Collage Workshop with Artist Stefanie Taranto

Come ready to play! This class is designed to create a picture with cut, torn, applied papers and other materials. Think Picasso, Braque and Matisse! We'll experiment to see what evolves while playing with materials such as:

• images from magazines
• materials of all kinds (thin fabric, tissue paper, newspaper, napkins, string)
• mark making ( pencil, pen, marker)
• paint…

*Please come with a few themes in mind, as well as materials you may want to experiment with, and perhaps some pre-cut images you love.

The library will provide the basics materials: surface to work on, scissors, glue, and some magazines to pull from. For ages 16 and up.

Stefanie Taranto, Fine Artist, is influenced by the process of translating observation into narrative. Her current series are in oil pastel and acrylic; additionally she is well-versed in watercolor, dry pastel, pencil and pen and ink. Her works hang in private collections and corporate environments, most recently a 5 piece grouping in the historic Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, 2017. She shows annually in individual and group shows as well as select fine art fairs. Recent awards include “Best in Pastel” from Art in the Barn, 2016, and the “Purchase Award” from the Schaumburg Cultural Commission, 2015. Stefanie received her BFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She recently moved to Cape Cod, MA.