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Collage Jumpstart
February 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$250.00A 3-Week In-Studio Workshop!
Sundays, February 15, 22, and March 1, 2-5pm
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About this Workshop:
This workshop will provide participants with a variety of approaches to creating mixed media collages and instruction in techniques for making interesting, personalized papers for a variety of art applications. Students will learn how to capitalize on everyday materials such as coffee filters, magazines, book pages and napkins, and use household tools and implements to make stencils and create patterns and textures on papers using acrylic paints and inks. Simple methods of making image transfers will also be included, along with discussion of design and composition principles.
Level: Beginner/Intermediate – This workshop is suitable for both beginners and those with some experience in painting or collage.
Registration extended to February 13, 2026. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Sharon Robinson
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $14 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including tissue, mat board for substrates, miscellaneous found papers, inks, adhesives, tools, and more. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:
- An assortment of inexpensive acrylic paints (tube, bottle, or jar are ok)
- 1 sheet of cold press watercolor paper, 22″x30″ (example) OR a pad of 9”x12” or larger watercolor paper (example)
- 1 small bottle of Liquitex or Golden Brand Gloss or Matte Medium
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) or wear clothes that can get messy
- (optional) Collage materials from your personal stash – decorative papers, magazines, pictures, newspapers, old books, sheet music, maps, etc.
- (optional) Inks, stamps, and stencils from your personal stash
- (optional) Notepad and pen for taking notes
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Sharon Robinson is a mixed media, collage and assemblage artist residing in the Washington, D.C. area. She earned a Master’s of City Planning degree from MIT and worked in the urban transit and development field for 20 years on the west coast prior to becoming a full-time artist in 1999. She has also been a muralist, instructor, gallery manager and arts program administrator. She has exhibited her work extensively on both coasts, and teaches mixed media classes at the Smithsonian, The Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Her community activities include serving on the board of Pyramid Atlantic, the Mt. Rainier, MD Arts Commission and SCRAP-USA, a network of nonprofit creative reuse centers. Learn more about her work at www.therobinsonstudio.com.
“Sharon was the best! So willing to share her knowledge, experience … and even her massive trove of supplies. I’d love to see a ‘Collage Jumpstart II’!”
—Previous Workshop Participant
“I love Sharon’s approach. I learn so much through the discussion. I appreciate that she demonstrates techniques and then gives us plenty of practice time. I think that could have easily been a 4 or 6 week class.”
—Previous Workshop Participant