Exploring Collage

Exploring Collage

Adult Class | Registration opens 2/19/2025 8:00 PM EST

Adult all levels
3/26/2025-4/30/2025
6:30 PM-8:30 PM EST on Wed
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$168.00
$151.20

Exploring Collage

Adult Class | Registration opens 2/19/2025 8:00 PM EST

“From the French meaning "to glue," collage describes the technique of composing an artwork by gluing a wide range of materials - including pieces of paper, fabric, newspaper clippings, and sometimes readymade objects - to a surface.” -Theartstory.org

In this class we will be using a multimedia approach, incorporating a variety of materials to create expressive art.
Through demonstration and guidance, students will explore and develop their own visual language. My teaching style is very relaxed, designed to allow each student the freedom to create. We end each class with a “show and tell” to see what others are doing.
This is a class for students of all ages and experience. It is meant to be fun and playful. 

  • What to bring:
    • Paint (watercolor or acrylic. I also like colored pencil as an option)
    • Pencil, eraser
    • Scissors
    • A few cheap brushes for applying glue or paint
    • Glue (I use Mod Podge but matte acrylic medium works well too)
    • Paper (magazines, newspaper, photos, fabric) I will have quite a variety of papers on hand for use but you may want to bring your own. 
    • A surface to work on. I suggest heavy duty paper such as Bristol board. (The paper is less likely to buckle when you glue and paint on it.)
    *Note: Instructor will have some supplies available the first meeting if you are unsure of what to purchase.
Brooke Sheldon

Brooke holds a B.A. from Duke University. She has an extensive background in the visual arts and a passion for teaching. In 1985 she started Zoë Design with an art school colleague and together created custom designs for a wide range of high end clients. One of the most recent projects was the creation of a mural for the James Blackstone Library in Branford, CT. Many of our projects required taking on other artists and,

by necessity, coaching them to help complete the murals. She has assisted in art projects in the elementary and middle schools.