Discover the creative, expressive art of collage.
Highly accomplished artists lead these fascinating classes where you will create unique works of art. Using a wide range of unique and interesting materials, you’ll incorporate texture, color, shape, pattern into unique works of art. You will explore composition, looking at balance, shapes and experimenting with different ways to lead the viewer’s eye across a page. You’ll learn how to see interesting visuals in everyday life, using found materials, photographs, type, textiles and more. Whether you’re an experienced artist or an absolute beginner, college can give you a completely new outlook on your own creativity. Come and have fun!
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Erin McGill was born and raised in New York. She received a BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute, where she discovered her love for patterns and textures. Since 2004 she has had a small craft business creating wearable art, toys, cards and decorative whimsical art based on her drawings. She is the author and illustrator of picture books including: I Do Not Like Al’s Hat, Matchy Matchy, If You Want A Friend In Washington and others. Since 2019 she has been teaching both children and adults various arts and crafts classes. In her free time she enjoys garde ...
Erin McGill was born and raised in New York. She received a BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute, where she discovered her love for patterns and textures. Since 2004 she has had a small craft business creating wearable art, toys, cards and decorative whimsical art based on her drawings. She is the author and illustrator of picture books including: I Do Not Like Al’s Hat, Matchy Matchy, If You Want A Friend In Washington and others. Since 2019 she has been teaching both children and adults various arts and crafts classes. In her free time she enjoys gardening, polar history, historical cooking and baking, swimming and travel.
Drawing and Painting
Colored Pencils for Beginners
Collage and Mixed Media for Absolute Beginners
Collage and Mixed Media (Intermediate)
3D Collage and Assemblage
Artist Talk with Erin McGill: Making a Picture Book: From Idea to Illustration
Chelsey Pettyjohn is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in paint, sculpture, and collage. Her work engages a specific collection of self-made archetypes and iconography. Themes reveal personal history: childhood fantasies, fragmented dreams, the secrecy of inner worlds. She is interested in the juxtaposition of delicate and grotesque; articulating the human experience in all its innocence and brutality.
She holds a BFA from Parsons the New School for Design, and a BA from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts. She has shown her work locally and internationally; exhibitions ...
She holds a BFA from Parsons the New School for Design, and a BA from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts. She has shown her work locally and internationally; exhibitions include solo shows at Hunter College and Tennis Elbow, as well as group shows at Kapp Kapp, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and Foxy Production. She lives and works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Sculpture and Pottery
Artist Talk with Chelsey Pettyjohn: Play and Experimentation in Artmaking
Collective Creations: Exquisite Collage Workshop
The Art of Tarot: Drawing and Painting Magic
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