Grace among a world of characters Sep 18, 2008
Smith's best-known works take a catalyzing social event - the Crown Heights riots for "Fires in the Mirror," the aftermath of the Rodney King beating for "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" - and dramatize it through a collage of monologues, which Smith draws from interviews and then shapes and performs ... And because Smith's collagelike technique already refracts our focus, it feels all the more important to have a central point of clarity around which all the different viewpoints can coalesce. (Boston Globe)
Let's be Neighbors Sep 18, 2008
Julie Mills carried her son, Drew Gordon, to Decatur, Alabama on Saturday to begin classes at a church related collage located there. Drew has been out of high school for several years and has learned a good trade working at Yarbrough's Woodworks in Noxapater, but due to the encouragement of his boss, Mark Forsman, he decided to try his luck at college work. (Louisville Winston County Journal, MS)
Students to plant 'Pinwheels for Peace' Sep 18, 2008
On the other side, the students will draw, paint, collage, etc. to visually express their feelings. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
A Dallas orchestra reimagines LBJ's duel wars Sep 14, 2008
Using a collage of excerpts from Johnson's official diary, transcripts of Oval Office telephone conversations, speeches and contemporary news reports, Scheer has woven the incidents together in a libretto presenting a nuanced view of a complicated man. It combines Johnson's greatest and worst legacies and portrays him as noble and bitter, compassionate and bellicose. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Dreams - Violence and Victims: Reinhardt Soebye Sep 12, 2008
With a collage technique combining digitally enhanced photographs, drawings, oils, Plexiglas and other 3-dimensional elements, Soebyes art is captivating and unique. By his own initiative, Soebye sent his material to various Japanese art critics including the prominent art expert Ichiro Hariu. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Reception for Hamm's art students Sep 11, 2008
A reception for the artists is set for this Wednesday from 4-6:30 p.m. The show is open to the public through Sept. 29 and includes nonrepresentational acrylic, watercolor and collage pieces by artists who attended Hamm's workshops in 2007 and 2008. Admission is free. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Bright days, best house tours Sep 11, 2008
The media room palette, as shown in Bevans' collage of materials, includes a soothing mix of blues and browns with infusions of terra cotta and ocher. Floors are eco-friendly cork, and the game table is made of fast-replenishing bamboo; furniture and accessories in a midcentury vein include a vintage Brown Jordan patio set. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Coming unraveled during a day at the Fringe Sep 9, 2008
A Holocaust dybbuk fable in a collage of biblical, Lutheran and other texts is rendered incomprehensible in a punishing, repetitive hour of poor diction and nonstop shrieking. -- Knuckleball by William Whitehurst, directed by Jeremy Pape, starring Judy Merrick and Shawn Parsons. (San Francisco Chronicle)
New music celebrates the sum of its parts Sep 7, 2008
The lineup includes the Firebird Ensemble, Boston Musica Viva, Dinosaur Annex, the Cantata Singers, Collage New Music, the Callithumpian Consort, the reunited George Russell Living Time Orchestra, the cellist Matt Haimovitz in recital, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. BMOP's own conductor, Gil Rose, curated the festival. (Boston Globe)
Arts & Minds Sep 6, 2008
The two-hour weekend workshops (twice a day every Saturday and Sunday, beginning Sept. 20) combine exhibit exploration with art projects tailored to specific age groups: Older kids construct their own modern dwellings, and preschoolers make collages ... On Wednesdays, drop in from 1 to 4 p.m. for such activities as collage making or reading picture books related to gallery works. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Craft Revolution Sep 6, 2008
Whether it's a painting that infuses magazine cut-outs and acrylics, a bracelet with beads and bottle caps or a collage of old game boards and hardware, Natalie Hansen, Laura Koepplin and Kathy Bell are three Lodi women making art and jewelry that run the gamut known as mixed media. Collage art and mixed media are art forms that have been around since Pablo Picasso dabbled with it in the early 1900s ... There are collages, paintings of skewed people, hand-sewn sock puppets, locally made... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Artists host open studios Sep 5, 2008
Nancy Bryant, apparel, accessories, fiber art wall hangings Bryant will demonstrate how she creates her silk collage scarves ... Paula LaMont, acrylics, collages and watercolors, giclee prints, cards, aprons and cookbooks. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Cheap Ways to Decorate Your First A... Sep 4, 2008
Fill up that white space with a collage, one solid block of color, or even fabric. Hang one large piece separately or a grouping of three to make an impact. (Suite101.com)
Revamped Google Photo Site IDs Faces Sep 3, 2008
A new collage mode lets users compile many photos into one composite image. This time, users get precise control over image placement for example by moving, rotating, and resizing photos, and the software can produce a high-resolution composite for poster-size prints. (CBS News)
A cross-culture adventure Sep 3, 2008
Photographer B.A. "Tony" King will be showing "All the King's Horses," a sweeping tribute to his love of equines, alongside Judith Stoddard King's whimsical collage work in "Judy's Windows." Both artists will be present. 3-6 p.m. 171 Newbury St., 617-267-9473. (Boston Globe)
Deca Dance 2008 at the Playhouse Sep 2, 2008
A pick-and-mix of works dating from 1993 right up to 2007, Deca Dance 2008 was an intriguing example of Naharin's continuing interest in choreographic collage. (Created in 2000, the original version marked his tenth anniversary as Batsheva's artistic director). (Times Online)
‘Highway' aesthetics Aug 28, 2008
Photographer Barbara Conte-Gaugel will speak on Sept. 7, and collage artist Keith MacLelland will stop by Oct. 12. Both events will start at 2 p.m.. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Read Indepth Article Aug 28, 2008
Exhibitions Connect Photography, Collage, Textiles to Explore Nature of Truth, Societal Concerns - Southwest School of Art and Craft / Russell Hill Rogers Galleries - absolutearts ... "Exhibitions Connect Photography, Collage, Textiles to Explore Nature of Truth, Societal Concerns" 2008-08-28 until 2008-10-19 San Antonio, TX, USA United States of America ... Her intricate works combine drawing, cutting, photography and collaged materials to dig for truth, often mixing images of people or... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Exhibitions Connect Photography, Collage, Textiles to Explore Nature of Truth, Societal Concerns Aug 28, 2008
Her intricate works combine drawing, cutting, photography and collaged materials to dig for truth, often mixing images of people or creatures with hints of inorganic, manufactured objects, such as advertising or printed text. Khosbins exhibit, Missed or Misunderstood, will be in the schools Ursuline Hall Gallery, on the Ursuline Campus, free and open to the public Mon-Sat 9A-5P.. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Post-diluvian testament Aug 28, 2008
As the clean water cleared away the muck, the collage of brass, copper, and steel metallic waves was revealed intact. "It was floating around underwater for five days and didn't lose a thing," Kocher said. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Bingo and membership drive on the table for River City Women's Club Aug 26, 2008
The JCA is also offering art classes beginning in September in beginning and intermediate drawing, beginning and intermediate watercolors, reproduction, mixed media, pottery and creative painting and collage. The classes meet weekly for 10 weeks and supplies are not included. (Florida Times-Union)
Dump the pumpYoung Hoboken man helps design 'zero-gas' car at GM Aug 25, 2008
Interns made demonstrations at their respective schools as applications for the coveted program, and Torres submitted a collage and his portfolio. Carving out a niche. (West New York Reporter, NJ)
What's ahead Aug 24, 2008
The art show Collage a Trois, at the Florence Events Center through Sunday, features work of three Oregon Coast artists. Nan Forsberg-Hammons, Susan Lehman and Pat Snyder first came together when they were asked to teach a collage workshop for the Bay Area Artists Association at the Coos Art Museum in the summer of 2006. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Photographer pieces together ne art Aug 21, 2008
Moss Beach artist Barbara Kossy stands beside a photo collage of the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Currently her work is on exhibit through Sept. 12 at the East Bay Municipal Utility District administration building at 375 11th St. in Oakland. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Artists set for Bayonne show Aug 19, 2008
"I went to her house and she taught me how to make a collage. Since then, I've just soared.". Several of her more recent creations - three-dimensional wood-and-canvas sculptures and black-and-white shadow boxes - will be displayed, along with works from about 20 other artists, at the first annual Bayonne Town Center and Urban Enterprise Zone Outdoor Art Show, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Sept. 13 in the municipal parking lot at 22nd Street and DelMonte Drive. (NJ.com)
ELVIS-SHRINES Aug 19, 2008
There would be a collage of Elvis pictures, a bust of the King, and possibly something that used the dripping of paint -- Butcher's trademark. The result will debut soon on GoMemphis. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Copyright shifts format Aug 19, 2008
A hundred years ago, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso began to use collage in their paintings, around the same time that they invented cubism. Photomontage followed. (Globe and Mail)
Larry Rivers Floats Above Rest Aug 15, 2008
He used stencils, collages and charcoal smudges, sometimes all at once; painted his mother-in-law in the nude; palled around with Kerouac and DeKooning, and dabbled in drugs, bisexuality and the saxophone ... "Silk-screen, collage, deconstruction, the link between abstract expressionism and pop art - all the terms we're familiar with, Larry put forth, and he really didn't get credit for it," she says. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Cultivating Creativity children's art exhibit presented in Charleston Aug 13, 2008
There are tempera, oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, drawings in pencil, ink, pastel, and marker, plus collage. Other media include textiles, printmaking, photography, and scratchboard. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Fiance's mixed media artwork is priceless Aug 12, 2008
The mixed media collage is 48 inches tall and 180 inches wide, and it was in progress for about seven months, Shaw says. It's not for sale. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Muslim scholar offers peace, fights stereotypes in fall transplant to Storm Lake Aug 8, 2008
From the Galilee village of Tur'an, he teaches undergraduates and prospective educators through al-Qasemi Collage in Baqa al-Gharbiyya and the Arab Academy for Education in Haifa ... In September 2006, he participated in a delegation of al-Qasemi Collage to the U.S. within an interfaith project initiated by the American Jewish Committee. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Three Rivers Arts Council excited about first art show Aug 7, 2008
All entries must be original work and in one of four categories - printing, drawing, painting or collage and there is a limit of three entries per artist per category. Judging the art work will be Maxine Adams, executive director of the Lake Region Arts Council, Fergus Falls, Minn. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Breasts hurt children, do they? Aug 6, 2008
the joker wrote on Aug 4, 2008 9:57 PM:" So you saw a drawing of breast! Get the hell over it and stop acting like children! You are adults here. Why does it bother you so much? Do you really lack self-control this much? Grow up!! And if your kids saw it then gets used to it. Their goanna see a lot more!!. They will never be strong in the real would if you keep over protecting them. They are going to become so freaking weak! when they get out of the house and go to collage and stuff. the world... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Montgomery's death leaves void Aug 6, 2008
I was at his 28,000-square-foot home because his wife had commissioned Palm Beach artist Bruce Helander to create a 5-foot-tall and more than 12-foot-wide collage entitled The Life and Times of Bob Montgomery as a gift to him ... The collage was too big for the billiards room. (The Palm Beach Post)
'Wall Guy' crafts collage of desert scenes on wall Aug 4, 2008
Wall Guy' crafts collage of desert scenes on wall ... Wall Guy' crafts collage of desert scenes on wall. (AZCentral -- News)
Synaesthesia: Alkistis Wechsler Jul 31, 2008
Using objects, images and sound, they collage together impressions and experiences, memory and history, mixing references to high and popular culturein works which draw an audience into a series of intensely credible fictional worlds. Canadian artists Cardiff and Miller have been at the forefront of international attention since The Paradise Institute won a special jury prize at the 2001 Venice Biennale. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Youssef Chahine, 82; Arab Movie Industry's Leading Filmmaker Jul 30, 2008
The cosmopolitan Mediterranean port city he came of age in was open to the world and a harmonious distillation of its humanity, a collage of Muslims, Christians and Jews, Egyptians, Lebanese, Italians and Greeks thriving side by side. CONTINUED 1. (Washington Post)
Chronicling the journeys of 1,000 wayward journals Jul 30, 2008
Each was numbered and each had this message: "This is an experiment. You are part of it. Add anything you like, then pass it on." He hoped that people would contribute art, photographs, collage or stories and then pass the journal on to someone else and eventually back to him when the journal was full. Someguy's experiment was slow in starting but eventually became an Internet sensation with journals circulating around the globe. (San Francisco Chronicle)
How To Make Clay Dragons Jul 26, 2008
In his Andrew displays very simple dragon shapes that have been enhanced by colour and the addition of tiny collage objects such as stones and earrings. Even older students should be encouraged to start by building simple dragons that combine simple shapes. (Suite101.com)
Art Jemez art exhibition opening coming in early August Jul 26, 2008
Paintings, photography, collage, and sculpture are among the artworks to be featured. The artists represented. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Former ISU students exhibit artwork reflecting their take on the world Jul 25, 2008
She was a hat-maker, muralist and collage artist before taking a position as furniture artist/designer/art director at Sticks Object Art and Furniture in Des Moines in 1994 ... What she does: "The paintings are acrylic and watercolor, done in a flat, simple style with contour lines and layered colors. I use personal stories and universal symbolism for the imagery. My new paintings are about transformation and spiritual growth from darkness and adversity to the blessings of the beautiful life... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Art Journal Using Wild Flowers Jul 24, 2008
Use clippings from gardening magazines for collage work. Use empty seed packets to create a scrapbook styled page spread. (Suite101.com)
High praise for the icons of lowbrow art Jul 21, 2008
But there was another development, in roughly the same years, revolving around car customizing, surf culture and eventually underground comics and psychedelic posters design, painting, drawing and collage that really was separate from the art world. Its iconic figures were (and still are) Von Dutch, Ed Big Daddy Roth, R. Crumb, Stanley Mouse, Rick Griffin and a few others. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Haertling meets his hero, paints in NYC Jul 19, 2008
Together, they traveled everywhere so Haertling could to get his fill, especially at 5 Pointz, a living collage of graffiti on a converted warehouse. By chance, he met Jonathan Cohen, or "Meres," head of the museum and Haertling's personal hero. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Art for art's sake Jul 16, 2008
Tuesday, their focus was making a collage showing the facial feature they most liked. I m doing it on my lips, said Sarina Zigler, 9, of her collage. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Isabella Stewart Gardner's old images inspire new art Jul 15, 2008
Rabbia and Ventilato have both brought the technique of collage to what was already a collage-like endeavor. "It was very much like inscribing my own scrapbook on hers," Rabbia has said. (Boston Globe)
Ellensburg resident Jeannie Johnson is immersed in art Jul 15, 2008
Katie Lundquist uses ribbon to hold her collage together July 11 as teacher Jeannie Johnson helps another student. Joe Whiteside/Daily Record Jeannie Johnson knows art. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Sugar Creek Arts Festival names prize winners Jul 14, 2008
Winners include Best of Show, John Daps III, (photography); First Place Fine Art, Sarah Shoot (fiber collage); Second Place Fine Art, Lisa Kesler (painting); First Place Fine Crafts, Michael Amis (glass); and Second Place Fine Craft, Maggie Joyce (jewelry). Judges for the 2008 festival were artists Erin Furimsky and Johnny Disco. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Colony of creativity: Artists breaking the mold at Tougaloo Jul 14, 2008
Other 2008 colony instructors are: Canadian artist Carmen Hathaway, exploring digital rendering; Mississippi artist Charles Crossley, leading a workshop of painting and collage; Washington, D.C., sculptor Allen Uzikee Nelson with a welding workshop on creating icons and ancestral memory; and Mississippi artist and first colony director William "Bill" Henderson, leading a life drawing class ... "I do everything - multimedia, clay, painting, assemblage, collage, anything that strikes my fancy and... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Bruce Conner; noted Bay Area artist who explored mortality in his works; at age 74 Jul 13, 2008
Throughout his career, Mr. Conner moved from one art form to another, starting in the 1950s with collage sculptures known as assemblage that he made from junk, castoffs, and debris. He next concentrated on art films crafted from existing footage that he edited together. (Boston Globe)
The Carolina Children's Garden Jul 8, 2008
A collage of cultural and natural history artifacts make for a unique portrait of the state. The state rock, wildflower, flower, butterfly, insect and bird are featured among native plants growing along a split rail fence. (Suite101.com)
MORE REVIEWS: New music from Willie and Wynton, Dwele Jul 8, 2008
Beck's new album is a "dizzying synopsis of the collage master's sonic statement," says Edna Gundersen, and she's just getting warmed up ... At 33 minutes, Modern Guilt serves as a dizzying synopsis of the collage masters long-unfolding sonic statement. (USA Today -- Life)
Arts competition shows rare novelty Jul 8, 2008
War of Fun, which mixed paintings and puppets, is a criticism of human beings' fondness of playing war games with puppets, while Kirab Budaya displays the way the people in Solo, Central Java, respect cultural diversities through an impressive collage photography technique. Maulana drew the attention of the exhibition goers with his work, Jalan Tak Ada Ujung, which tells the story of a man who is looking for his friend's house. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Our critics go back to school Jul 7, 2008
Could you help me with my digital collage ... Could you help me with my digital collage ... A student doing a digital collage is quickly shown how to get to grips with the computer software. (Guardian Unlimited)
In Season by Tjasa Owen Jul 5, 2008
The artist employs acrylic, oil pastel as well as collage media in her canvases, utilizing vintage stamps and postage markings. Owen likens her process to 'conjuring a landscape postcard reproducing it on canvas, and, by adding an ink stamp, sending it back into the world. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Posted By BY JANE SWITZER, FOR THE WHIG-STANDARD Jul 5, 2008
CindCarstesen & S. J. Coates Present Works of Collage and Abstract Art at the Central Branch of the Kingston Public Library Johnson. Posted by. (The Kingston Whig-Standard)
A Different Animal Jul 4, 2008
Picasso's use of collage, for instance, helped develop methods of expression in Cubism. In an effort to push book publishing into the 21st century, a writer, a schoolteacher and a graphic artist have joined forces in a mixed-media project: a retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic "The Jungle Book" that combines scrapbooking, graphic art, prose storytelling and pages based on the collaboration of readers online. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Gonzo' looks at Thompson's journalism as well as his larger-than-life image Jul 3, 2008
Gibney, whose other films include "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and the Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side," assembles a lively collage of interviews and found materials. Depp reads choice excerpts from Thompson's uvre, and the writer in his prime is glimpsed in scenes from earlier documentaries. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Hot talent in for the long haul Jul 2, 2008
The Sydney duo Soda-Jerk will create a digital collage of movie clips and sound files to reinvent the history of hip-hop music, which they say is an alien language. Other artists include Moya McKenna, Ariel Hassan, Gemma Smith, and Stephanie and Richard nova Milne. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sotheby's contemporary art sale reaches £94.7 million Jul 2, 2008
"Snack," done in 1964 by Martial Raysse, mixing paper collage, oil and acrylic painting, photographic material and even a plastic bird for good measure, looked a bit like a summer resort poster aimed at sabotaging business - a crumpled, none too clean plastic bag stuck on a stick was attached to the contraption, which set the first of 11 auction records established that evening as the price reached 1. 16 million. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Parkersburg photo business owner's collage captures destruction and hope Jul 1, 2008
"It" was an 8-by-10 photo collage that featured 12 images from the aftermath of the tornado ... Meyer had the idea to sell prints of the collage for 10 each ... To order a photo collage, call Meyer at (319) 346-1588. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Review: Children as Illustrators Jun 30, 2008
These techniques include printing, painting, collage and less traditional art activities such as handmade paper and rebus writing. Additional resources for teachers include suggestions for further reading and a list of websites and organisations that promote and support literacy and education of young children. (Suite101.com)
Parkersburg photographer sells collage to help with tornado relief Jun 30, 2008
Parkersburg photographer Jenny Meyer developed and is selling this collage to aid with tornado relief ... It was an 8-by-10 photo collage that featured 12 images from the aftermath of the tornado ... Meyer had the idea to sell prints of the collage for 10 each. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
South Abington artist combines music, painting and humanity Jun 29, 2008
I ve been accumulating a collage of things in my garage, and I ve got a stereo set up in there so I can listen to music while I m painting. The idea of melding painting and music, to which Mr. Rishko devotes both his career and free time, is one that continues to inspire him with new ideas. (Scranton Times, PA)
With thanks to my daughter's pet rats ... Jun 28, 2008
But after blinding me with science on the subject of electronic collage, she reveals that much of the work here was done by her daughter's pet rats - she needed a lot of nibbled effects, so she painted the relevant areas with yoghurt and the rats obliged. They also generously supplied urine samples which, in combination with more conventional watercolour techniques, have created some very authentic stains. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
