Ohio Collage Society News

World Collage Day at Uncommon Art in Hudson OH.

HUDSON, OHIO Collage Makes the World Go 'Round! 1-4PM Uncommon ART Gallery & Studios 178 1/2 North Main Street Hudson, Ohio 44236 Uncommon ART Gallery & Studios hosts the make-n-take project “Collage Makes The World Go 'Round!” using discarded music CDs. The public is invited to drop in between 1 and 4PM to take part. All supplies will be provided, and guests will be able to take their finished creations home. Gretchen Bierbaum, President and Founder of the National Collage Society (NCS), will be present in spirit with a pre-recorded presentation, Discover Collage, that introduces NCS and includes artwork by Bierbaum and 28 other artists. This event is for children and adults. Note: The gallery is on the 2nd floor, accessible only by stairs.

Karen Koch is an OCS member and hosts many fabulous art events, including our own OCS collage pARTies. Check this event out, there studio is wonderful!

Click the link for.....

.....a solid though broad explanation of what collage does to our perception. The work featured is disorienting:

http://hyperallergic.com/323536/tim-spelios-before-disembarking/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekend%20Tim%20Spelios%20Lynn%20Saville%20Alejandro%20Zambra%20%20Matas%20Celedn%20Katherine%20Bradford%20Clintel%20Steed%20Clintel%20Steed%20Denis%20Johnson%20Music%20Reviews&utm_content=Weekend%20Tim%20Spelios%20Lynn%20Saville%20Alejandro%20Zambra%20%20Matas%20Celedn%20Katherine%20Bradford%20Clintel%20Steed%20Clintel%20Steed%20Denis%20Johnson%20Music%20Reviews+CID_2eda01759e7045013e5068c1526a5f2a&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=Sending%20Collage%20Down%20a%20Rabbit%20Hole

Members at Artist's Archive of Western Reserve

Member and vice president Chris Paringer with NCS member Katina Pastis-Radwanski at the opening reception of "Sustenance" at the Artist's Archive in Cleveland. Congratulations to both for being accepted into this show!

University Hospitals Exhibit

Member Karen Koch of Life Need Art sent this along in case anyone would be interested in seeing it:

Cleveland Clinic Art Exhibition Area – between Q and G buildings

While the term “cut and paste” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age, contemporary artists continue to stick with tradition and use collage and paper cutting as a way to extend and explore imagery. The artists in this exhibition use faux fur, candy wrappers, found photographs, even fruit stickers — everything is fair game. The results are both intricate and surprising and speak to the different ways that artists use the materials around them to make their work. The exhibition includes artworks from the Cleveland Clinic collection as well as works on loan by an international group of artists working in a variety of different media.

 

Collage-making Event for Members (and friends)

The 14th of April at Studio 2091 Gallery from 1-3pm will be another collage soiree for OCS members and folks interested in becoming a member. Bring your supplies and enjoy the camaraderie of other collage-obsessed artists.

Amy's gallery will be the site of our member show in November, so if you haven't seen it, now is your chance.

Dollar Broom by Christopher Jobson

Sent by Gretchen, giving dirty money new meaning......

From Kathleen.....African/European Collage

Just click the link, wonderful article sent by Kathleen (if anybody out there wants to share a favorite, drop me an email):

http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/artnews/famed-collage-artist-wangechi-mutu-to-judge-showdown

 

It's also a competition! 

Art to Dayton, NE OH Delivery & Etc.

After a board meeting yesterday about the Dayton Annual Member Show, keep these things in mind:

1. Art must be delivered to Shirley E. or Chris P. to get a ride down to Dayton by the 15th of October.

2. Please make sure art to go is securely wrapped and padded, your friendly transporters get very worried when they receive a naked collage and can't be certain it will come back to you safely. So wrap them up!

3. If you enclose your check on the back of your work (outside the wrapping) that will help us with our records. 

4. Prospectus and entry form links follow this post, if you haven't entered/renewed, do it today!

And now the miscellaneous part from Gretchen B., this sounds fun:

 

Dear Landfillart Artist,

  

This is very exciting time for The Landfillart Project!  We are nearing completion of the first phase of our mission.  We only need 150 additional, professional artists to join us on our Landfillart "voyage", allowing us to realize our original goal of establishing a collection of 1,041 total art projects.  We can then move forward and start phase 2- publishing The Landfillart Book, which will include every piece completed for the project.

  

Please pass on our website www.landfillart.org, and have your fellow artists contact me.  If the artist mentions your name, it will help speed up the selection process.

  

Thank you for your help and participation in The Landfillart Project.

 

 

                                                                                            Sincerely,

 

                                                                                            Ken Marquis

 

Collagarama at Gallery 2091

We met, we glued, we worked on postcards for the NCS show coming up and on ATCs for the OCS show in March. Our gracious hostess, Amy Mothersbaugh-Roos showed us around her gallery and plied us with pizza. It was a good day to work in an inspiring space and here are the photos to prove it:

Gwen at work on postcards.

Lucy is one of the artists featured on the postcard for our upcoming show in March.

Our vice-president, Chris, deep in thought. She has a piece featured on the publicity postcard for the show as well.

Jan also has a collage on our postcard, and our esteemed founder, Gretchen is below. 

Join us next time, times and places will appear here on the blog. Scroll down for prospectus for the 3.5x2.5 exhibit coming up in March.

Kathleen Explains the Concept

Our talented member Kathleen Harrington has written an article about the art referred to as ATCs and ACEOs. The size of this art is always a standard 2&1/2x3&1/2 and was the inspiration for the exhibit that will be held at The Box Gallery in March (scroll down to previous entry for the prospectus). The acronym for the art has changed a bit to suit our work, ACCO stands for Artist Card, Collage Original but Kathleen sums it all up for the more well-known terms:

http://tinyurl.com/yduwgjn

It is a very small format, but there are upsides to that. Start today, renew your membership (if you haven't already) and be there at the intake!