Cornucopia

It's been a fruitful summer of consistent, thoughtful making.  Here's where you can catch me or my work this fall: 

• Teaching a workshop at Possible Worlds on Thursday October 20th.
  Breaking news from shop/art space co-owner Melanie Yugo: the workshop has entirely sold out (nearly within 24 hours of being announced)!!  I'm so grateful to everyone who signed up.  If all goes well, another workshop around Christmas or New Year's is a possibility.  I'll do my best to make sure this is a hit so we can have another.  'Till then, make sure to follow Possible Worlds on facebook to be the first to hear about cool workshops (collage and otherwise) and brilliant art shows.
   
• In the company of six other fantastic local collage artists in my curated show as part of Chinatown Remixed until October 29th
  Curating Improbable Treasures is something I'm incredibly proud of. Seven artists, a spectrum of approaches to collage, a cheeky theme pulled from Patti Smith's M-Train, and a carefully chosen venue in the heart of Chinatown.  The opening was last weekend, but you have until the 29th to catch the show inside Little Latin America (764 Somerset St W). Store hours are 10-6 Monday to Saturday; closed Sundays.
   
• On the walls of one of the best places in Ottawa: The Manx! 
  A week before hanging the group show for Remixed, I hung Small Worlds at the Manx.  It's a solo show of collage explorations created over the summer, most of which dig into my architecture school roots.  It's on until October 16th, and I do hope you'll come join me for a drink that night for the show's closing (there was just too much happening in September to have an opening!). I'll update with a proper event page in the coming days.
  
  I'm going into October feeling pretty accomplished and really proud in the work I put out.  I hope you get a chance to check out these three very different venues and enjoy the exhibits (I'd love to hear what you think!). Now that all this work is out in the world, it's back to cutting and pasting and dreaming up projects for the new year.

At the end of #100daysofcutandpaste

By instagram's count it's been three weeks since I hit 100 days of cut and paste!  Within the 100 days of my project, I generated around 70 handcut collages sourced from National Geographics and free print material that came my way.  I discovered tons of fellow artists out there still kicking it old school with scissors and glue (#handcutcollage on IG reveals a treasure trove of work), and in creating these quick studies I've started to discover my own style to this medium - I think my favourite pieces are pretty minimal and have lots of negative space to breathe.

Since wrapping up the project I've taken a bit of a break both to see where I want to take collage making (though I've still posted a couple on IG), and also to set up an etsy shop where select collages can be purchased as signed, limited edition prints.  The first six collages (chosen at random) have been added to the shop, with more to be added regularly - I'm definitely open to requests if you have any favourites from the project :)

Check out my prints at etsy.com/shop/SeesCutsPastes!

Beyond setting up shop, I'm also super excited (and slightly terrified) to announce that the Westboro Brainery took notice of my project and asked me to teach a workshop on handcut collage!  The one-night workshop will take place on Thursday April 7th from 6-8 pm at the Dovercourt Recreation Centre.  Wooden panels (to use as the background) and supplies will be provided, and each student will be able to take home their own whimsical, minimalist collage at the end of the night.   I'll be digging deep into my memory banks so I can share basics about the principles and elements of design, along with some techniques I've picked up along the way, but mostly I want it to be a fun evening of cut and paste with new friends.  Details and registration can be found here: Westboro Brainery- Intro to Collage - I hope to see you there!