Discover found word poetry & mixed media collage in this art workshop with Suzi Banks Baum. We will use discarded books to create artist journals. We will explore a variety of mixed media art techniques including frottage, photomontage, and simple printing techniques to make found word collages with stencils, acrylic paints and inks, and watercolor paints. When we create art with old pages, new stories emerge in collage and poetry. We will also use upcycled found papers and colorful textiles to create our own art journals from books that would otherwise be cast-off.

Please bring an apron, your own lunch, and a water bottle. All art materials are provided. This workshop is open to all, ages 13 and up. No previous experience necessary. Participants will help with clean up at the end of the workshop.

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Suzi Banks Baum Bio:

Suzi Banks Baum dwells at the crossroad of literary and visual arts. A writer, mixed media and book artist, Suzi expresses the holy ordinary. She is from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and lives in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Her devotion to daily creative practice is the superfood for her signature teachings: Backyard Art Camp, the Powder Keg Writing Workshops, and Advent Dark Journal. She travels to Gyumri, Armenia yearly to teach the book arts to women artists. Find her at Snowfarm Craft School in May - September 2021 in Florence, MA. Her first book, An Anthology of Babes gives voice to 36 artist mothers. Fiction published in The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory by Anchala Studios and the Walloon Writers Review. Learn more at SuziBanksBaum.com.