Art Workshop - Shape Scapes Collage Workshop

With its stream of endlessly reproducible images, materials, patterns, and information, the medium of collage has a unique history and vital connection to contemporary life. During this day-long workshop, we will explore basic approaches to collage, including gathering and organizing collections of images and materials, and piecing them together in new configurations. Presentations of works by modern and contemporary artists will introduce students to the limitless possibilities of working with collage, while technical demonstrations and exercises will explore the material processes and concepts presented. This workshop will emphasize play, failure, and experimentation. 

MOLLY MARKOW is an interdisciplinary artist based in Saugatuck and Chicago. Her work employs a playful approach to collage and assemblage to poke fun at idealized constructions of “nature” and landscape. She has had solo and two-person exhibitions at University Galleries, Normal, Illinois; Terrain Biennial, Chicago; and That Gallery, Laramie, Wyoming. She has been included in group shows at Scarlow’s Gallery, Casper, Wyoming; Transpace Gallery, Normal, Illinois; McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois; and Ox-Bow. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts and Lazuli Residency. Markow is currently Executive Assistant at Ox-Bow.