CLASS: Collage Past, Present, Future
Jan
7
to Feb 11

CLASS: Collage Past, Present, Future

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This hybrid (in-person and online) 6 week class blends art history and hands-on studio work, focusing on how artists use collage to tell stories about people and places. Two lecture sessions (via zoom), rich with visuals and resources, will introduce artists whose work centers on two key themes:

1. Using the materials of the world as art materials

2. Exploring identity, memory, and place through collage

Each lecture will introduce a diverse mix of contemporary and historical artists to spark inspiration and expand your understanding of narrative in collage. 

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now
Jan
13
to Feb 17

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now

This part art history and part making class is a great way to learn about the large world of collage and assemblage. Students will be introduced to a new artists’ work each week and then have time to respond to that artists’ work with their own interpretation and ideas. Lively critiques and discussions in each class. Register online with 92NY (all classes listed on their website in Eastern time) and at this direct class link here >>

Current and prospective students, you can find work made by my students here on Padlet

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage for Absolute Beginners
Jan
13
to Feb 10

ONLINE CLASS: Collage for Absolute Beginners

This one hour class will introduce the absolute beginner to working with collage. Registration with 92NY (all class times on their website are Eastern time). This class is taught by several instructors both in person in New York and online with me. https://www.92ny.org/class/collage-mixed-media-for-absolute-beginners

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ONLINE WORKSHOP: Painting from Collage Studies
Jan
29
5:00 PM17:00

ONLINE WORKSHOP: Painting from Collage Studies

This is an online workshop held via Zoom with Case for Making

Tomie Ohtake (1913 - 2005) was a Japanese Brazilian artist who was very interested in abstraction and ways to unsee images in her paintings. She became an important part of the geometric abstraction movement in Brazil and her work was full of color and organic shapes. In the 1960s, she experimented with creating small collage studies of ripped paper and then making a painting from these collages. In the 1970s, she started cutting her collage papers with scissors and moving to brighter, more saturated colors.

In this workshop, we will learn more about Tomie Ohtake’s work and create a series of small collage studies using magazines, catalogs, and printed images. We’ll experiment with translating one of our collages into a watercolor, letting the shapes and colors in our collage inform our painting. Register here >>

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WORKSHOP: Diebenkorn inspired collages
Jan
31
2:00 PM14:00

WORKSHOP: Diebenkorn inspired collages

Join me at Case for Making for a workshop exploring painted paper and collage.

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was born in San Francisco and his art practice was forever inspired by San Francisco’s unique geography and colors. He’s known for his flattened and stacked color landscapes and cityscapes. Diebenkorn worked out a lot of his ideas for paintings through collage. Using his paintings and collages as inspiration, we’ll make our own abstracted landscape collages. We’ll cut and curate our colors from a range of collage materials and think about color order and composition in our collages.

Register here with Case for Making, San Francisco >Case for Making, San Francisco >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now
Mar
3
to Mar 31

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now

This part art history and part making class is a great way to learn about the large world of collage and assemblage. Students will be introduced to a new artists’ work each week and then have time to respond to that artists’ work with their own interpretation and ideas. Lively critiques and discussions in each class. Register online with 92NY (all classes listed on their website in Eastern time) and at this direct class link here >>

Current and prospective students, you can find work made by my students here on Padlet

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now
Apr
14
to May 19

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now

This part art history and part making class is a great way to learn about the large world of collage and assemblage. Students will be introduced to a new artists’ work each week and then have time to respond to that artists’ work with their own interpretation and ideas. Lively critiques and discussions in each class. Register online with 92NY (all classes listed on their website in Eastern time) and at this direct class link here >>

Current and prospective students, you can find work made by my students here on Padlet

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WORKSHOP: Small Worlds
Jan
24
10:00 AM10:00

WORKSHOP: Small Worlds

register here with Arts Benicia

Create your own shadow boxes and dioramas inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell and Betye Saar.  We will look at the work of Cornell and Saar for inspiration and ideas and use a range of materials to create personal and magical artworks. You will learn assemblage and basic sculptural techniques to create pieces that are dream-like miniature tableaux. We will experiment with scale and use a range of found materials, collage materials, and boxes to create tiny worlds. The boxes will be painted and collaged before we add our objects to them.

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WORKSHOP: Color & Shape
Jan
17
1:00 PM13:00

WORKSHOP: Color & Shape

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With her beautiful use of color and shapes, Ukrainian / French artist, Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), created paintings, collages, fabric designs, and theatre designs that sought to capture the magic of light. In this collage workshop, we will play with paper in bold colors, using strong contrasts, and a wide range of geometric shapes to create collages that feel energetic and bright. Open to all levels, this workshop is a great opportunity to “self-recycle” by bringing in your old artwork practice pages or other papers you have at home to transform through collage.

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ONLINE WORKSHOP: Place Memory inspired by Howardena Pindell
Nov
20
5:00 PM17:00

ONLINE WORKSHOP: Place Memory inspired by Howardena Pindell

This is an online workshop held via Zoom with Case for Making

Howardena Pindell is an American artist known for her densely textured mixed media paintings as well as her groundbreaking video work, “Free, White and 21.” Howardena’s work pushes at the boundaries of what paintings are supposed to be through abstraction and with a huge range of materials. In 1979, Howardena was in a terrible car accident and lost a lot of her memories. She started her Autobiography series using postcards of places she’d traveled to (but could no longer remember), cutting these apart and filling in the gaps with paint. In this workshop, we will learn more about Howardena’s decades long art career and use her Autobiography series as a jumping off point for our own explorations of collage and paint. By cutting apart and painting the spaces in between an image, we will get to really play with color and mimicking shapes with paint. Register here >>

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ONLINE WORKSHOP: Landscapes in Collage + Paint
Nov
13
5:00 PM17:00

ONLINE WORKSHOP: Landscapes in Collage + Paint

This is an online workshop held via Zoom with Case for Making

Before we get started, we’ll look at the work on two contemporary British artists - John Piper and David Tress - who use collage materials as blocks of color and texture in their landscape work. We’ll then get started with a wonderfully fun and quick collage process using torn scrap paper. We’ll make several quick collages thinking more about texture and line than about color. Once we’ve built up a base layer of collage, we’ll paint on top of the paper with watercolor and ink, using both brushes and unconventional tools to make a variety of marks. Our finished pieces will be full of texture and depth. Register here >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now
Nov
7
to Dec 12

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now

This part art history and part making class is a great way to learn about the large world of collage and assemblage. Students will be introduced to a new artists’ work each week and then have time to respond to that artists’ work with their own interpretation and ideas. Lively critiques and discussions in each class. Register online with 92NY (all classes listed on their website in Eastern time) and at this direct class link here >>

Current and prospective students, you can find work made by my students here on Padlet

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IN PERSON CLASS: Painted Paper Collage
Jul
9
to Aug 13

IN PERSON CLASS: Painted Paper Collage

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Sign up with the Richmond Art Center here - Registration for summer classes opens May 7 (The registration system will say “Full” until registration opens)

Learn to make your own collage material that we will then incorporate through a range of collage techniques to make beautiful, lively works of art. We will start the class by exploring mark making with paint and playing with monoprints and unconventional painting tools. From there, we’ll cut and use our painted papers to put together new color combinations and compositions.

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May
29
5:00 PM17:00

WORKSHOP: Collage Hommage - Sonia Delaunay

Register with mighty mighty studio here

This series of workshops combines art history with hands-on exploration in mixed media and collage. Each session introduces the work of a woman artist who incorporated collage into her practice, offering inspiration as you develop your own artistic voice. In this workshop, we’ll focus on Sonia Delaunay, whose vibrant, abstract compositions were influenced by the traditional quilts she encountered in her Russian childhood. A prolific and innovative artist, Delaunay expanded her creativity beyond painting and collage into fashion, interior design, graphic arts, book illustration, and decorative arts.

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May
22
5:00 PM17:00

WORKSHOP: Collage Hommage - Howardena Pindell

Register with mighty mighty studio here

This workshop series blends art history with hands-on exploration in mixed media and collage. We’ll take inspiration from the work of Howardena Pindell, a prominent American artist, known for her unique collage style, particularly her use of punched circles and ovals, often layered and arranged in a way that creates a dynamic, tactile, and sometimes chaotic, yet rhythmic and aesthetia groundbreaking. Through an introduction to Pindell's artistic practice, we’ll examine how she uses shape, color, and composition to create compelling narratives. While the workshops emphasize developing your own collage style, her work serves as a springboard for discovering new approaches and refining your visual language.

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May
15
5:00 PM17:00

WORKSHOP: Collage Hommage - Lorna Simpson

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This workshop series blends art history with hands-on exploration in mixed media and collage. We’ll take inspiration from the work of Lorna Simpson, a groundbreaking artist known for her evocative use of imagery, text, and collage to explore themes of identity, race, and culture—often centering on the symbolism of hair. Through an introduction to Simpson’s artistic practice, we’ll examine how she uses shape, color, and composition to create compelling narratives, disrupting ideas about beauty and playing with watercolor and collage. While the workshops emphasize developing your own collage style, her work serves as a springboard for discovering new approaches and refining your visual language. By learning about how these women artists work, you can start to put together your own artist family tree and find your artistic lineage.

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IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Composition Studies in Collage
Dec
1
1:00 PM13:00

IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Composition Studies in Collage

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Collage is a great medium to explore principles of composition because the papers can be endlessly rearranged, reworked, recombined, cut up, and moved around. We will look at ways to divide and organize your papers, how shapes and scale change the movement and focus of the collage, and how we can use rhythm, repetition, and line to create a well balanced collage. In this workshop, you might work on one collage that combines several compositional ideas, or create several collage studies.

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IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Color Theory & Collage
Nov
2
1:00 PM13:00

IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Color Theory & Collage

Join me for a workshop at a brand new space (Mighty Mighty Studio) to explore color theory though the medium of collage. We will start by looking at the color wheel for color combinations and ideas. We’ll make some quick color study collages and then focus on one (or more) larger or more intricate piece exploring a set of colors or your choice. I’ll bring a lot of colorful papers to select from and students are invited to add their own papers to any of the colorful piles. 

Sign up and check out the other classes with Mighty Mighty Studio >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage then and Now
Oct
18
to Nov 15

ONLINE CLASS: Collage then and Now

Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand.

We will meet for 5 classes, each class will include an art history lesson, a demonstration, and critique and discussion.

Register and more info with 92NY HERE >>

Please note the class time depending on your location (I’ve got the class times listed here on my website for Pacific time)

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 4
May
24
to Jun 28

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 4

Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand.

There are multiple 5 and 6 weeks sessions of this class and each section will cover different artists so you are welcome to sign up for one or more sections. Please note, the time listed here is Pacific time and the 92Y is in New York so the class times listed when you are register are in Eastern time. Classes meet live on Zoom and are not recorded.

Sign up with the 92Y here >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 3
Apr
12
to May 17

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 3

Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand.

There are multiple 5 and 6 weeks sessions of this class and each section will cover different artists so you are welcome to sign up for one or more sections. Please note, the time listed here is Pacific time and the 92Y is in New York so the class times listed when you are register are in Eastern time. Classes meet live on Zoom and are not recorded.

Sign up with the 92Y here >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 2
Mar
1
to Mar 29

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 2

Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand.

There are multiple 5 and 6 weeks sessions of this class and each section will cover different artists so you are welcome to sign up for one or more sections. Please note, the time listed here is Pacific time and the 92Y is in New York so the class times listed when you are register are in Eastern time. Classes meet live on Zoom and are not recorded.

Sign up with the 92Y here >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 1
Jan
12
to Feb 16

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now Session 1

Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand.

There are multiple 5 and 6 weeks sessions of this class and each section will cover different artists so you are welcome to sign up for one or more sections. Please note, the time listed here is Pacific time and the 92Y is in New York so the class times listed when you are register are in Eastern time. Classes meet live on Zoom and are not recorded.

Sign up with the 92Y here >>

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now
Sep
22
to Dec 8

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now

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Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand.

There are multiple 5 and 6 weeks sessions of this class and each section will cover different artists so you are welcome to sign up for one or more sections. Please note, the time listed here is Pacific time and the 92Y is in New York so the class times listed when you are register are in Eastern time. Classes meet live on Zoom and are not recorded.

Sign up with the 92Y here >>

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IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Single Color Collage
May
6
10:00 AM10:00

IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Single Color Collage

Join Erin for this workshop exploring one color through the medium of collage. We will be making single-color abstract collages with a variety of different papers. For instance, if you are interested in exploring the color yellow, bring all the yellow papers and fabric you have on hand. You will discuss colors that play with your selected color. You can add to, and enhance your single-color collage with a variety of collage materials that will be available. Erin will lay out a rainbow of colorful papers to select from and students are invited to add their own papers to any of the colorful piles. Time permitting, you may want to start with or end with a collage rainbow using the collage materials provided. 

For more details and materials list and to sign up, please visit Arts Benicia HERE

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ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now
Apr
21
to May 12

ONLINE CLASS: Collage Then and Now

This online collage making and art history class is one of my favorites to teach. Each week we will learn about an artist’s life and work and then make a collage inspired by their colors, ways of working, ideas, or techniques. We will be learning from each other and from other artists that have come before us. Students will learn a large range of new techniques in collage and mixed media. Open to all levels.

Please note, this class is hosted by the 92Y in New York so all classes listed on the 92Y website are Eastern Time.

I am offering this class in 3 sections, each 4 - 5 weeks long starting in January and running through May. Each section will be different artists so you are welcome to sign up for more than one section. The classes are not recorded and this is the only online class I will be offering this semester.

For more information and to sign up, please go HERE

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IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Abstract Collage Landscape
Apr
8
10:00 AM10:00

IN PERSON WORKSHOP: Abstract Collage Landscape

Join Erin at Arts Benicia in this workshop where you’ll use collage materials to create abstract landscapes. You are welcome to bring in a reference photo to help create your landscape, or you can work in free form and use the idea of a landscape as a jumping-off point for composition and color. You will look at ways that the materials, found imagery, and text in your work all work together to tell stories about a place and make for a nuanced and interesting portrait of the land. 

For more information and materials list and to sign up, please visit Arts Benicia HERE

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Online Class: Collage Then and Now
Jun
1
to Jun 29

Online Class: Collage Then and Now

Each week we will look at a different collage or mixed media artist and learn about their work as a jumping off point for our own work.

Through slides and demonstrations, students will gain new skills and ideas for making their own collage and mixed media class. Open to any skill level and experience with collage, this is a great class for learning new techniques that can easily be done from home with materials and paper you have on hand. We will meet online.

Sign up with the 92nd Street Y in New York for Wednesday or Thursday

(Please note, class times are listed in Eastern time - it’s 2 - 4 pm for my California students)

If you’ve taken this class before, I teach different artists and prompts each session.

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In Person Workshop: Painted Paper Collage
May
22
10:00 AM10:00

In Person Workshop: Painted Paper Collage

One Day Workshop / In Person in El Cerrito, CA at Liv & Chiu Art Studio

This workshop will focus on different ways to use paint to make expressive, unique and beautiful papers for use in collage and other mixed media work. We will talk about color in combination and ways to apply water based paint to paper to make rich and exciting papers. You might not even want to cut them up! After our lunch break, Erin will give ideas and demonstrations of ways to get started using your painted papers (now dry!) in collages. We will spend the remainder of the workshop making small collage studies and putting together ideas for larger pieces.

For registration and supply information, please visit Liv & Chiu Art Studio

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Online Class: Adventures in Mixed Media
Apr
1
to May 6

Online Class: Adventures in Mixed Media

The goal of this course is to provide students an opportunity to explore a variety of mixed media methods using a wide range of techniques. Each class will be a stand alone project and a chance to delve into a medium that is perhaps new or unexplored. Students will be encouraged to take a medium farther into personal projects and further exploration. You will leave this class with a new set of tools for working with wet and dry materials, printmaking, painting, collage, writing, and others. Classes will meet on Zoom and class times are listed in Pacific time.

Sign up with Arts Benicia and view the supply list here >>

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