Instructor: Jeanne Marie McClure
Description: Wondering what to do with all those Gelli prints you made? Have a collection of magazine pictures you’ve been saving? Well, we have an artistic way to utilize them. Come join the fun! Cut, tear and rip your way into creativity while painting with paper.
Participants will create colorful art pieces by cutting and gluing a variety of papers and ephemera. Explore all types of materials that can be used (even making your own color sheets), plan the layout, and choose a theme for your collage work. Be inspired by established collage artists and learn different artistic approaches to painting with paper.
"Creating Collage" premiered in 2023, and is back by popular demand. Previous student Kirsten Lee says, "such a fun, fabulous class! Each session was very thoughtfully planned and effectively taught, with a thorough exploration of approaches and techniques."
Age Range of student: 8+ (Minors must be accompanied by a parent)
Materials:
Colorful papers, magazine pages, handmade paper, gel printed paper, textured paper, wall paper, tissue paper, old tickets, photos, etc.,
Matte medium for gluing, and large flat brush for spreading matte medium
Scissors
Large sheets of watercolor paper
Foam board for mounting WC sheet
Painter’s tape
Additional supplies provided by instructor at no cost
About the Instructor: Jeanne Marie McClure is representational, multidisciplinary artist creating in watercolor, acrylics, collage, oil/cold wax, and polymer clay. Throughout her life she has always been inquisitive about all modes of art expression. Since early childhood, she demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and explored ways to create art, however, it was never seen as a viable career path.
Jeanne Marie earned a BS in biology from University of Mary Washington and degree in Medical Technology from Medical College of Virginia. As a biologist and Medical Technologist, her career allowed her to see beauty in laboratory work under the microscope in colors, shapes and patterns of cells and microbes and the variety of colors in cultures, stains and chemical reactions.
Since retiring, her pursuit of art has been allowed to flourish. She has sought and actively participated in class offerings, online tutorials, juried exhibits, and gallery shows. Her work has been shown in exhibits at Berkeley Art Works, Jefferson Arts Council’s member shows and their Spotlight Gallery. Her painting “17 Years to Light” won a merit award in the Annual Eastern West Virginia Exhibit 2021 juried exhibition sponsored by Berkeley Arts Council in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She was an active participant in the Art Expo at the Martinsburg Roundhouse in the fall of 2022, teaching a workshop “Don’t be afraid of Water Color”. She continues to teach a variety of workshops and classes at Berkeley Art Works, thereby enhancing students’ understanding, skills, knowledge and creativity through these lessons.
Jeanne Marie has also participated in many local Arts and Crafts events with her wearable art creations in polymer clay. She shares art experiences with other likeminded artists in The Creative Arts Group, Sisters in Art, and Soul Collage gatherings.
She continues to learn, share and create art at her home in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
