Contemporary Abstract Art
Class | Available (Membership Required)
Classes will continue to focus on innovative and diverse approaches to making Contemporary Abstract art influenced by modern design, textiles, fashion, culture and lifestyle. Noted artists and art movements will be introduced as well.
Weekly assignments will integrate the use of wet and dry media, pen and ink products, painting, collage, mark making, assemblage etc. A variety of surfaces are part of the series. Students will learn how to resolve artistic dilemmas by disturbing, interrupting, camouflaging, cropping, embellishing, cutting-up and reassembling work that goes AWOL.
“Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials.”- Anni Albers
- No Class Monday September 21, 2026
- This class is built upon previous collage classes taught by the instructor which included painting papers, mark making, resists, printmaking etc. This class is for intermediate and advanced students who have taken previous classes with the instructor or by special permission from the instructor.
- Material lists will be sent out in advance of upcoming classes.
C. Dianne Zweig
C. Dianne Zweig is a Contemporary Mixed Media abstract artist whose artwork is influenced by the organic shapes and abstract designs of 1950s textiles. She is member of Connecticut Women Artists and a founding member of Mixus, a group of women artists who work in Mixed media. Dianne is enjoys teaching art classes and workshops to all ages. Also a retired psychotherapist, Dianne is interested in the psychology of the creative process and creative aging. She holds a Master's Degree from Rutgers University and recently was recognized with a Pat Rosoff Award for Abstract Art. http://www.cdiannezweig.com/