Jane Ingram Allen, “Poppies in the Sky”, 2019

My artwork “Poppies in the Sky” is featured in FEMINA 24, a group exhibition of 15 selected regional female artists at Sofie Contemporary Arts, Calistoga, CA, https://gallery.sofiegallery.com.  The show opened on Nov. 7, 2024, and continues to Feb. 14, 2025. Sofie Contemporary Art is open on Calistoga’s main street from Thurs. – Sun. 11 am to 4 pm.  I am also happy to report that one of my works in the exhibition, “Poppies in the Sky”, has been purchased by a collector from Virginia visiting in the Calistoga area.

Jane Ingram Allen, “Pepperwood Leaves, 2022 installation

“Pepperwood Leaves – a Re-installation” is now on exhibition at Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA. My art installation is part of the group exhibition titled “The Majesty of Trees” curated by Ben Benson, Pepperwood’s Cultural Resources Coordinator, and the show will extend into January 2025.  My “Pepperwood Leaves” installation consists of multiple handmade paper Pepperwood tree (California Bay Laurel) leaves in shades of orange and purple with seeds for native grasses in the pulp.  This work celebrates the Pepperwood Tree that the Preserve is named after. This work was originally created in Fall 2023 as part of my Creative Sonoma, Art Surround grant project. This re-installation of the work is just outside the gallery entrance on the 2^nd floor of the Dwight Center for Environmental Science, located at 2130 Pepperwood Preserve Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.  For an appointment to see the art gallery, email:  iluevano@pepperwoodpreserve.org  There will be educational programs and talks by the artists later in November and December. 

For more information about the Pepperwood Preserve art program and this exhibition: https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/project/the-majesty-of-trees/

“Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve”, 2022-23

“Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve” in WEAD online exhibition “Lands and Symbiotic Futures”.  My outdoor installation “Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve” was selected for the online curated exhibition of WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialog) www.weadartists.org.  The exhibition is available for online viewing and runs from Oct. 2, 2024 into 2025.  My artwork “Living Leaf for Pepperwood Preserve” was also part of my Creative Sonoma Art Surround grant project at Pepperwood Preserve in Fall 2023, and was on view through January 2023 on the grounds in front of the Dwight Center at Pepperwood Preserve.  The work was a transformative piece with seeds for native grasses in the paper pulp that sprouted over time to produce an 8’ x 10’ living Pepperwood tree shaped leaf in the landscape.  This WEAD online exhibition titled “Lands and Symbiotic Futures” Is available for viewing at this link: https://www.weadartists.org/exhibitions

Zoom talks by some of the artists in the exhibition are scheduled for Nov. and Dec.  2024.  Visit the WEAD website for more information about the exhibition and the Artist Talks: https://www.weadartists.org/artistspresentations

Jane ingram Allen, “Legal Pad with Grocery List”, 1975

My work is added to the collection of the Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA. 

A curator from the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento, CA, recently visited my studio in Santa Rosa, CA, to see my work in person.  The curator was especially interested in my early feminist works in weaving and fiber arts from the 1970s when I lived in the South Bay and taught weaving and fiber arts at Foothill College and Canada College.  I also showed the Crocker Curator my later and current works in handmade paper that still make use of many fiber materials and techniques.  My work from 1975 “Legal Pad with Grocery List” is now part of the Crocker’s collection and will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Crocker about feminist works from the 1970s.  

“Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, ”In Deep Water – Taiwan”, 2022-24

 “In Deep Water” with collaborator Jami Taback will be exhibited in NY State in Summer 2025.  Our “In Deep Water” installation artwork with handmade paper and printmaking will be exhibited at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY, June 28 2025 to August 3, 2025.   I am hoping to travel to Hawley, PA, where Jami moved in March 2024, to visit her and help with the site installation in nearby Narrowsburg, NY, and also participate in some public programs for this exhibition.  We were honored to be selected by the DVAA for this important slot in their 2025 exhibition schedule, since this is a time when many visitors come to the beautiful area along the Delaware River for the community’s annual Riverfest.  For more information see the website at https://delawarevalleyartsalliance.org

Jane Ingram Allen, Fire & Water 5, Burning Forest, 2024

My new Series “Fire and Water” continues.  My handmade paper series of works in 2024 using handmade paper, stencils, dye, burning and hole making continues with another piece that features burned tree trunks and orange and smoky blue handmade paper.  This work, #5 in the series, is about 4 feet square and hangs suspended in space to experience the holes and the translucent kozo fiber handmade paper.  

Jane Ingram Allen, Handmade Paper Sculptures – Bird Watching in Japan, 1999

New Papermaking Art Classes to be announced in 2025.  The Fall 2024 papermaking classes I taught at my Santa Rosa, CA, studio will be ending for the year with the Nov. 2 class in Sculptural Papermaking.  Watch for my next email in early 2025 with a Schedule of Spring 2025 classes in hand papermaking. 

All photos are by Timothy S. Allen, https://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com