Collage and Painting with Susan Friedman

Unleash the power of colors and shades to bring your art to life and create visually engaging compositions using multiple materials. In this class, you’ll learn to develop your own visual vocabulary so that you will be able to create spirited and innovative artwork. Collage and Painting is a very expressive way to create layers and depth in your work..

The class will explore:

• A short history of artists who came before and how an artist chooses to be in dialogue or opposition with their creative ancestors.
• Transfers, painting, sanding distressing paper and color, through the use of a wide range of materials.
• Working with multiples to create a visual whole.

Students will be taught painting/collage techniques of layering between collage and acrylic paint and utilizing various methods of mixed-media to add interest to their work.

These fragments of visual information will be crafted together with drawing and painting. Critique of the work will be held at the end of the workshop.

Ages 18+, 16-18 must be accomanied by an adult.

Collage/painting workshop is for all levels of experience and beginners are welcome.

An info sheet with more details will be provided upon registration.

Susan Friedman (photographer/filmmaker, mixed media artist) is an award- winning documentary filmmaker and photographer. Friedman has been a still photographer for many years and has had one-women shows both nationally and internationally, including Tokyo, Amsterdam, Berlin, and San Francisco. Her l work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Oakland Museum, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Susan continues to exhibit in galleries, magazines and private collections. She was faculty in the Art Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz for 30 years. Her work can be found at www.susanfriedmanphoto.com. You can view the film about Susan and her creative endeavors, ‘Making Art of Life’, on her website.

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