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Collage: Painting with Paper with Carol Moore

In this four-week class, students will tear their images without using scissors and experience how to ‘paint from paper’. Bring a fun attitude and go back to being a child and creating with torn paper.

Students are asked to bring:

a one inch or 1/2 inch inexpensive brush ( sold as “painter’s brushes”) and
4 -5 colorful magazines which will be the source for the images. Clothing magazines with lots of solid color are best for this workshop.
Satin finish Modge Podge glue. Be sure to purchase the Satin Finish variety.
3-4 art boards, in 4 x 6, 6 x 8, 8 x 10 sizes.

All supplies can be purchased at most hardware, Walmart, or Home Depot stores.

Carol Moore

In addition to her work in collage, Carol T. Moore is well known in CT for her colorful, energy-charged painting. Recent paintings in pastel reflect her interest in negative space and industrial sites. Plein aire landscapes are also a favorite in oil, acrylic and pastel.

The fee for the 4-week class is $150.00.

***Students must be registered and paid in full three business days before the start of the class/workshop. Exceptions only with permission from the Director of Fine Art/Photography.

COVID POLICY: Until further notice, proof of vaccination is no longer required to attend classes. Masks remain optional.

Valentine Collage with Dita Carley

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Do you have a special person or perhaps grandchildren who would be delighted with a hand-crafted card you created and made especially for them? Play with paint and crayon and mixed media and learn how to move paint around, experiment with brush strokes, mix colors and play with mark-making. This is where treasures are made!

Participants in this 2 session workshop will create their own collage papers and then create unique and personal Valentine cards. Principles of design and composiion will be explored as you contruct your own masterpieces.

Dita Carley has a BFA in Painting from the University of Washington, Seattle. She studied with Jacob Lawrence and Wolf Kahn. Carley has shown in galleries in the Northwest as well as in New England. Her work has been exhibited at Five Points Gallery, Torrington and the New Britain Museum of American Art as well as having work in collections throughout the country. Carley has taught in various venues including Seattle Children’s Hospital, Guilford Art Center, Cold Spring School in New Haven, Arts Escape, Seedlings Educators Collaborative, Flanders Nature Center and private students.

***Students must be registered and paid in full three business days before the start of the class/workshop. Exceptions only with permission from the Director of Fine Art/Photography.

The fee for the 2 day workshop which includes all supplies is $50.

COVID POLICY – Only fully vaccinated students will be permitted to attend classes. Physical proof of vaccination will be requested on the first day of class or you may email a copy of your card prior to the class by sending it to: info@artsescape.org. Masks are optional.

*Valentine Collage with Dita Carley

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Play with paint and crayon and make a card for your Valentine! In this mixed media card-making class learn how to move paint around, experiment with brush strokes, mix colors and play with mark-making.

***Students must be registered and paid in full three business days before the start of the class/workshop. Exceptions only with permission from the Director of Fine Art/Photography.

The fee for the 2 day workshop which includes all supplies is $50.

Abstract Collage and Painting

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This is a 3-hour abstract collage workshop, in which we will be using vintage and handmade papers, and applying paints in varying ways using different mark-making tools. We will focus on composition and contrast, and how color can be used to bring all the elements together. This class is geared toward all levels of art experience. All supplies are included, but students are welcome to bring their own papers and paints if they prefer.

The fee for the one-day workshop is $75. Class is limited to 10 students.

**Jessica Tell**
*Fiber Arts, Fine Art & Photography*

A native New Yorker and 25-year Connecticut resident, Jessica studied art at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY and Paier College of Art in Hamden, CT. She has
worked most often in oil, watercolor, and ink. Although her past works were primarily done in sharp-focus, Jessica has recently taken a “deep dive” into abstract art, especially collage. She is also an avid art quilter, and has exhibited her works locally as part of a fiber arts group. A combined interest in art and photography led her to become a judge for local photography competitions, and she frequently uses her own photography in her art works; she particularly enjoys using Photoshop and other computer programs to manipulate images for use in both fiber art and collage.

COVID POLICY – Only fully vaccinated students will be permitted to attend classes. Physical proof of vaccination will be requested on the first day of class.(One time only) Don’t forget to bring your vaccination card. Masks are optional.