Concertina Collage Open Studio

Service Description

Concertina Collage Open Studio With Jackie Amatucci and Lianna Gilman Tuesdays April 21 & 28 (continues on Thursdays in May) 3 - 5 pm Cost: $15 per week plus a small materials fee directly to the teachers. Concertina sketchbooks with 35 pages of high-quality mixed-media paper will be available for an additional $15 if you’d like one, or you can make/bring one of your own. These open-studio sessions are oriented to playing with mixed-media collage and mark-making. We especially encourage you to work in a concertina (accordion-fold) sketchbook, which adds an exciting dimension to exploring your creative edges and developing your own style. Jackie and Lianna will provide support and inspiration rather than structured teaching, drawing from their years of creative experience. You’ll have the use of a wide range of collage materials (paper and fabric), mark-making implements, and mixed-media supplies. This is a great opportunity to be curious and playful with color and texture while enjoying uninterrupted creative time in a relaxed setting. We welcome anyone who has some familiarity with collage and/or mark-making, at any level of experience. We’re offering these sessions on a drop-in basis. It’s optional to register in advance and you can decide week by week or commit to the whole series. Jackie Amatucci has been a mixed media artist for over 10 years. She also is a potter, jewelry maker, basket maker, and seamstress. She loves sharing her skills and delights in supporting others to make their own masterpieces. Jackie is co-founder of Create Space Langley. As a high school teacher for 30 years, her love of teaching and learning has never waned. Jackie was a teaching artist at Power of Hope Teen Camps for many years. She was a mentor and teaching artist for Seattle-based Young Women Empowered for 13 years. Lianna Gilman is a free-style weaver and fiber artist with an adventurous mixed-media spirit. She found her inner artist when she traded in perfection for curiosity and adopted the free-style approach of “no right, no wrong, no mistakes.” Visit www.heartsong-weaving.com for more about her fiber arts.