This class uses collage as an expansive tool for creating abstraction, pattern, and complex compositions for paintings. Loosen up your creative practice and get ready to embrace process and experimentation in the class. As we switch back and forth between painting and collage, we will work with materials such as found paper, magazines, personal ephemera, and non toxic and water based paints. Classes will include demos, art historical context, and feedback from the instructor and fellow students.

What you will learn:
1. Become familiar with new materials and explore ways of combining them through experimentation
2. Develop a small series of artworks
3. Explore working from a place of intuition and imagination
4. Learn from classmates by observing their work and through group conversations
5. Experience art-making with simple materials and without any art background required
6. Learn about the Art Historical as well as contemporary context for collage