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This rabbit hole doesn’t lead to wonderland
The current political climate feels like a reality show. We’re witnessing the trivialization of real life drama. The producers keep...
Mar 23 min read
Once upon a collage: a call for art
Hello my absolute legends! Â As always you haven't disappointed! I have been inundated with comments about the kids' collage guide. The...
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Got kids? I've got you covered
Hello everyone! Â Operation "back to school" has officially started! As a parent you might be dealing with a lot right now: uniforms,...
Aug 1, 20242 min read
Fun transforms too: collage as a coping tool.
Everyone needs a little bit of help sooner or later. Sometimes a hug will do. A friend willing to listen never goes amiss, and support...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
Kathy Acerno: getting to know you
After many false starts and just as many abrupt pauses, I can finally share with you an artist that I so enjoy. Her work reminds me of an...
Jun 25, 20245 min read
Madrid Collage Guide
In case you don't know yet, the MAD part of MADCOLLAGE does not allude to the state of my mental health. Although my degree of sanity...
Jun 12, 20246 min read
Eric Bruth: getting to know you
Eric is a collage artist who lives in a suburb south of Paris. That means he is going to be quite close to the eye of the hurricane for...
May 25, 20246 min read
Linda Sandoval: getting to know you
Linda Sandoval is a fellow classic film lover. I was elated to find out this is one of the cool things we have in common. Obviously, we...
May 10, 20242 min read
Butternut Collage: getting to know you
Jake Kennedy is a collage artist from Hove, United Kingdom. So far, so good. This is the rather bland, standard first line of any...
May 6, 20246 min read
Lovely but Dead: getting to know you
I love looking at collage as much as I love making it. There are few things as thrilling as finding an interesting, new, different...
Mar 18, 20245 min read
Claudia Hollister : Cyanotype Collage
I tried my hand at cyanotype one summer afternoon not too long ago. In the company of a friend, we took advantage of one of the rare...
Jan 26, 20244 min read
A Conversation with Cesar Solis
MADCOLLAGE: Welcome back everyone. Today I feel very lucky to chat with an artist with a level of dexterity and a level of patience that...
Aug 25, 202319 min read
A Conversation with Amber Button
MADCOLLAGE: Hello. Welcome once again to Six Impossible Things. I hope everyone is surviving this atrocious heat. In order to help a...
Aug 19, 202335 min read
Apr 18, 20230 min read
out and about - Crys Yin: nothing to exclaim @ Deanna Evans Projects
In a collective experience of any kind, the shared aspect of it has the potential to unite people of very different backgrounds. Few...
Mar 15, 20231 min read
love letters to myself
I think exercising at least a modicum of self compassion should be taught in schools. It is, after all, a learned skill and it needs to...
Feb 22, 20231 min read
when we are least expecting
I don't have a whole lot of plans for 2023. Remaining sane is one of them. Retaining a semblance of health (the bar is quite low for...
Dec 10, 20222 min read
out and about - Clarity Haynes Altar-ed Bodies @ Denny Dimin Gallery
Emergent artists often have a fresh view that I find exciting. They might not have found their style yet, or they could be...
Nov 22, 20221 min read
courage needed. apply within
In early December I was given a commission that intrigued me. Truth be told, I had never heard of the woman at the center of this story,...
Nov 14, 20223 min read
a few of my favorite things
I'm not sure if the hills are alive or not. I haven't been out much lately. What I do know is that I often get questions about materials...
Nov 9, 20221 min read
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