Once upon a collage: a call for art
Hello my absolute legends! Â As always you haven't disappointed! I have been inundated with comments about the kids' collage guide. The...
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Jul 312 min read
Got kids? I've got you covered
Hello everyone! Â Operation "back to school" has officially started! As a parent you might be dealing with a lot right now: uniforms,...
Jun 273 min read
Fun transforms too: collage as a coping tool.
Everyone needs a little bit of help sooner or later. Sometimes a hug will do. A friend willing to listen never goes amiss, and support...
Jun 255 min read
Kathy Acerno: getting to know you
After many false starts and just as many abrupt pauses, I can finally share with you an artist that I so enjoy. Her work reminds me of an...
Jun 126 min read
Madrid Collage Guide
In case you don't know yet, the MAD part of MADCOLLAGE does not allude to the state of my mental health. Although my degree of sanity...
May 256 min read
Eric Bruth: getting to know you
Eric is a collage artist who lives in a suburb south of Paris. That means he is going to be quite close to the eye of the hurricane for...
May 102 min read
Linda Sandoval: getting to know you
Linda Sandoval is a fellow classic film lover. I was elated to find out this is one of the cool things we have in common. Obviously, we...
May 66 min read
Butternut Collage: getting to know you
Jake Kennedy is a collage artist from Hove, United Kingdom. So far, so good. This is the rather bland, standard first line of any...
Mar 185 min read
Lovely but Dead: getting to know you
I love looking at collage as much as I love making it. There are few things as thrilling as finding an interesting, new, different...
Jan 264 min read
Claudia Hollister : Cyanotype Collage
I tried my hand at cyanotype one summer afternoon not too long ago. In the company of a friend, we took advantage of one of the rare...
Aug 25, 202319 min read
A Conversation with Cesar Solis
MADCOLLAGE: Welcome back everyone. Today I feel very lucky to chat with an artist with a level of dexterity and a level of patience that...
Aug 19, 202335 min read
A Conversation with Amber Button
MADCOLLAGE: Hello. Welcome once again to Six Impossible Things. I hope everyone is surviving this atrocious heat. In order to help a...
Apr 18, 20230 min read
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out and about - Crys Yin: nothing to exclaim @ Deanna Evans Projects
In a collective experience of any kind, the shared aspect of it has the potential to unite people of very different backgrounds. Few...
Feb 22, 20231 min read
love letters to myself
I think exercising at least a modicum of self compassion should be taught in schools. It is, after all, a learned skill and it needs to...
Dec 10, 20222 min read
when we are least expecting
I don't have a whole lot of plans for 2023. Remaining sane is one of them. Retaining a semblance of health (the bar is quite low for...
Nov 22, 20221 min read
out and about - Clarity Haynes Altar-ed Bodies @ Denny Dimin Gallery
Emergent artists often have a fresh view that I find exciting. They might not have found their style yet, or they could be...
Nov 14, 20223 min read
courage needed. apply within
In early December I was given a commission that intrigued me. Truth be told, I had never heard of the woman at the center of this story,...
Nov 9, 20221 min read
a few of my favorite things
I'm not sure if the hills are alive or not. I haven't been out much lately. What I do know is that I often get questions about materials...
Oct 31, 20221 min read
shine your light from within
It's been quite a couple of years! If you are still dealing with feelings of uncertainty and dread, whether because of Covid-19 or your...
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