition in Santa Rosa, CA, continues through April 30, 2025, and a new date has been set for the Artist Lecture and Opening Reception.
Jane Ingram Allen – Handmade Paper Art
March 3 – MAY 30, 2025 (THIS EXHIBITION IS NOW EXTENDED TILL MAY 30, 2025)
Spring Lake Village Art Gallery
5555 Montgomery Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95409
Opening Reception & Artist Lecture:
New Date, Saturday April 12, 3:45 – 5 pm
This solo exhibition is a survey of selected works I created with my handmade paper over the past 25 years. It includes works from my travels as an artist to many different countries and parts of the US as well as works made since moving to California in 2012 to the present.
One of 80+ handmade paper artworks in this exhibition, Fire and Water 6, 36 x 24 inches, handmade kozo and abaca paper, dye, thread, acrylic gel, holes and controlled burning, made in Santa Rosa, CA, 2025.
Hope to see you at the Reception on April 12, 2025! Or, contact me at info@janeingramallen.com or by cell phone: 857-234-2432 to view the exhibition at another time before it closes on April 30, 2025.
Spring 2025 Papermaking Art Classes in Santa Rosa, CA, are all Full!
Contact me at info@janeingramallen.com if you want to receive my Fall 2025 Schedule of Papermaking Classes at my studio in Santa Rosa, CA.
Workshop Participant making paper with Kozo fibers.
Exhibition Announcement:
Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, In Deep Water – Confluenc
Opening reception and Gallery Talk: June 28, 4-6pm
This exhibition will be the 2nd exhibition on the East Coast of our “In Deep Water” project about water and climate change. This collaborative project with printmaking artist Jami Taback began in 2020 and has also been presented at 3 venues in Northern California and in Taiwan. The presentation in Narrowsburg is happening at the same time as the community’s annual Riverfest that celebrates the Delaware River. For more information: https://delawarevalleyartsalliance.org/exhibition/jane-ingram-allen-jami-taback-in-deep-water/?back=ago
Jane Ingram Allen & Jami Taback, In Deep Water – Taiwan, installation of 36 panels of handmade paper and printmaking joined with threads, Live Forever Foundation Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan, 2023-24
The WEAD (Women Eco-Artists Dialog www.weadartists.org) juried online member exhibition “Lands and Symbiotic Futures” has concluded.
I had one work selected for this online exhibition, “Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve”, an outdoor installation consisting of a large handmade paper leaf in the shape of a Pepperwood tree leaf with seeds for native grasses in the pulp to grow over time in symbiotic relationship with the land.
Jane Ingram Allen, Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve, 3 x 10 x 1 feet, handmade paper, dye, soil, seeds for native grasses, wood boards, 2023-24, installed at Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA
Spring Lake Village’s Covid 19 outbreak is almost over, and the reception and artist’s talk for Jane’s exhibition has now been re-scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2025.
You are invited to the reception for the exhibition “Jane Ingram Allen – Handmade Paper Art” at Spring Lake Village Art Gallery, 5555 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409. The new date for the reception and Artist’s Talk is Saturday, April 11, 2025. The Gallery Talk will begin in the Auditorium at 3:45 pm, and the reception will follow in the Art Room.
Visitors who want to attend should contact Jane (857)234-2432, email: info@janeingramallen.com or the Art Committee Contact Les Saldanha (318) 557-1434, email: saldanhales@hotmail.com
The exhibition continues through April 30, 2025, and tours can be set up for any day of the week or on Saturdays or Sundays. Visitors should stop at the gate for instructions on parking and how to get to the art gallery.
This image shows one of more than 80 works in the exhibition that Jane has created from 2000-2025.
Jane Ingram Allen, Bali Site Map, 45″ x 78 inches, handmade paper from plants of Bali, threads, acrylic paint and collage with materials from Bali, Indonesia, made at Bali Purnati Center for the Arts, Bali, in 2009.
Gallery Hours: M-F, 8:30 am – 7:30 pm, Sat. & Sun. 8:30 am – 3 pm
Visitors should contact Jane or the Art Committee Contact below to schedule a visit or a Gallery Tour. Please stop at the gate for parking pass and directions to the art gallery when you arrive.
Art Committee Contact: Les Saldanha, Cell phone (318) 557-1434, email: saldanhales@hotmail.com
Opening Reception and Artist Lecture for Spring Lake Community Residents and Special Guests
Saturday, March 8, 3:45 – 5 pm. Opening and Artist Talk POSTPONED because of COVID Outbreak at Spring Lake Village in Santa Rosa, announced on March 4, 2025!
Lecture 3:45 pm in Auditorium; Reception in Art Room immediately following.
Jane Ingram Allen, Kinmen Site Map – Blue Butterfly, 48 x 75 inches, two-sided, handmade paper from plants of Kinmen, thread, acrylic paint and gel, other materials collected on Kinmen, made in Kinmen, Taiwan, 2005
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