all-day workshop: 10:00 am–4:00 pm All Levels led by Nancy Egol Nikkal.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

FEE: Member: $81, Non-member: $90, Materials: $10

Register: Call the Newark Museum: 973 596 6607

This is a new workshop I developed for the Newark Museum. It is held in conjunction with the Museum exhibition African Cosmos: Stellar Arts (February 27-August 11, 2013). Read about the exhibition currently at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art…

Workshop participants are encouraged to view the African Cosmos exhibit in person when it arrives at the Newark Museum. They will see ancient and contemporary art. At the collage workshop, we will investigate cosmic images, sun, moon and stars, signs of the Zodiac, cosmic connectors to original myths of many African cultures, patterns and symbols in African textiles. We will locate, cut and tear papers from magazines, draw, paint and embellish on various papers and paste everything into a collage. The workshop will include handouts, decorated papers, sample text and imagery for collage.

The workshop is very user friendly. We locate and repurpose magazine papers and work with everyday materials that are inexpensive and easy to find. Participants are encouraged to bring personal media to include in their collage. Workshop includes dialogue, demonstration and personal attention. I created the image nearby with painted papers and patterned magazine papers.

Mondays, 7:00-9:00 pm

9 classes: January 7-March 11, 2013

Evening classes at the Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY (no class Feb 18)

Work with everyday materials: fine papers, magazine papers, reproductions, and your own recycled art. Explore collage, drawing, painting and mixed media. Embellish your art with pencil, pen and ink, acrylic and watercolor. Add printed, magazine imagery, photographs, scans and photocopies, lace, ribbons, and found objects. Learn about paint, ink, glue and adhesives. Classes include demonstration, discussion and individual attention.

9 evening classes: January 7-March 11, 2013 (no class Feb 18) fee: $234/$211 members

REGISTER SOON.

Contact the Pelham Art Center: 914 738 2525

The classes will focus on new techniques (very user friendly) and build skills. We’ll work with everyday materials. I’ll encourage you to add personal touches. Every class will include tips and techniques.

New workshop and classes in 2013

Fee: to be determined depending on class size and schedule.

Artists as diverse as Henri Matisse, Robert Rauschenberg and Romare Bearden all found personal expression in the art of collage.  Many contemporary artists work in collage. Explore the collage artist in YOU. Learn collage technique and investigate the work of great artists through collage, drawing and painting. Learn to analyze and understand what makes great art so affective and compelling. Explore color and design. Transform found materials – old magazines, books, maps, and photos – into artistic works of rich texture and surprising beauty. Each session demonstrates a specific collage project (a modern or contemporary artist) and related techniques. Students will work with a mix of media as well as materials they bring from home.

Contact me to inquire about scheduling classes or workshops with this focus on great artists, collage and mixed media.

all-day workshop: 10:00 am–4:00 pm All Levels led by Nancy Egol Nikkal

FEE: Member: $81, Non-member: $90, Materials: $10

Call the Newark Museum: 973 596 6607 to ask when this workshop will be scheduled soon.

I teach this popular workshop at the Newark Museum. The most recent session was held in conjunction with the Museum exhibition Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections (closed August 19, 2012). Read about the exhibition: http://www.newarkmuseum.org/romarebearden.html

Conjur Woman is a primary motif in Bearden’s work and conveys a deep connection with Caribbean culture and his African-American roots. The work and the workshop are about memory and narrative. I ask workshop participants to think about the powerful women in their life and create a portrait. They paint and decorate papers, add patterned papers, fabric, and magazine papers, and then cut, tear and paste everything into collage. Workshop includes dialogue, demonstration and personal attention.

The workshop is very user friendly. We locate and repurpose magazine papers and graphic images from newspapers. We work with hand-made and decorated papers. and fabric. We learn about Bearden’s focus on faces and hands, and narrative. We always add personal touches.

QUESTIONS: contact nancy@nikkal.com

CUSTOM COLLAGE WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS, ART CENTERS OR ART ASSOCIATIONS.

Collage is one of the most exciting and user-friendly mediums in contemporary art, and offers students at all levels, from beginner to advanced, a hands-on experience in art. Play with a wide variety of materials, work with optimum collage tools, explore imagery, fine-tune creative technique and expand personal visual vocabulary. Expand ideas and explore your current work with collage. Explore the great artists via collage. Mini critiques and discussions on the art history and contemporary approaches to collage are presented in all workshops.

1-2 Day Intensive Workshop
10:00-5:00 each day including one hour lunch/$200-$300 per student. Minimum: 1-4 participants. Discounts for workshops with more than 4 students.
Workshop includes Introduction to basic collage media and painting with paper, as well as collage tips and techniques, including equipment and tools, working with glues, papers, paints, substrates, the art of layering, multiple ways to plan a collage, design basics, color mixing, creating embellished surfaces, texture, and pattern.

3-5 Day Expanded Workshop
10:00-5:00 each day including one hour lunch/$400-$500-$600 per student, including tools and basic materials. Minimum: 1-4 participants. Discounts for workshops with more than 4 students.
Workshop includes all aspects of technique and media covered in the 1-2 Day Intensive Workshop as well as advanced techniques, including creating collage media in acrylic, printmaking, drawing with collage, image transfer, mixed media collage (watercolor, pastel, pen & ink, photo transfer), fabric and 3D collage. Individual critique and discussion, including copyright issues in collage, understanding the difference between glues and adhesives, what is archival, how to set up a collage studio, organize media, safe storage, and how to handle, mount, frame and present collage works.

Email me if to discuss custom collage workshops for your school, university, art center or association.