Notes from the Studio

Creative Play Prompt: Storytelling through Collage + Drawing

Creative Play Prompt: Storytelling through Collage + Drawing

This creative play exercise combines elements of collage and drawing, and what makes it so fun and inspiring is that there are countless directions you can take your creative journey. 
A brief intro to the history of Collage

A brief intro to the history of Collage

Collage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other ephemera are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface....
Artist Spotlight: Hannah Hoch

Artist Spotlight: Hannah Hoch

Born in 1889, German Dada artist Hannah Hoch was one of the most important collage artists of the 20th century, and a pioneer in the realm of feminist artists. In...
Artist Spotlight: Mickalene Thomas

Artist Spotlight: Mickalene Thomas

How much do I love Mickalene Thomas? Let me count the ways. Thomas’s work is the definition of a visual FEAST. The way that she mixes and layers materials and...