Study the styles and methods of collage art favorites including Henri Matisse and Hannah Hoch and then interpret them in your own work.
Students are introduced to the materials, tools, and technologies used in collage and assemblage, finding inspiration in artists who worked in collage, including Joseph Cornell, Romare Bearden, and Gertrude Greene.
Explore the basis of abstraction by studying color, line, and shape as they relate to composition. Learn to create exciting, innovative works of art, using a series of drawing and painting exercises designed to examine nontraditional ways of handling traditional materials and subject matter.
Revamp your gel plate prints into new art projects. Make simple books, journals, print organizers, or boxes using bookmaking and other construction techniques.
Take a dive into making dimensional materials from raw paper pulp. Using molds and other forms, cast into a multitude of shapes and colors that can be mounted on two-dimensional surfaces to provide 3D elements that are unique and lightweight.
Sketch birds and nature, then combine your drawings with painting, paper, and paint, adding textures to create mixed-media art.
Learn to fashion a hypericum (St. John’s wort) and roses in several stages of bloom, constructing petals and leaves with and without wire, using spun cotton and foam balls to turn paper into a beautiful posy.
