Stepping into Your Story: Mixed-Media Collage Making

During this workshop, participants may be playful or bold and anything in between as they experience the fun of mixed-media collage making. In this introductory class, participants will explore the use of craft embellishments, paper, symbols, and textures to create a mixed-media collage on a 6” x 6” wood plaque. We will title our work by creating a six-word life story.

Participants may bring “found objects” such as:

·      buttons, match book covers, thread, pebbles, feathers, small twigs, etc.

·      copies of pictures (self, people, things & places)

Brief Bio:

Vanita Leatherwood is an award-winning poet, teaching artist, performer, and community educator with over 30 years of experience in facilitating creative arts workshops to cultivate joy, encourage insight, build community, and promote wellbeing. Vanita is trained in the modalities of Transformative Language Arts (TLA), Poetry Therapy, and Creative Aging. Both TLA and Poetry Therapy tap into the power of language, imagery, music, movement, symbol,l and story to foster personal and social change. Creative Aging is a national initiative to provide older populations with opportunities for artistic expression, social interaction, and enhanced mental and physical health through meaningful engagement in the arts.