06/05/2022
Creating a piece of art from smaller pieces of paper, fabric, or other objects is known as "collage." The term collage, derived from the French "coller," meaning "to glue," describes artwork made from a mix of different materials.
Join artist Judy Bowman this Saturday, June 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the DIA's Art-Making Studio to create your own collage, taking inspiration from some of the greats like Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Pablo Picasso. Visitors will be encouraged to express their own styles and learn compositions, space, and balance using a variety of papers and photographs.
This drop-in-style workshop is for all ages, and all skill levels are welcome.
Judy Bowman is a 2021 Kresge Fellow and mixed-media collage artist who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Her art practice centers on exalting America’s Black culture. Bowman’s use of vibrant hues, textured paper, and acrylic paint illuminates’ narratives that move beyond institutional racism and disparaged perspectives of the Black experience–a view in which America too often limits the full picture.
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Judy McReynolds Bowman, Mom on Seneca, 2021, pigment print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Norm and Susan Stewart and Judy McReynolds Bowman, 2021.250.
