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Flight, Fall, and Wind included in "Primavera", Alamo-Danville Artists' Society 40th Annual Exhibition

Flight receives Honorable Mention

Blackhawk Plaza, Danville, CA - 05/06/17 - 05/07/17

Juror: Carolyn Lord

 




Participation in the City of Pittsburg's first Art Trax

Nicole Barton Photography, Pittsburg, CA - 04/20/17

 


                                                                                                                          

Alyssa Casey with paper craft students at Once Upon a Storybook. Photo: Stefanie Daehler 

Book Signing and leading of paper craft activity in relation to Nothando's Journey

Once Upon a Storybook, Tustin, CA - 03/25/17  

 


Detail of illustration for Ed Mason, digital collage of Alyssa's drawings and photographs

Published illustration for the poem Ed Mason by Frederick K. Foote

Music by Rob Meeker

Dime Show Review - March 2017

 


 

Alyssa Casey leading paper craft activity for children ages 1-4. Photo: Megan Cohn 

Book Signing and leading of paper craft activity in relation to Nothando's Journey

Folio Books, San Francisco, CA - 02/05/17 

  


Alyssa Casey at left presenting work in progress

Presented work in progress in the first ONE + TWO Critique

Artists: Alyssa Casey, Hannah Mode, and Laurus Myth

Guest Moderators: Anna Rotty, Tosha Stimage, and Zolfikar Ali Butto

One + One + Two, San Francisco, CA - 02/17/17 

 




Alyssa Casey destroying Trim Inversion. Photo: Amber Hoy

Trim Inversion 

Kala Art Institute's "Couch Challenge"

Debuted at their annual Christmas Party - 12/15/16 - Berkeley, CA 

Forthcoming Kala residency - mid June to mid July 2017

Produced with a generous donation from Flax and Jaquard Art Suppliers 

 


Nothando's Journey awarded:

- a Bronze Medal for Picture Book - All Ages. Moonbeam Spirit Award

- Winner. Children’s Picture Book (0-5 Years). 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

 


   

Detail of work in progress  

Artist-in-Residence at Art Farm, Marquette, Nebraska

10/04/16 - 11/03/16

 


 

Detail of Fire Island little battlements 1-5. Photo: Anna Lise Jensen                                                                                                               

Artist-in-Residence at Fire Island National Seashore, New York

09/18/16 - 10/02/16  

 


 

Alyssa Casey cartwheeling over piece. Photo: Anna Lise Jensen 

Chance Shadows, a collaboration with Tapati Chowdhury

Kulturspinderiet, Varde, Denmark

 


Photo: Anna Lise Jensen

Skin to Skin 

Wadden Tide Festival 2016, Blåvandshuk, Denmark - 09/01/16 - 10/02/16

Curated by Anne Mette Laursen

 




Estocástico - show of handmade paper work produced in collaboration with the Boneca de Ataúro

Fundação Oriente, Dili, Timor-leste - 07/13/16 - 08/13/16

Graphic design and detail photo by David Palazon

 


 



Show of "round robin" collaborative artworks produced by subset salon

Wolfman Books, Oakland, CA - 06/03/16 - 07/02/16

 


Artist-in-residence at the Boneca de Ataúro, Timor-leste 

05/21/16 - 08/14/16 

Please click here to see more info on my blog

 


Fall, Wind, and Sunday Afternoon included in 2016 Spring Obsession Open Division

Ironstone Winery, Murphy's, CA - 03/19/16 - 05/08/16

Pop-Up display booth and papermaking workshop - 03/19/16 - 03/20/16

 


Let go (per teresa a roma) included in Devotion/Destruction: Craft Inheritance

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY - 01/17/16 - 03/27/16

curated by Rebecca Pristoop

Link to exhibition brochure

Press by Jeannine Bardo and Etta Sandry

"Disruption in Devotion/Destruction" - A performance by Alexandra Ben-Abba, followed by Curator/Artists Tour with Rebecca Pristoop, Alexandra Ben-Abba, Alyssa Casey, and Crystal Gregory - 01/31/16

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

Alyssa Casey working on Liberty Basketball. Photo: John Casey

Balfour Packing Shed and Liberty Basketball

Commission to paint two utility boxes from the City of Brentwood

Located at Balfour and Fairview and Sunset and Garin Parkway

Reception at Brentwood City Hall - 11/18/15, 6:30-7pm

Press by Paula King, Amy Schrader, and Linnea Jessup

  


Participation in Holiday Craft Fairs at: 

Wolfman Books - 12/10/15, 5-9pm

San Francisco Center for the Book - 11/21/15, 10am-5pm

 


(left to right) Alyssa Casey, Kathryn Emily Travis, Bauer McClave. Photo: Rob Mertens

Presentation of the paper,

"Filling the “less” of Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki:

Alienation, Signification, and Positive Identity Formation through Kristian Kahn’s Asexual-as-Artist Archetype"

National Womens Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, WI - 11/15/15, 9:30am 

 




Hold included in the exhibition/auction, Collect!

Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA - 09/29/15

 


APC Sunset in progress

Painted APC Sunset, Ploughshares Welcome, and Powering the Grid

during the "Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Paintout"

I chose to paint at the Ploughshares Nursery part of the Alameda Point Collaborative

On view 08/07/15 - 09/26/15 at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda 

  




Inge-Lise Møller in front of Vandmolekyle at Ruth's Garden

Residency in Fjellerup, Denmark, Part 3

part of Fjellerup i Bund & Grund by Anna Lise Jensen

Vandmolekyle opening at Ruth's Garden - 06/28/15

 




Megan and David Cohn in front of Bay Colors. Photo: Jody Dell'Immagine Casey

Bay Colors, a collaboration with Rosella Morales

901 Market St, San Francisco, CA - 05/07/15 - 07/26/15

Closing reception on 5th between Market and Stevenson St. - 07/24/15, 5pm

part of the series Project°901

presented by 42°arts agency in partnership with Hudson Pacific Properties






Flight included in Fresh Works V

receives one of six Merit Awards

Harrington Gallery - Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA - 05/02/15 - 06/06/15

juror: Philip Linhares, formerly chief curator of the Oakland Museum

 


 

Photo: Barbara Stanton

Pink and Untitled 1 included in The Essential Nude

Bothwell Art Center, Livermore, CA - 04/23/15 - 04/26/15

Beeswax on paper demonstration - 04/25/15

 


Alyssa with her grandmother, Rita Dell'Immagine

California-Alentejo included in "Roads to Oakley"

Oakley City Hall, Oakley, CA - 04/18/15 - 04/28/15

 




Photo: Jeannine Bardo

Drawing Specimen 9, Exhale in the Garden, and An Invitation 

included in Pop Up Paper Show

Reich Paper, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY - 03/27/15

sponsored by Stand Project

curated by Jeannine Bardo

 




Horse (2006), Handmade oil paint and gesso, and my grandmother's linen thread on linen; 4 x 3.5 in

Horse and Hold included in the exhibition, From the Heart

Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA - 01/31/15 - 03/01/15

 


Photo: Anna Lise Jensen

Residency in Fjellerup, Denmark, Part 2                             

part of Fjellerup i Bund & Grund by Anna Lise Jensen 

Restoration and wall painting with hand painted signage

for Summer PopUp at Strandkroen - 07/12/14

 




Photo: Mitsu Hadeishi. (Julia Whitney Barnes, Monica Carrier, Alyssa Casey, Anna Lise Jensen, and Jo Q. Nelson)

Presentation of Anna Lise Jensen's

Fjellerup i Bund & Grund with Anna Lise Jensen,

Julia Whitney Barnes, Monica Carrier, and Jo Q. Nelson                                                             

Open Engagement - Queens Museum, NY - 05/17/14     

 




They are both in a tale included in a Synthetic Zero Event                                       

BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY - 03/05/14 - 03/15/14           

curated by Mitsu Hadeishi

 


                                                                                                                                     Photo: Anna Lise Jensen

Residency in Fjellerup, Denmark, Part 1                              

part of Fjellerup i Bund & Grund by Anna Lise Jensen      

Collage workshop - 01/18/14                                                                                                                                             

Wall drawing and seaweed paper installation for                                                                                                         

Winter PopUp at Strandkroen - 01/25/14                                                                                                                   

please click here for more information and photos.

 


California - Alentejo included in the exhibition, De-Tour                                                                                             
Local Project, Long Island City, NY - 05/04/13 - 05/18/13 
curated by Elisa Clark 

Photo: Anna Lise Jensen
Pour, Vessel, and Hold included in a Synthetic Zero Event     
BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY - 11/16/12 - 11/30/12 
co-curated by Jo Q. Nelson and Mitsu Hadeishi 


Llibre included in the VII Biennal d'Art Riudebitlles, Obra sobre Paper
receives Honorable Mention
Sant Pere de Riudebitlles, near Barcelona - 10/26/12 - 12/6/12
Llibre was completed during a residency at Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades.
The neighboring town of Sant Pere de Riudebitlles has its own rich papermaking tradition.


Exhale in the Garden included in
"Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 5 - The Resistance to Change"
Eyelevel gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 3/1/12 - 3/31/12 

Alyssa with participants of Salon Salon in the 104th St. community garden                                                                                                                            
Photo: Anna Lise Jensen
Salon Salon
Three Dimez and a Quarter Salon, New York, NY - 12/12/11
Installation of handmade paper from community garden plants and papermaking demonstration 
click here for video

part of Anna Lise Jensen's A Lot (of Possibilities)

 

 

Handmade Hosta paper

Handmade paper fundraiser for community garden    

Handmade paper made with Iris and Hosta from Plaza Lafayette, a NYC Parks Department garden in Washington heights.

Paper to be used for a fundraiser to benefit the site.

Plaza Lafayette is located on W. 181st Street between Riverside Dr. and Haven Ave.


 

 



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