📅 : Thursday February 6th, 2025
⏰: 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 12pm PT (Time Zone Converter)

Let’s get together, make some art and talk all things collage. I’d love to celebrate your wins and answer one another’s questions.

I’m going to pick a prompt or two for Februllage to work on while we gather. I’ve always loved Februllage as a way of sharing this medium across the world in a big way. I’ve learned to really let go when it comes to any expectation and that has helped me keep it no stress and fun. Excited to hear your thoughts around it and see your creations if you’re choosing to participate!

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Don’t create alone, join us!

We’re kicking off the year with our monthly Creator’s Circle! What is Creator’s Circle? Well, it’s a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s it.

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

I’m so excited to kick off this brand new year with YOU! See you soon.

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

Zoom links will be sent prior to the call each Monday as well as an hour before the call begins. Replay will be posted on the Patreon within 24 hours.

I’m thrilled to welcome Andrea Burgay to Wilder Collage this month! Andrea will be joining us for an artist talk about her collage work. Collé describes Andrea’s work as “quiet intensity” and having a sense of “haunting nostalgia.”

I’ve been following Andrea’s work for years and I truly can’t wait to dig in and hear more about her process and inspiration. I hope to see you there!

📅 Friday January 24th, 2025
⏰ 8am PT, 10am CT, 11am ET (Time Zone Converter)

You can check out this podcast that Andrea did with The Weird Show in 2021!
TWS BROADCAST. EPISODE 08: ANDREA BURGAY. TIME, DECAY AND HOPE.

Andrea Burgay is a visual artist from Syracuse, NY, currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her work combines collage, sculpture and found materials to elevate the overlooked and the mundane via transformative physical processes. Through a process of adding and removing layers of handmade and collected materials she presents a physical manifestation of the passage of time, destruction and decay, with a sense of potential renewal.

Burgay’s national and international exhibitions include: Unimedia Modern Contemporary Art (Genoa, Italy), Galerie Zurcher (Paris, France), Retroavangarda Gallery (Warsaw, Poland), and Sala Municipal de Exposiciones de La Pasión (Valladolid, Spain). Exhibitions in the US include Denise Bibro Gallery (NY), BRIC Gallery (NY), and Concord Art Visual Arts Center (MA). Her awards and residencies, include The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE, The Eileen S Kaminsky Family Foundation at MANA Contemporary in Jersey City, NJ, The Jentel Artist Residency Program in Banner, Wyoming, and a fellowship and solo exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn.

Burgay is also founder and editor of Cut Me Up, a participatory collage magazine and curatorial project. Each issue presents a curated selection of original mixed-media artworks, intended for readers to deconstruct, and transform into new artworks. 

www.andreaburgay.com

Mark your calendars and I look forward to seeing you there!

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📅: Thursday January 16th
⏰: 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 12pm PT (Time Zone Converter)

Join me, Elyse’, on Wilder’s Instagram for a LIVE work share! As artists, we are always looking for ways to shake things up a bit and get more eyes on our work. It’s been a while since we’ve done this and I miss it! Let’s get together and share what’s on our desk!

During this live, I invite you to request to join me and share what you’re up to! I’ll spend 5-10 minutes talking with as many artists as I can.

You can always come for the conversation, too. No pressure to request to join and if you need help with the technical, feel free to reach out a day or two before so I can help!

Hope to see you there. Keep creating!

📅 : Friday January 10th, 2025
⏰: 11am ET / 10am CT / 8am PT (Time Zone Converter)

It’s a brand new year and I’ve never felt more excited to be an artist! It is a honor to be connected with you in this space.

Let’s get together, make some art and talk about our goals for 2025.

Whether you want to submit your art to more opportunities, share more with your local community or simply show up at your art desk more frequently I am here for it and would love to support you!

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Don’t create alone, join us!

We’re kicking off the year with our monthly Creator’s Circle! What is Creator’s Circle? Well, it’s a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s it.

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

I’m so excited to kick off this brand new year with YOU! See you soon.

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

Zoom links will be sent prior to the call each Monday as well as an hour before the call begins. Replay will be posted on the Patreon within 24 hours.

We’re back with a very special Study Hall this December! A Wilder Collage Winter Party to end out the year. This is a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art.

⏰ : Friday, December 20th, 2024 12pm PT | 2pm CT | 3pm ET

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

No matter who or how you celebrate this season, we’re celebrating each other here at Wilder Collage. Can’t wait to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

What a delight and honor to welcome Petra Zehner to Wilder Collage. Petra is an artist, graphic designer, writer and founder of the global community of collage artists, Paris Collage Collective.

There are so many wonderful things to say about PCC and Petra is such an inspiration to me when it comes community in the collage world! Join us on December 12th in conversation with Petra about all things collage, community and how to get involved. Bring your questions for this round table discussion with Petra. Can’t wait to see you there.

In Conversation with Petra Zehner of Paris Collage Collective
📅 : Thursday December 12th, 2024
⏰ : 9am PT, 11am CT, 12pm ET (6pm in Paris!) Time Zone Converter

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

My name is Petra. I am an East-WestGerman graphic artist and writer.
After many years of a rather nomadic life, jumping back and forth between Germany, the UK, France, Singapore and Malaysia, I now work and live in Paris. I spend most of my days designing things, recycling images, and stringing words into sentences that are often quite elaborate and much longer than necessary or reasonable. Whatever time is left, I spend on books.

A few years ago, I re-discovered collage [the above-mentioned image recycling] as the art form that lets me combine and express all the things that interest me: images and words, old and new, good and bad, fact and fiction, hit and miss, and over time I developed a style that combines and expresses analog and digital.  

In my work I deal with the visually oversaturated world I live in, and the over- as well as under-stimulation that comes with it. It’s my way of appropriating imagery that I most of the time, given the choice, wouldn’t have looked at in the first place.

I listen to a lot of music while I work, hence the music references everywhere. I love summer and the beach, hence the palm trees everywhere. And I have two pet bunnies called Pepper & Dot, hence the bunny pictures everywhere.

Last but by no means least, currently mainly and above all, I'm the founder and creative director of Paris Collage Collective, an international collage artist community that hopes to encourage creative expression, exchange and collaboration.

It’s an honor to welcome Laura Weiler to the Wilder Collage membership in November. Join Laura as she shares a highly anticipated topic: Filming and Editing your Creative Process for Social Media.

I’ve always thought that Laura shares her work/process in such a genuine way and I know I’m not alone when I say this has been a pain point in my practice that I’d love to improve. Let’s learn and grow together!

📅 Tuesday November 19th, 2024
⏰ 11:00am PT, 1:00pm CT, 2:00pm ET (Time Zone Converter)

Laura Weiler is a visual artist and arts facilitator working primarily in analog and digital collage as well as mixed media. Laura combines her love of paper ephemera and design to create dynamic and unexpected images. Informed by a background in film, photography, and floral design, her compositions are both dramatic and tender, rendered with psychological layers and given vital, expressive energy.

Laura’s work is part of the permanent collection at The Scandinavian Collage Museum in Norway. She has been published in multiple print and online publications worldwide including editorial illustrations for Cosmopolitan, Road & Track, and Bend Magazine. Her art direction projects cover interdisciplinary ground, such as floral design for Harpo Studios, album and mural design, commercials, and films screened at the Chicago International Film Festival. She has facilitated creative experiences for public and private audiences as well as government agencies with a concentration on affordable housing.

​In 2021 Laura co-founded the Pacific Northwest Collage Collective to connect regional artists and celebrate collage as a medium. The PNWCC hosts open calls, and exhibitions and works closely with community-based collaborators. 

Laura is now based in western Michigan by way of Portland, OR, and Chicago, IL. She is a member of the Portage Arts Committee and Collage Crew Kzoo. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring her home state and hanging out with her family and their slinky black cat Lucy.

https://www.cutandplaced.com
www.instagram.com/lauraweiler

Don’t create alone, join us!

We’re back with Study Hall November! What is Collage Study Hall? Well, it’s a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s it.

⏰ : Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 10am PT | 12pm CT | 1pm ET (Time Zone Converter)

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

Can’t wait to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

I’m thrilled to welcome Marraym Moma to Wilder Collage this month! Marryam will be joining us with an artist talk about her uplifting and empowering collage work.

I’ve been following Marraym’s work for years and I truly can’t wait to dig in and hear more about her process and inspiration. I hope to see you there!

📅 Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
⏰ 10am PT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET (Time Zone Converter)

You can check out this podcast that Marryam did with my friend Mona last year. Exploring the World of Collage with Marryam Moma

Tanzanian-Nigerian visual artist Marryam Moma intricately reconstructs repurposed archival paper and mixed media, to create vibrant narratives, delving into the complexities of the Black experience. She highlights Black bodies, their strength and joy, while challenging societal perceptions. Moma's work is a masterful tapestry of multidimensional stories. Her analog collages grace international corporate collections like Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks. 

Moma's influence spans TV shows like Blackish, Bel Air, and Cherish the Day, along with features in renowned publications such as Popular Science, MODE MEN Magazine, and XXL Magazine. Notably, Moma's analog collages are showcased in The New Brownies Book, recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction.

Departing from a Bachelor of Architecture, Moma draws inspiration from both the ordinary and the exceptional to reconstruct intricate analog collages from apparently disparate elements that uplift and empower. Moma's exhibitions in the US and internationally aim to promote understanding and inclusivity through art.

marryammoma.com

Mark your calendars and I’ll see you there!

Don’t create alone, join us!

We’re back with Study Hall October! What is Collage Study Hall? Well, it’s a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s it.

⏰ : Thursday, October 10th, 2024 12pm PT | 2pm CT | 3pm ET

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

Can’t wait to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

Join us Wednesday, September 25th for an Artist Talk with Clive Knights!

I have to say, Clive is one of the most requested artists we’ve had this year and we’re thrilled to welcome him to Wilder Collage.

Clive will be joining us in a zoom session to share about the themes that run through his work. He’s also generously shared an essay on the cultural value of collage which I’ll be sure to send out with the replay.

You can join this call through Patreon and I hope to see you there. Can’t wait!

Clive Knights is an English collagist, printmaker and creator of festival structures based in Portland, Oregon. He is represented by the gallerist Laura Vincent in Portland’s Pearl District.

Since 2021 he has had 3 solo shows of his collages and monotype prints in Portland, and solo shows at Sacripante Gallery in Rome, Italy (May 2023) and at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, VA, (February thru May 2024). He has exhibited work in over 40 group shows in multiple US states and overseas, including England, Scotland, France, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia, Norway, Ukraine and Italy. In April 2022 he curated the international exhibition Corporeal Gestures in Portland that included over 100 collages by more than 100 artists from 22 countries. He designed and published the catalogue of all the work in this show.

In June 2022 he published his first monograph covering work from the previous 3 years titled Gestures from a Body at Work: Unsuccessful Attempts at Grasping Eternity. He was the founding director of the School of Architecture at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, and his work is influenced by a career in architectural education, by studies in the phenomenology of the human body, and by a fascination with the potential for innovations of meaning embodied in poetic works.

https://www.cliveknights.com/about
https://www.instagram.com/knightsclive/

⏰ : Join me on Tuesday, September 17th — 9am PT | 11am CT | 12pm ET to Show Your Work on Instagram Live!

We’ve done this a handful of times now and it’s always the best.

Go Live with me on instagram and share what’s on your table — I’d love to see what you’re working on!

During this live, I’ll spend about 10/15 minutes with each artist talking about their practice and how they got into it. It’s been such a great way to connect with one another.

Not interested in joining me live this time? No problem, you can still join in the conversation in the chat and support your fellow artists! See you then!

Don’t create alone, join us!

We’re back with Study Hall September! What is Collage Study Hall? Well, it’s a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s it.

⏰ : Thursday, September 12th, 2024 10am PT | 12pm CT | 1pm ET

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

Can’t wait to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

With Wilder Roam 002 about to drop, I’d love to share with you my experience in publishing with KDP. Last year I decided it was time to tackle one of my big dreams, an art collective book.

There have been a lot of bumps along the road but I’ve got two publications under my belt and I know I have some valuable information to share! I’d love for your to join me and please, bring your burning Qs as I am an open book.

Friday August 23rd, 2024
10am PT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET

Did I mention August 24th is my birthday? So yes, I made a call right around then so I could celebrate with you! :D Can’t wait.. see you then!!

Elyse’

I’m beyond thrilled to welcome artist, educator and community builder Kellette Elliott back into the membership to share. This time, she’ll be tackling a big topic among artists - creative block! Don’t create alone, join us — and learn how to handle creative block with Kellette Elliott in August.

I hope you’ll join us live or for the recording in the Wilder Membership — I know this is going to be fantastic!

Wednesday August, 14th 2024
12pm PT, 2pm CT, 3pm ET

Website: http://www.kelletteworks.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelletteworks/

Kellette Elliott is a collage artist based in Oregon, USA.
She creates analog collages that hope to bring you some nostalgia and joy using ephemera and vintage imagery.
Her work has appeared in well-known publications like Playboy and New Statesman, Orion and Poetry Foundation. Books about collage, album covers, and one of
Print Magazines Top 5 collage artists to follow on Instagram.

If I’ve learned anything from talking with collage artists across the globe, it’s that we share a common joy in treasure hunting the material we find for our work.

For instance, when I came across a retro yearbook from Santa Barbara in the 60s, I was ecstatic. I excitedly shared with the people around me and was met with an eyebrow raise and a, “Cool.”

Collage friends, I’d love for you to join me as I go LIVE on Instagram to share one of your recent finds or favorite finds. You can join me live and show the group or you can share in the comments — or simply come and be inspired by what you see and maybe be sparked on places to treasure hunt!

I love going LIVE with you and I think this will be so fun.

See you then!

Thursday August 8th, 2024
@WilderCollage Instagram
11PT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET

Don’t create alone! Join us!

Study Hall is happening in the Wilder Collage community for 1.5 hours on Thursday July, 24th! It’s your chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy virtual space.
We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s right. Bring your scissors, collage materials and glue sharing in one another’s creative energy.

⏰ : Thursday, July 24th 2024 1pm PT | 4pm ET

Sharing is totally optional and anyone that wants to share will have a chance to.

Can’t wait to see you there!
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⏰: Tuesday July 16th 3pm ET / 12pm PT

Join me, Elyse’, on Wilder’s Instagram for a LIVE work share! As artists, we are always looking for ways to shake things up a bit and every time we’ve done this, it’s been great. Let’s get together and share what’s on our desk!

During this live, I invite you to request to join me and share what you’re up to! I figured we can spend 5-10 minutes talking with as many artists as we can/who would like to!

You can always come for the conversation, too. No pressure to request to join and if you need help with the technical, feel free to reach out a day or two before so I can help!

Hope to see you there. Keep creating!

Are you curious about gel printing? I’ve been so curious lately about gel printing and would love to talk about it!

We’re coming together to ask and answer questions as a group. Do you know a lot about it? Join us and share! Don’t know much about it? Join us and learn!

Thursday July 11th 11am PT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET in the Wilder Collage membership via zoom. Link sent closer to the day.

Hope to see you there!

I’m beyond excited to be sharing our June host with you. Mark your calendars because Danielle Krysa of the Jealous Curator will be joining us on Tuesday, June 11th at 10am PT!

Danielle will be doing a short talk with plenty of time for Q&A so be sure to bring your curiosities. Danielle is one of the first collage artists I came across and have been inspired ever since. She’s honest and talented and I’m thrilled for this opportunity to have her join our group.

Danielle’s been turning jealousy into get-your-ass-back-in-the-studio inspiration since 2009. She’s an author, curator and artist.

Some places you can find Danielle:

• https://substack.com/@thejealouscurator

• https://www.instagram.com/daniellekrysaart

• https://www.instagram.com/thejealouscurator

• Amazon

• Podcast & more!

I’ll see you then, Wilder! Can’t wait!

Don’t create alone! Join us!

Study Hall is happening in the Wilder Collage community for 1.5 hours on Thursday June 6th! It’s your chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy virtual space.
We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s right. Bring your scissors, collage materials and glue sharing in one another’s creative energy.

⏰ : Thursday, June 6th 2024 1pm PST | 4pm EST

Sharing is totally optional and anyone that wants to share will have a chance to.

Can’t wait to see you there!
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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to take collage and get more involved within my community. I knew just the person to come into the membership and share with us. Wilder’s own Marcus Dawson will be joining us to talk Collage & Community.
I can’t wait. Bring your questions and I hope to see you there!

Join the call: Patreon Membership

⏰: Tuesday, May 14th 10am PT / 1pm ET

Marcus Dawson is a North Carolina collage artist whose mission is to spread love and light through analog collage. What started off as a self-care practice, became his passion for creating unique art with paper that included bright colors and vibrant visual storytelling.

He often incorporates images of people of color among whimsical landscapes dotted with colorful flowers, rolling hills, and the heavens above. His work has been featured in Suboart Magazine, Wilder Collage, Collage Care: The Method and many more. Marcus debuted his 1st Solo Exhibition “ A Collaged Life” at The Leland Cultural Arts Center.

Join us for Wilder’s first ever Collage Study Hall!

What is Collage Study Hall? Well, it’s a chance to carve out time on your calendar and join your fellow creatives in a cozy space. We’ll get together to simply make art. Yep, that’s it.

⏰ : Thursday, May 9th 2024 1pm PST | 4pm EST

Bring your scissors, paper materials and glue and join us for this 1.5 hour virtual event sharing in one another’s in creative energy.

Can’t wait to see you there!

https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage << Link to the Wilder Collage Membership Group!

With anticipation and excitement Wilder Collage presents Paper Constellations, a virtual group exhibition!

This World Collage Day, we’re coming together to share what we love, collage! Join us starting on May 6th to view the work created for this show by members:

Amanda Petrozzini

Cait W

Dunia Barrera

Elyse Jokinen

Ginger Sisco-Cook

Jane Palmer

Jennifer Gatz

Jenny Brown

jenny lloyd

Jill McDougall

Johanna Norry

Kathy Cornwell

Keddy Ann Outlaw

Maureen Manning

Racquel Keller

Selena Dixon

Theresa Marsala

Tracy Meyer

This magical medium bringing groups of people together across the globe. What a joy it is to be a part of it. Please follow along over @wildercollage on instagram and here through the newsletter for updates on this project.

🗓️ : May 6th - May 29th 2024

Virtual Exhibition, Paper Constellations

⏰ : Thursday, April, 25th, 10am PST / 1pm EST (Time Zone Converter)
Topic: Collage Supplies & Materials

One of the very first times we did a gather and discuss, we talked materials. Can you believe it’s been over a year now?

I feel like one of the things I get asked the most is about what I use and how I use it. Let’s share our favorite must have can’t live without supplies. I can’t wait to discuss this with you!

These calls will always be one of my favorite days of the month as it is a time to get together, connect with one another and share what’s going on in our world.

You can bring your scissors and work as we chat, talking/sharing is always optional and everyone that wants to share will have a chance to.

Zoom link will be sent before the call in the membership. Can’t wait to see you then!

Join me on Wednesday, April 17th - 4 pm EST / 1 pm PST to Show Your Work on Instagram Live!

We’ve done this a handful of times now and it’s always the best.

Do you want to go Live with me on instagram and share what’s on your table? I’d love to see what you’re working on.

During this live, I’ll spend about 10/15 minutes with each artist talking about their practice and how they got into it. It’s been such a great way to connect with one another.

Not interested in joining me live this time? No problem, you can still join in the conversation in the chat and support your fellow artists!

- Elyse'

Wilder Collage x Victoria J. Fry of Visionary Art Collective —

Join artist, educator and curator Victoria J. Fry in the Wilder Membership as she presents Essentails for Strengthening You Bio and Artist Statement.

Tuesday, April 9th | 10am PST, 1pm EST

I’m so excited to welcome Victoria and I hope you can join us!

Join us! -> https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage

Victoria J. Fry, President & CEO of Visionary Art Collective

Victoria J. Fry is the founder of Visionary Art Collective, New Visionary Magazine & Warnes Contemporary Gallery. Born in England, Fry lived in Singapore as a child before moving to the United States. The formative years spent in the English countryside continue to impact the paintings she creates today, as they’re rooted in landscape, memory, perception, and experience. Fry’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including Create! Magazine, Vanity Fair UK, Art Reveal Magazine, and Pif Magazine amongst others.

Since launching Visionary Art Collective in 2020, Fry has worked with over 300+ artists to help them advance their art careers. As part of her mission to increase visibility for artists, she partners up with top curators and gallerists to facilitate group exhibitions, publishes a contemporary art magazine, and hosts a podcast centered on art and entrepreneurship. 

Additionally, Fry has been a guest speaker for the Women’s Caucus of Art in Washington D.C, Photo Trouvée Magazine, The Art Queens Society, and Huron River Art Collective. She has curated exhibitions for Create! Magazine, Arts to Hearts Project, The Artful Collective, and recently served as a juror for Women’s United Art Prize.

Fry obtained her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2012 and her MAT from Maine College of Art in 2014. Upon graduating, she moved to California for five years to continue her career as a painter and educator. After living in the Bay Area of San Francisco and Los Angeles, she is now thrilled to be living back in New York City.

Instagram: @victoriajfry / Website: victoriajfry.com

I was so inspired by our call last month with Eileen Wallace and the way she works in series, collections and projects. I would love to discuss this with you!

Have you created a series or a collection? How did it come about? What was it like working in that way?

Would you like to create a series? Would you rather not?

I learn so much from discussing with this group and I really look forward to this call.

Mark your calendars and join us in the Patreon Membership!

Wednesday, March 27th 1:00pm Pacific / 4:00pm Eastern (Time Zone Converter)

Collage Party with artists Jen Gatz and Jill McDougall!
⏰ Monday, March 11th | 11am PST, 2pm EST | 90 Minutes

I'm so excited to start the week and kick off spring with our first ever collage party! This call is pretty special as it's being guest hosted by Wilder's own Jen Gatz and Jill McDougall. For this call, we ask that you bring your materials because we are going to take this time to CREATE! We'll have a relaxed 90 minutes to focus on collage making. You can work on your own project or along with the group theme for the month: Spring!  

Learn more about your hosts: Artist Jen Gatz @jengatz jennifergatz.com and artist Jill McDougall @jillmcdougalljillmcdougall.com!

Wilder Collage x Courtney Minor—

Join artist Courtney Minor in the Wilder Membership as she presents an Artist Talk from a residency she’s at in France!

Tuesday, March 5th | 9am PST, 12pm EST

I’m so excited to welcome Courtney and I can't wait to hear all about her and her work. I hope you can join us!

Join us! -> https://www.patreon.com/wildercollage

Courtney Minor is Multidisciplinary artist specializing in collage, photography/film, assemblage and product design. Her work is rooted in her emotions, psychology/mental health, memories, travels, and love of science fiction.

Minor was born in Houston, Texas, USA, in 1984 and is a self taught Collagist at her core. Though taught the basics of art in elementary school & winning art awards at her private school, Minor took the long way around to becoming a professional artist. Early art mentor Kelvin Coney encouraged her to pursue her art, convincing her to do her first collage commission as an adult in 2007. However, between grammar school and that one off commission, Minor created no artworks until the winter of 2018. Working in her corporate job, she was unhappy and looked for an outlet for her creative musings. In an attempt to get away from it all, she flew to Vietnam for a break and began photographing herself, the locals and her surroundings. There she got her first idea to adhere her photographs to a canvas… to create a more thoughtful collage than what she had done prior. Upon returning to the USA, she delved head first into creating her collage works, first by printing her photographs to canvas paper then pasting images at varied scales onto the base canvas photograph. She began exploring incorporating other mediums such as acrylic paint and found object into her initial works. Her friends and mentor encouraged her to begin showing her work in the summer of 2019. Minor went on to an Instagram account, show her work Kell’s the Warrior Part 2 at Hang Night at the Heath Gallery in Harlem, NYC and allow a friend share her work with the art curator of Red Rooster Harlem. After that, as the saying goes, the rest was history.

www.thecmdstudio.com | @heyitscourtneyminor