JUXTAPOSITION JUBILEE: Collage Workshop!

A playful workshop led by local artists on how to use existing printed media and other "found" ephemera to create new works of art. All materials and a delicious lunch by Harmony Loft provided!

Join us for a multi-media participatory workshop on how to use existing printed media to create new works of art. Local artists will guide you on how they approach making collages out of old books and repurposed magazines using specific techniques you can easily replicate (and alter) to make your own. We'll experiment with how to build layers and incorporate various textures and materials and learn about the “assemblage” technique, using collected and found objects to tell new stories. As they emerge, our assemblages may be based on a personal memory, narrative, or conceptual/abstract inspirations.

We will also discuss how this artistic process not only identifies and exposes not-so-subtle efforts at social conditioning in media, but also empowers participants to weaponize absurdity and form emergent counter-narratives that are liberating and fun. While you work on your own piece, we will provide a curated soundtrack of relevant musical selections to help inspire your creative process.

We'll supply materials... but we also encourage you to scour your collections of papers stacked in the corner, and your local thrift store for interesting things to cut up and other ephemera that inspires. Advanced tickets are recommended so we can prepare to have enough supplies for everyone. Thanks!

This special event is a partnership of Epsilon Spires and BDCC's GROW SoVermont. Folks who have moved to the region within the last 2 years may attend for free! Reach out to Rachel with GROW SoVermont for a discount code at cnNlYmVyc29sZSB8IGJyYXR0bGVib3JvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQgISBjb20=. Locals are invited to join as hosts to help welcome the newcomers.

You may also like the following events from Epsilon Spires:

• This Saturday, 6th December, 07:00 pm, SHOGUN ASSASSIN w/ Live Score by SONTAG SHOGUN! in Brattleboro
• Next Tuesday, 9th December, 06:00 pm, CREATIVE NOURISHMENT: Dinner + Film + Music! in Brattleboro
• Next Friday, 12th December, 06:30 pm, Frank Capra's LOST HORIZON (1937) in Brattleboro

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