Exploring Collage
Limited enrollment
March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22
On-Campus – Wednesday 1:10 pm – 2:50 pm
Learn to structure and organize a collage, including color choices, cutting and tearing paste paper designs and the history of collage. We explore landscapes, still life, realism vs abstraction, use of text in a work and figurative composition.
Supplies needed: Glue sticks, scissors, pencil and eraser, ruler, several magazines, scrapbook papers, and printed wrapping paper if available.
- Week 1 – Still life/flowers
- Week 2 – Single image/groups of people
- Week 3 – Natural environment
- Week 4 – Prepared papers, printing, weaving
- Week 5 – Matisse
- Week 6 – Architecture and Abstraction
Diane Pollack studied at SUNY, the Roslyn Museum and the Art Students League, all in New York. Since 1977 she has exhibited at galleries, museums and venues throughout Connecticut, New York and Arizona, and her work appears in private and corporate collections. She has served as docent for the Asia Society and Museum in New York City, and is an artist member of Art/Place Gallery, the Artists Collective of Westport and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, all in Connecticut.