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Winter Solstice Circle Collages with Erin McCluskey Wheeler

$40.00
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Thursday, December 10, 5:00pm - 6:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.

In this workshop — open to all levels of experience — we will use the circle as an inspiration for making new collages from old artwork and collected ephemera. As we approach the darkest night of the year at the Winter Solstice, we will gather together as a community of artists to practice renewal and regeneration through the meditative and quiet work of collage. We will start out our workshop with a watercolor painting exercise then move into cutting apart and building using your collage materials and painted papers. The circle will be our guide to seeing new possibilities in our previously made artwork and collected collage material.

Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!

SUGGESTED MATERIALS:

  • Collage materials (paper, old paintings, color swatches, practice pieces, photographs, postcards, maps, decorative papers, fabrics, etc)
  • Glue of your choice (UHU or GLOO glue stick for example.) 
  • Paper to build your collage on (sketchbook or loose sheet, could even be the CFM Circle Paper pad in either 6x6 or 10x10 size)
  • Your favorite watercolors - we will make a single color circle so use what you have. 
  • One 1/2 inch or larger flat or angled watercolor brush (again, use what you have, doesn't have to be this exact brush!)
  • A cup or container for water
  • Scissors
  • A circular object you can trace - a plate, jar, lid, embroidery hoop, etc. 
  • Pencil 

 

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a Bay Area artist who works in painted paper collage, writing, and found materials. Erin is a faculty member at the 92nd Street Y in New York and teaches at the Richmond Art Center, Ruth’s Table, and other Bay Area art centers. She has designed and filmed two classes with Creativebug and her mixed media work has been licensed and sold with West Elm, Samsung, Target, and Minted.  Erin has been an Artist in Residence for the City of El Cerrito, the City of Walnut Creek, Nick’s Cove, and Creighton University. Erin holds a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Beloit College and an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts.
erinmwheeler.com // IG @erinmwheeler

THINGS TO KNOW
Zoom links are emailed 24 hours prior, and again 15 minutes prior, to the workshop start time. Please check out using the email address to which you’d like the link sent. If you have not received the link within 24 hours of your class, please check your spam folder first, then email friends@caseformaking.com.

Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.

If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.

If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.

Thank you so much for taking our workshops!!