Collage as Worldmaking (Sundays 2-4pm)
3-Part Workshop
DATES: 10/20, 10/27, 11/3
Class Description:
“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is —it’s to imagine what is possible.”
- Bell Hooks
Worldmaking is an exercise in creating new realities which can help us to dismantle oppressive systems as we employ radical imagination to work toward more liberatory futures. Collage is an accessible medium that allows us to assemble ideas and play in images in ways that can help us to envision new worlds. Throughout this course I will introduce you to a range of collage techniques and styles. In the process, I will guide the students in thinking about issues they’re passionate about and imagining worlds where they do not exist. This workshop aims to provide students with the opportunity to engage collaging as an intuitive practice and create at least one completed piece on canvas.
Teacher Info:
Azsaneé Truss is a thinking artist who seeks to imagine liberatory futures through her artistic practices. She works in a variety of mediums including collage, movement, and sound, often playing with Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist aesthetics. Drawing inspiration from literature, quotidian Black life, and her research, while also embracing fluid inspiration, Truss’s collage art is an exercise in conversing with the archives, speculation, re-memory, and personal exploration. Her community is integral to her practice and collectivity is a significant thread in her work. Her goal is to bring accessible contemporary art to a broad public and inspire people to consider the types of futures they’re working toward.
3-Part Workshop
DATES: 10/20, 10/27, 11/3
Class Description:
“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is —it’s to imagine what is possible.”
- Bell Hooks
Worldmaking is an exercise in creating new realities which can help us to dismantle oppressive systems as we employ radical imagination to work toward more liberatory futures. Collage is an accessible medium that allows us to assemble ideas and play in images in ways that can help us to envision new worlds. Throughout this course I will introduce you to a range of collage techniques and styles. In the process, I will guide the students in thinking about issues they’re passionate about and imagining worlds where they do not exist. This workshop aims to provide students with the opportunity to engage collaging as an intuitive practice and create at least one completed piece on canvas.
Teacher Info:
Azsaneé Truss is a thinking artist who seeks to imagine liberatory futures through her artistic practices. She works in a variety of mediums including collage, movement, and sound, often playing with Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist aesthetics. Drawing inspiration from literature, quotidian Black life, and her research, while also embracing fluid inspiration, Truss’s collage art is an exercise in conversing with the archives, speculation, re-memory, and personal exploration. Her community is integral to her practice and collectivity is a significant thread in her work. Her goal is to bring accessible contemporary art to a broad public and inspire people to consider the types of futures they’re working toward.
3-Part Workshop
DATES: 10/20, 10/27, 11/3
Class Description:
“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is —it’s to imagine what is possible.”
- Bell Hooks
Worldmaking is an exercise in creating new realities which can help us to dismantle oppressive systems as we employ radical imagination to work toward more liberatory futures. Collage is an accessible medium that allows us to assemble ideas and play in images in ways that can help us to envision new worlds. Throughout this course I will introduce you to a range of collage techniques and styles. In the process, I will guide the students in thinking about issues they’re passionate about and imagining worlds where they do not exist. This workshop aims to provide students with the opportunity to engage collaging as an intuitive practice and create at least one completed piece on canvas.
Teacher Info:
Azsaneé Truss is a thinking artist who seeks to imagine liberatory futures through her artistic practices. She works in a variety of mediums including collage, movement, and sound, often playing with Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist aesthetics. Drawing inspiration from literature, quotidian Black life, and her research, while also embracing fluid inspiration, Truss’s collage art is an exercise in conversing with the archives, speculation, re-memory, and personal exploration. Her community is integral to her practice and collectivity is a significant thread in her work. Her goal is to bring accessible contemporary art to a broad public and inspire people to consider the types of futures they’re working toward.