Abstract Collage Minis: Create a Series - Sunday, November 1

Join us for an engaging workshop with French-American collage artist Catherine Cruz and learn how to create a dynamic series of abstract collages using elements such as color, line, and shape. You will work on four small wood panels to compose a cohesive series. Working on several panels at once offers advantages, including greater creative momentum, the ability to build a strong thematic connection between pieces, and a way to maintain creative flow. This technique allows for a deeper exploration of an idea or theme than is possible with a single piece.

You will begin with short composition exercises to discuss design principles and abstraction. Catherine will then demonstrate her method for mounting papers on the panels.

You will learn:

• Reliable methods for layering collage papers

• Creative ways to explore abstraction

• Techniques for creating a cohesive series

• Strategies for refining your composition.

Please bring four 6” x 6” cradled wood panels to the workshop. The instructor will provide a wide assortment of painted and printed collage papers, brushes, acrylic medium, scissors, and rulers.

Catherine Cruz is an artist whose work is informed by the textures and patterns created by the passing of time and the effects of the natural elements on the built environment. She has taught collage and mixed media in the Bay Area and in France since 2019. Her background is in interior design and green building certification. She works from her home studio in Sebastopol, CA, and participates in Art Trails Open Studios.

Website:‍ ‍www.beyouartstudio.com

Fee: MarinMOCA Members: $110; Non-members $125

Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)