Link for registration: https://sonomacommunitycenter.org/

or Call (707) 938-4626

Location: Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA 95476

Fee: $105 + $10 materials fee in cash to instructor

Ages: 16 and up

Wednesday May 7, 2025; 11am-3pm

Join French-American artist Catherine Cruz as she demonstrates her technique and explains what makes her layered collages so unique. Collage, from the French word coller meaning "to glue," is all about combining different materials to tell a visual story. In her art practice she has found paper and paint to be both simple and complex materials that can be manipulated in many ways. Her abstract collage pieces have multiple layers that are fused together to reveal texture and imagery. In this class you will learn which papers to select, how to combine them and how to apply them to a wood panel. She will guide you in creating a compelling abstract composition that tells your story.

What you’ll get from this workshop: Methods for sourcing interesting collage papers, Techniques for creating rich layered collages, Creative ways to loosen up & trust yourself, Strategies for refining your composition

Supplies provided: Wood panels, collage papers, brushes, acrylic medium.

You are highly encouraged to bring your own papers to personalize your artwork like ephemera, prints, old letters, books, decorative papers, tissue paper, etc. Note: glossy paper and magazines will not work well in this process and if you want to use photographs it’s best to make laser copies of them.