Use collage and mixed media techniques to transform your own collected material into an artist book. Through examining, re-organizing, and manipulating imagery, collage presents a language through which to imagine and realize alternate worlds and relations. Following a comprehensive introduction to collage and mixed media practices, class participants will learn book-making methods, and explore the book as an active vehicle for their ideas.

Christine Garvey

<a href="http://www.christine-garvey.com/">Christine Garvey</a> received her MFA from Concordia University Montreal, and BFA from Washington University in St Louis. Her works on paper and installations have been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions with Galerie Circulaire (Montreal), Sur La Montagne Galerie (Berlin), Phra Nakorn Gallery (Bangkok) and Jules Maidoff Gallery (Italy). Garvey is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship, Mobility Travel Award, and most recently a Fulbright Research Grant from the Italian Commission. From 2015-2016 she was a Visiting Fellow at Florence University of the Arts and a Visiting Artist at Siena Art Institute and SACI Florence among others. Garvey lives, works, and teaches in New York.

Use collage and mixed media techniques to transform your own collected material into an artist book. Through examining, re-organizing, and manipulating imagery, collage presents a language through which to imagine and realize alternate worlds and relations. Following a comprehensive introduction to collage and mixed media practices, class participants will learn book-making methods, and explore the book as an active vehicle for their ideas.
Location: Pioneer Books 
Price: $200 [$150 + $50 materials fee]
Image credit: Kristin Blush

Pioneer Books

<a href="http://www.christine-garvey.com/">Christine Garvey</a> received her MFA from Concordia University Montreal, and BFA from Washington University in St Louis. Her works on paper and installations have been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions with Galerie Circulaire (Montreal), Sur La Montagne Galerie (Berlin), Phra Nakorn Gallery (Bangkok) and Jules Maidoff Gallery (Italy). Garvey is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship, Mobility Travel Award, and most recently a Fulbright Research Grant from the Italian Commission. From 2015-2016 she was a Visiting Fellow at Florence University of the Arts and a Visiting Artist at Siena Art Institute and SACI Florence among others. Garvey lives, works, and teaches in New York.

Collected Images: Collage + The Book Form