Soul Collage

Two separate classes for :

Introduction to SoulCollage®

By SoulCollage® Trained Facilitator, Beth Hopwood

Skill Level: Absolute Beginner ages 14+ Class fee: $40.00 per student, materials provided *see notes below.

Class date: Wednesday, August 19th, 2015

Class time: 11:00am-3:30pm (with a half hour lunch break)

Required sign up by: Saturday August 15th, 2015

OR

Class date: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015

Class time: 11:00am-3:30pm (with a half hour lunch break)

Required sign up by: August 18th, 2015

“I am the one who feels like I can do more to help others in need. I am learning to say yes more.”

Come enjoy the magical, delightful, soulful process of Soul Collage® card making.

Simply bring yourself and participate in a welcoming and safe community. Experience the creation of your own personal art, while deepening your understanding of wisdom deep within you. Great fun and insights await us!

*Materials list: (please bring)

Any magazines, images you already have that you would like to include in your collage

If you keep a journal bring it

Wear studio –friendly clothes

Parking for class will be on side of building.

Refund Policy :

Please sign up early for classes. This gives us time to order the correct amount of supplies and prevents us from canceling the class if there doesn’t seem to be any interest. Full refunds will not be given for class cancellations. If you need to cancel, 50% will be returned in the form of store credit and 50% will go to the teacher. If Artists’ Mediums needs to cancel for any reason, you will receive a full refund.

Exquisite Corpse

Artists’ Mediums Inc. Exquisite Corpse Project:

Perhaps you have seen paintings we have here in the store, which have a dreamlike quality, and odd style changes?

 The Exquisite Corpse is a surrealist’s game.

Originally it was “played” on a piece of paper. One artist would draw the beginnings of a figure, or a picture, then fold over the paper so that only ¼ of an inch of the lines were still visible, then pass it onto another artist, who would continue from there (without completing the image), without knowing what is drawn underneath. The effect is one that shows surprising variety, and originality.

The Employees of Artists Mediums have played this game with Pen and Ink, Acrylics, Oils, Collage, and more. Each person covers up their part of the art, before passing the canvas onto the next artist. Not knowing what you are “painting up against” has made for some very interesting subject transitions. Through the years many different Employee/artists have participated.

At first, we only played the game in its purest form, only indicating the directionality of the art, so it could be easily viewed when finished. Then we began to make pre-determinations. For example: our collage Exquisite Corpse had a vertical orientation, as well as a subject of animal/animals, and the media of Collage.

It has always been an enormous creative challenge, as well as being fun and inspiring. here is just one photo a previous project, but please come into the store and take a closer look at all five on display now.

Oil on canvas FIVE artists Exquisite corpse

Now we are trying to decide how best to involve YOU, our customers.

I’m not sure exactly how this is going to work. We need to make sure no-one loses a piece of art, so there may have to be a deposit or something. We will have ask for your personal contact information, when we send you home with one of these projects, so that we can find the art again later

We will have to trust you not to peek, if there is already art on the surface, just look at the colors you CAN see, and go from there!

Hopefully eventually there will be several choices, so all the different kinds of artists can have a go at this project. We know from experience that these projects can be time consuming, so, although we will keep track of who has each piece of art, we will allow several (3-5) weeks for each artist to complete the portion they are willing to do.

So one person at a time, will take it home, and make additions - and cover it up, before returning it to the store.

There will ultimately have to be a deadline, so we can hang it all in one big Exhibit. So that everyone can see the creative accidents and inspired uniqueness these types of artworks provide.

If you are interested in being involved with this project, please contact us here at the store with ideas and suggestions about how we can make this project work.

Thank you,
Chelsea Lindner
Manager

Artists Mediums Inc

Ghost Stories -The coolest Halloween decoration on the block?

Just in time for Halloween!
Do you have a collection of old Photos and memoribilia, just skulking in a drawer somewhere, wanting it's story told, wishing to see the light of day?
Do you want to make a collage as a tribute to someone or something important to you?
Or do you just want the coolest halloween decoration on the block?

SIGN UP NOW!!!

Ghost Stories Box Assemblage Class

with Lorraine Reynolds
Saturday, October 29thfrom 10:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.

with a break for lunch.
$60.00 per student

Ages 16 and up.

Pre-pay sign ups required by Wed. October 26th

Whether it’s an old family photo or a piece of old lace; we’ve all felt the presence of someone long gone when we encounter their things - the imprint they leave behind after possessing an object for a long period of time. These objects once had owners. They were bought and sold, made and broken. Some of them were kept and treasured, while others were forgotten in attics.

Each has a story to tell. This workshop will teach you the basics needed to construct a box assemblage that speaks the ghost stories of the past.

Materials list available upon registration.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lorraine-Reynolds-Glimmering-Prize/55961283750

Soul House Assemblage workshop:

PAID CLASSES:
Saturday March 5th 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with Lorraine Reynolds Soul House Assemblage workshop:
Explore your own imagination to find the ghost in old things and tell their tales in a 3 dimensional form, without fear or self doubt. Learn to be creatively brave in this process orientated approach to creating altered art.
http://glimmeringprize.blogspot.com/p/workshops.htm $60.00 per participant, sign-ups must be received by MARCH 3rd (yes, we just extended the deadline!) This class is for participants 16 and older. Bring a wooden birdhouse, or purchase one from Lorraine. Call for further information & supply list.

Soul House Assemblage Workshop

Saturday March 5th
at Artists' Mediums
Williston
(Deadline for sign-ups is Wed. March 2nd)
$60 per student

Explore your imagination to bring out the story from your unique collection of old meaningful things. In this workshop you will be working with a wooden birdhouse as your starting point to build your shrine. Lorraine will guide you as create, helping you to bring your tale to life in 3D without fear or self-doubt.

Learn to be creatively brave in this process-oriented approach

to creating altered art!

Call (800) 255-1290 to sign up by phone, or drop in before March 2nd

More examples are at: http://glimmeringprize.blogspot.com/2011/02/soul-house-shrine-giveaway.html

This link is for Lorraine's give-away promotion for one of her finished pieces, the deadline for that is coming up quick: February 28th 2011

Assemblage Class at Artists' Mediums

Assemblage "Box full of honey"
By Lorraine Reynolds Currently on display at Artists' Mediums

Assemblage Class with Lorraine Reynolds
At Artists' Mediums, Saturday June 20th

10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
$40.00 a person + possible cost of supplies.

Pre-register only, limited space available.

Call 802-879-1236 or 800-255-1290

Learn how to take those fun collectable things from your junk drawer and turn them into a collage with layered depth. Lorraine will teach her wide variety of techniques and will help inspire your own creation. The goal is to leave class with a completed assemblage.

Check out Lorraine's Website to see her art!