We often put aside and neglect our creative desires and reflection of ourselves in our fast-paced, grind culture-influenced lives. This workshop aims to provide participants with an invitation to connect to their creativity and meaning making through the process and application of collage. Using simple materials and tools, we’ll explore how the simple act of sifting, sorting, cutting, and arranging paper ephemera offers a sanctuary of rest, reflection and a catalyst for self-discovery.

Collage is a versatile application with found materials and paper items; no drawing or other art skills are required to engage in this transformative art-making process. This workshop will explore technique and composition basics and a variety of guided reflective experiences for participants to trust the creative process and cultivate personal meaning through their creative process from start to finish.

Date/Time: Oct 26, 9 am - 5 pm with a one hour lunch break

Workshop Skill/Age Level: Open to all, no previous experience needed ages 16 and up

Workshop Capacity: 15

Materials Provided and Retained by Students: A variety of paper products, Xacto knives, cutting mats, glue

Students Bring Scissors, a sketchbook, pen/pencil

Workshop Facilitator Bio: Ann E. Lawton, MS, ATR-BC, is an artist, art therapist, and art educator living and working in River Falls, Wisconsin. She has taught at UW-River Falls since 2011 and currently facilitates in-home art therapy services with neuro-divergent children in the St. Croix Valley of Western Wisconsin. Lawton’s studio practice focuses on mixed media, having had previous collage-intensive artist residencies at BreckCreates in Breckenridge, CO, and at the MERZ Gallery in Sanquhar, Scotland.