The installation titled “In Deep Water – We’re in This Together” opens Dec. 2, 2023 at Live Forever Foundation Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan. https://www.live-forever.com.tw/foundation-news-content.php?page=1&index_id=75 The installation of handmade paper and printmaking by Santa Rosa, California, artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, consists of 36 panels presented as a site-specific installation in the magnificent gallery space at Live Forever Foundation Gallery and aims to initiate some international dialogue about our global climate crisis and its effects on the water situation in countries around the world. Taiwan and California have different problems with water, too little most of the time in California and too much sometimes in Taiwan. Everywhere we are experiencing rising waters and temperatures, increased I’ve severity of storms and other effects of climate change. The installation is part of the exhibition “Water Says” curated by Taiwanese curator Iris Hung. Jane and Jami and their husbands are in Taiwan for 10 days to do the site-specific installation and attend the opening reception, present public programs and a hands-on workshop in papermaking and printmaking related to the environment and water. Thanks to the Live Forever Foundation for their support and enthusiasm for environmental art and how it can contribute to raising public awareness around the world about our current global environmental crisis. Here are a few photos of our “In Deep Water” installation in Taiwan. The Foundation also engaged a Taiwanese modern dancer to create a performance with our installation!
Taiwanese Dancer performing for the opening reception of “Water Says” exhibition and interacting with the “In Deep Water” installation by artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback.Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback speaking with journalists about their “In Deep Water” installation at Live Forever Foundation Gallery in Taichung, Taiwan, on Nov. 30, 2023. “In Deep Water – We’re in This Together” view of one side of the installation by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, at Live Forever Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan.
More photos will be posted on this Blog and other sites soon. All photos are by Jane’s husband Timothy S. Allen.
The collaborative art project of Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback opens Saturday, Dec. 2, 3-5 pm at Live Forever Foundation Vital Space Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan. The site-specific installation about water and climate change is on display until March 2, 2024, at the gallery in Taichung. The installation in Taiwan is part of the exhibition titled “Water Says” curated by Iris Hung, and also featuring work by two Taiwanese artists about water and the environment. The two artists from Santa Rosa, CA will be in Taiwan until Dec. 5, when they return to CA. Jane and Jami and their husbands Tim and Steve are enjoying touring around Taiwan and meeting interesting people, eating great food and sharing their art. Here are a few photos of “In Deep Water” being installed at Live Forever Foundation in Taichung. The photos are by Timothy S. Allen. Follow this link for more info about the Live Forever Foundation: https://www.live-forever.com.tw/foundation.php
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.
“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.
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.
EXTREME Hand Papermaking! – Saturday, April 23, 10AM to 4PM
Workshop Fee: $150 – Includes all materials and use of equipment. Send check to Jane Ingram Allen, 5017 Maiden Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 or pay with a credit card using Paypal to info@janeingramallen.com
Due to so many wanting to take the March 19 workshop, I decided to offer it again in April! Join me in my Santa Rosa studio for some indoor and outdoor EXTREME and Experimental Papermaking using a variety of pulps such as kozo (paper mulberry bark), cotton blue jeans, sisal, flax and abaca as well as at least one plant fiber gathered locally.
We will do such things as make really big paper using pouring methods, make really thin but strong paper using Japanese techniques, make thick sculptural cast paper, burn handmade paper using a flame retardant, make holes, tear and shred paper, make paper that moves and produces sounds and blend some strange and exotic pulps for special effects. Come prepared for some extreme experimental papermaking to produce unique handmade paper for artwork of all kinds. This workshop is suited for beginning and experienced papermakers and promises to challenge you to stretch and expand your ideas about papermaking.
Class size is limited to 4 people, and all must be vaccinated. All Covid protocols in effect will be followed.
Controlled Burning of Handmade PaperMaking BIG paper in Tanzania, at WHAT residency, Arusha
The installation of “In Deep Water” in the beautiful gallery space at Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, is now open for viewing. “In Deep Water” is a collaborative art project by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback focused on water and the climate crisis. The artwork will be on exhibition at Sonoma Community center Gallery until Jan. 30, 2022, Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm, and visitors can go see it without an appointment if they come in groups of no more than 4 people, wear masks, maintain social distancing and have proof of vaccination with them. Email Jane at info@janeingramallen if you would like to have a tour of the gallery with the artists.
You are also invited to a Zoom program next Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2pm Pacific Time for demonstrations of papermaking and printmaking to learn more about how this work was made and see the processes used in its creation. Go to this webpage for a direct link to this Saturday’s Zoom Program: https://sonomacommunitycenter.org/in-deep-water-endangered/
Thanks again to Jill Valavanis, Fine Arts Manager at Sonoma Community Center for all her help with this exhibition. The Sonoma Community Center exhibition of “In Deep Water” is supported in part by an Emergency Grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
“In Deep Water” from right side.In Deep Water from left side. In Deep Water with Jane walking behind it.Detail of In Deep Water showing light coming through the workDetail of In Deep Water showing some of the panels attached to the floor platforms.Detail of In Deep Water from the other side.In Deep Water (view of whole installation) This installation at Sonoma Community Center is approx. 14 feet high, 24 feet wide and 8 feet deep, and this work can be installed in many different ways in different spaces.
These photographs of the installation “In Deep Water” by artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback were taken by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com). Check here for more photos of the demonstration session that will be posted after next Saturday’s Zoom program.
“In Deep Water” a collaborative art installation about water and our climate crisis, utilizing printmaking and papermaking by artists Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback is now on view at Sonoma Community Center Gallery, Sonoma, California, for scheduled private tours with the artists. Contact Jane by email at info@janeingramallen.com to set up a time to view the work in person before it closes on January 29, 2022.
for updated information and the links to the Zoom meetings and recorded programs.
The Sonoma Community Center exhibition of the “In Deep Water” project by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback is supported in part by an Emergency Grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. The whole installation measures about 24 feet wide, 16 feet high and 8 feet deep, and it is made up of 12 panels, each about 2 feet wide and 14 feet long of handmade paper with printmaking on the papers joined by natural threads so it all folds up for easy transportation, and it can be very different at each place where it is installed. Jane and Jami plan to continue adding to this project and exhibiting it around the world. You can walk behind this installation and view the work from the other side too! This photo shows the completed installation of “In Deep Water” at Sonoma Community Center Gallery. Photo is by Timothy S. Allen, https://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com
Other photos of the installation will also be posted on this Blog in a few days.
Introduction to Papermaking workshop on Saturday, Oct. 2, 10AM to 4pm. This class was a great group, and here is a photo from the outdoor papermaking workshop. I will offer more papermaking classes at my Santa Rosa studio in the Fall and Winter. Send email if you want information about future papermaking workshops.
Fall 2021 Exhibitions
Gallery Route One Project Space, “WEAD Extraction Exhibition”, Point Reyes Station, CA, opened Sept. 18 and continues to Oct. 24, 2021, The virtual opening via Zoom was on Sept. 18, and another Zoom program with artists talks about the exhibition was on Sept. 30. For information about this exhibition see www.galleryrouteone.org and www.weadartistslorg
Point Reyes Waterways, 9 feet x 6 feet wall installation
I will also make a presentation for local high school students through the Gallery Route One Artists in Schools Program, about my work in the ”Extraction” show and its relationship to extraction water issues and the environment.
Change – 2021 International Paper Fibre Biennale, Taiwan Crafts Research Institute, Exhibition Hall, Caotun, Nantou County, Taiwan, opens November 2021 and closes April 2022. My work in this exhibition is an interactive sculptural work of handmade paper titled “Scrolls” created during the first 99 days of quarantine in California for the Covid 19 pandemic. For information about this exhibition in Taiwan: https://biennialartpaperfibre.com/2020/09/24/2021-22-edition-of-the-paper-fibre-art-biennial/
Daily Scrolls, 2020, handmade paper and recycled wire grid, 14″ x 14″ x 4″
“Living Quilt for Nestucca”, Nestucca Valley K-8 School, Otis, Oregon, public eco-art installation, created as a visiting artist with the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Summer Youth Program. This handmade paper quilt with seeds in the pulp to grow and bloom is sited in the school’s garden and will continue to change over time. Watch for postings in the Spring when wildflowers begin to bloom. Here is the Sitka Center website for more information about the summer youth
“Living Quilt for Steckborn”, on the shore of Lake Constance in Steckborn, Switzerland, created in April 2021, in cooperation with Haus zur Glocke Art Center, Steckborn, Switzerland, www.hauszurglocke.ch
Living Quilt for Steckborn, installed in April 2021 in Steckborn, SwitzerlandLiving Quilt for Steckborn in September 2021, showing blooming wildflowers
“Living Quilt for Sojourner Truth”, Sojourner Truth Park and Community Garden, Sacramento, CA, created as an Artist in Residence for the City of Sacramento Office of Arts & Culture, installed in November 2020 and continuing to change over time. Here is a link for information about the City of Sacramento program: https://arts.cityofsacramento.org/Programs/Sacramento-AIR
Living Quilt for Sojourner Truth installed in Nov. 2020Living Quilt for Sojourner Truth, Sacramento, CA, in June 2021
“Living Quilt for Santa Rosa”, Rincon Ridge Park, Santa Rosa, CA, created in Nov. 2018 with grant from City of Santa Rosa, and continuing to change over time.
“Guns Into Flowers”, South Natomas Community Center Park, Sacramento, CA, created in March 2019 with students at Natomas Charter School of the Arts, and continuing to change over time.Guns Into Flowers living quilt in June 2021Making Blue handmade paper in my Santa Rosa studio for “In Deep Water” project, Oct. 2021
Upcoming Art Project , “In Deep Water”, a collaborative ecoart project with printmaker Jami Taback. This project will explore combining papermaking and printmaking to create a multi-part large scale installation focused on the climate crisis and water. Jami and I are seeking grants and exhibition spaces for exhibitions of the work created during this collaboration and hope to travel the work internationally in 2022 and 2023. Follow my Blog at https://janeingramallen.wordpress.com for updates and other art activities.
Jane Ingram Allen Art Projects 