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Lisa Sheets
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Artist, Doll Collector, Aspiring Art Book Maker
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Two of my artworks are included in:

“Unprecedented: The Inaugural Postmark Biennial,”

An exhibit curated by Ellen Ito and Jabari Owens-Bailey, at Auburn’s Postmark Center for the Arts & White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA July – October 2025!

121 artists applied, 18 accepted in this exhibit.
July 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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So pleased to have one of my collages in this invitational group exhibit: Re-Bop!, at Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL. July- Aug 2025
Re-Bop! Group Show Featuring 56 artists in collaboration with Cut Me Up Magazine. Beverly Arts Center, 2407 West 111th St, Chicago, IL, 60655. Opening July 11, 2025 Nostalgia Distrupted, collage by Lisa Sheets, 2025. Bright red, blue abstract background with remnants of a worn/ distressed US flag in background, overplayed with 2 vintage sewing pattern pieces. Cut Me Up Beverly Arts Center The Beverly Area Arts Alliance Contents page from Re-Bop catalog showing the names of all artists included in the show
July 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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I am participating in this public art display:

The first-ever Art in Nature Walk is an outdoor art show located along King County’s Snoqualmie Valley Trail between Entwistle Street and the Tolt River in Carnation, WA. The art walk runs from July 2 to September 1, 2025.

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Art in Nature Walk. July 2 - Sept 1, 2025. King County's Snoqualmie Valley Trail Between Entwistle Street And The Tolt River In Carnation WA. Collage and paint on oval shaped cedar round by Lisa Sheets. Vintage photo of 2 women working on sharpening an axe. Sunflowers in the foreground. Yellow, green and blue radiating petals in background.
June 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Two of my artworks: “Unprecedented Hope” and “Semblance of Normalcy” have been selected for:

“Unprecedented: The Inaugural Postmark Biennial,”

a curated exhibition at Auburn’s Postmark Center for the Arts and White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA, this July – October 2025!
Collage on wood panel titled Unprecedented Hope by Lisa Sheets. Includes vintage images of two women posing in two matching illuminated manuscript windows, one of them has a dandelion halo. In the foreground are four vintage women running wearing gas masks, and an antique photo of a woman paddling a canoe with a small covid virus as a halo around her head. Collage on wood panel by Lisa Sheets titled "Semblance of Normalcy". In the center is a vintage woman with a push lawn mower, she has green butterfly wings and a green and red covid virus Halo behind her head. On either side of her are two matching antique photos of a woman paddling a canoe each of them has a small red and white covid virus as a halo around their heads. In the foreground left there are three antique men in suits whose arms are linked together and they are facing away from the camera. On the right is a photo of three individuals from the 1918 pandemic wearing masks and holding a sign that says "wear a mask or go to jail"
June 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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May 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Blossoming, mixed media collage by Lisa Sheets, has been accepted into the regional juried show this summer:
The 2025 Northwest Biennial Exhibit in Roseburg, OR.

#feministart
#lesbianart
#nwcollagesociety
#pnwcollagecollective
Vertically oriented rectangular collage featuring window blinds in the foreground with a person opening them to look through, several vintage roller coasters and behind it several views of vintage women holding and kissing each other with yellow orchid flowers around them.
May 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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My work "Stop" will be included in this national juried show "And Still It Remains: A Long COVID Exhibition", at Artworks Center for Contemporary Art in Loveland, CO

#covidart
#longcovid
#pandemicart
Framed collage. Picture shows several roller coasters in the foreground with covid virus balls rolling up and down the roller coaster. On either side of the roller coaster are small vintage women wearing dresses who are ducking out of the way in fear. In the black sky above are large gray letters spelling s t o p Poster for exhibit is bright red with white lettering: Open Call: And Still It Remains: A Long COVID Exhibition. Artworks Center for contemporary Art. artworksloveland.org Deadline 4/ 11 / 2025 Exhibition dates May 9th- June 28th, 2025. On left side are pictures of covid vaccine bottles with the words "injection only"
April 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Hey! This just happened! My mixed media collage "Portrait of Marie Curie" in the recent issue of Calyx Journal!

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#calyx
A photo of two copies of the journal Calyx, a journal of art and literature by women. One copy is open to the page that shows my collage which is a portrait of Marie Curie. Orange background with a black and white photo of Marie's face surrounded by yellow and orange orchids and a multicolor geometric pattern overlaying her facial features. The other copy of Calyx shows a picture of the cover which is a black and white photo of a small child eating at a table and staring at the camera
March 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I have several pieces included in the upcoming show "Nostalgia" at The Art at the Cave Gallery in Vancouver, WA. Hope if you're nearby you can check it out, it will be an exhibit chock-full of collage!

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@cave.gallery.vancouver

#pnwcollagecollective
#nwcollagesociety
Two collages picturing vintage women's portraits, an antique couple on the left with pink background and multicolor design overlay, the two women are posed with their heads touching. Portrait on the right is Hedy Lamarr ..a famous inventor and actress from the early 1900s. Both collages have sewing pattern overlay over the top Found object antique box with blue velour outside. Inside our antique photos depicting women in courtship poses. One photo has one woman down on bended knee looking at the other one both with smiles on their faces. The other image has two women sitting closely next to each other on a love seat holding hands, both photos feature sepia tone antique photos with handwritten journal entries behind them Poster for the Nostalgia show. It reads: April 2025 Art at the Cave, in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest collage collective, presents this group show of collage artists exploring the relationship of artists to the past and the power of collage to imagine a future together
March 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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"Steadfast", mixed media collage by Lisa Sheets, 6" x 6" x 1/2", 2023
This collage has vintage roller coasters in the foreground and from the center of them grows a gigantic sunflower. In the background is a dramatic sky with a vibrant rainbow across it.
March 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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"Reaching", mixed media collage by Lisa Sheeets, 10" x 8" x 1", 2022.
Foreground of image is a row of sunflowers blooming. Behind that is a vintage image of women in old fashioned gym dresses playing basketball. They are reaching upwards toward a single sunflower. Blue sky and clouds in the background. Overlay with a semi- transparent vintage sewing pattern sleeve shape.
February 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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"Going Somewhere", mixed media collage on wood panel by Lisa Sheets, 12" x 10" x 2", 2004

#mixedmediacollage
#vintagewomen
#vintagewomeninboats
#sepiatoneportraits
Vintage sepia tone background shows repeated images of the same photo of a young girl with different facial expressions, changing from a smile to a concerned look to a frown. Over the top is an image of 8 women in a row boat all wearing matching uniforms and hats, and above that, 2 bright blue butterflies.
February 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Lavender Leap, mixed media collage by Lisa Sheets, 10" x 24" x 1", 2023
Background shows three panels. 2 of them are vintage women dressed in suits and top hats gazing at each other, the middle panel shows a row of boys Seated on the ground, 2 girls holding hands leaping over the top of them, in the center is a bumblebee floating in the air. In the foreground are bright purple crocus flowers
February 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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This is a really good podcast with lawyer Dahlia Lithwick, who discusses what's happening in the world from the legal perspective.
"Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick"
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Art pictured below: Mixed media collage by Lisa Sheets, 12" x 12" x 1", circa 2017
Collage with red and white floral tapestry background. At top is a vintage image of a woman in a floor length white dress aiming a shotgun. Next to her is a vintage woman in a floor length black dress riding an autoped vintage motor scooter. Both women have bright metallic gold halos. At bottom is a photo of 5 women all wearing hats or head coverings and they are all sewing on a giant american flag. There are large orchids behind them.
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Now might as well be a good time for a doll moment!

This family set of mother, father, & baby dolls (Wee Three) was sold at Woolworths in the 1960s. They are slightly smaller than Barbie dolls. I haven't seen many of these survive as collectibles. A peek into children's toys from 60 years ago!
Original orange & purple box from late 1960s shows a family of Black dolls: a mother holding a baby and a father seated next to her in the window of the box. At the top of the box it says Wee Three, "caution: not recommended for children under 3 years of age". At the bottom lower right hand corner of the box is a sticker identifying it as being sold at Woolworths.
February 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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New work by Lisa Sheets at Studio 606, 606 1st Street, Snohomish, WA
Three shelves with small collage Works displayed including blank greeting cards and small shadow boxes by Lisa Sheets Photo showing the storefront of Studio 606 in snohomish. Front of the gallery as large glass windows with a small flower box in front of the window. The sign in the window says open. Through the window you can see shelves with pottery and lamps and jewelry displayed
January 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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"On January 24, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order rescinding Executive Order (EO) 14075, Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals, signed by President Biden on June 15, 2022."

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Portrait of Couple by Lisa Sheets | Meloy Gallery
mixed media on panel10" x 8"
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January 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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"Hurdles", mixed media collage on watercolor paper by Lisa Sheets, 10" x 15", 2022

#womenathletes
#womenrunning
#feministart
January 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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"Hero: Ida B. Wells", mixed media collage on wood panel by Lisa Sheets, 12" x 12" x 1", 2020
Collage of vintage imagery depicting Ida B. Wells with blue sky and clouds in the background. Reproduction image of her newspaper "The Alpha Suffrage Record. A tiny hot air balloon. Layered over the collage is a beige transparent sewing pattern sleeve.
January 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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And........here we go......
Social media sites blocking certain political hashtags and promoting certain others.

Have you seen this going on?

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Found object collage art pictured here by Lisa Sheets, "It's Going To Fade Away", circa 2020.
Found object antique German manicure case opens to create a vertical oval shape, comes to a soft point at the top and bottom. Image on the top has 3 repeating archways with a picture in the center. It depicts an empty roadway with an orchid at the end and three women wearing medical masks fading into the horizon with a rainbow above their heads. At the end of the road is a black and white sign: "WARNING". The text above reads "It is what it is". Bottom image shows a piece of paper torn away on all sides to reveal an image underneath in the center. It shows 4 vintage women wearing head coverings. They are all sewing an American flag which is laying across their laps. The text reads "We're going to have to see what happens".
January 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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And now.....a brief moment for Doll History!

Check out DeeGeeBee's Virtual Doll Museum, this doll came from my collection! Isn't she awesome! Circa 1960s.

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Debbie the Elegant Doll
Debbie the Elegant Doll is a novelty bottle doll that dispensed dusting powder or lotion. Made in New Zealand and distributed in the US during the 1960s, black versions are very rare. #blackbottled…
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January 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Women's Work, mixed media collage on wood panel by Lisa Sheets, 8" x 10" x 1", 2017.
January 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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"Rampant Spread of Misinformation" mixed media collage by Lisa Sheets, 13" x 10", 2021.

I'm here. Ready to ditch most of Facebook. Who's here with me?
In this mostly black and white collage, 4 women dressed in 1940s vintage dresses wearing gas masks are running through an upsidedown cityscape. they have bright red Covid-19 halos on their heads. There is a beige transparent sewing pattern forming an arch over their heads.
January 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Portrait of Hedy Lamarr, detail, mixed media collage on wood panel, by Lisa Sheets, 10" x 8" x 1", 2024.

#hedylamarr
#womanscientist
#womeninventors
#womenscientists
Vintage black and white portrait of Hedy Lamarr's face and upper torso. She has halos with stars around her head. A layer of multicolored geometric shapes show through her face and dress, and in the background are directions from a sewing pattern
January 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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"Daydreams", mixed media collage in found frame by Lisa Sheets, 8" x 8", circa 2021.
Circular artwork depicts an antique image of 2 women kissing, they are in a yellow & red teacup. Background shows 2 women in a black/white photo who are printing wallpaper and the design trails into background behind the kissing couple.
January 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM