Jan

FREE One-Day Arts & Crafts Course - Cut Out Collage

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As part of the Erasmus+ project DISARTISAN, Hanta Associates Ltd & Studio Upstairs are providing a range of FREE workshops.

About this Event

Workshop 3 – Cut Out Collage 2

Training providers: Studio Upstairs & Hanta Associates Ltd

Project: Erasmus+ DISARTISAN

WHAT IS COLLAGE ART?

Collage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other objects are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface.

The term collage derives from the French term “papiers collés” (or découpage), used to describe techniques of pasting paper cut-outs onto various surfaces. It was first used as an artists’ technique in the early twentieth century.

Collage can also include other media such as painting and drawing, and contain three-dimensional elements. Collage is a great medium to learn new skills, obtain quick results as well as produce interesting and unique marketable artworks.

There are many different techniques involved in making collage and teaching these translates very well to online and in-person workshops as they are fun and accessible for varying skills and abilities.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The session starts by introducing several styles and techniques of collage - demonstrating with equipment and sharing examples.

Each participant is then encouraged to select a style and/or technique for their final piece. Some may find the introduction to the different techniques offered at the start of the workshop, helps them find their own design.

The trainer will be available to answer questions, support participants with technical help, and hold the space for them to make their artworks alongside one another.

The overall aim is to ensure everyone completes an image they are pleased with and can progress onto the next stage of the project with.

MATERIAL PACKS

The workshop includes the option for participants to receive a pack including:

Several types of paper & card
Selected images from magazines/ books/ other sources
Different textures including tissue paper and painted pages
Vintage and contemporary postcards

ABOUT THE PROJECT (DISARTISAN)

“(DIS)ARTISAN” is an Erasmus+ project focused on helping people with mild intellectual disabilities to have access to entrepreneurial learning and integrate them into social life.

This project highlights handcrafted products made by participants with special needs, developing fine motor, drawing, graphics, painting skills and hand-eye coordination, while simultaneously inserting them into the labour market through sales and e-commerce.

Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/DISARTISAN/

ABOUT THE ORGANISATIONS

Studio Upstairs: https://www.studioupstairs.org.uk/

Studio Upstairs provide holistic support to people who are experiencing enduring mental or emotional difficulties so that they can re-create their reasons and purpose for living, move from isolation to community, find new ways to live and experience a better quality of life.

The ambition of the charity is to create a network of sustainable, safe, local studios available to all who need them, as and when they need them.

With support and advice from Diorama Arts and Camden Voluntary Action, Studio Upstairs was set up as a project and opened in October 1988. The co-founders were Douglas Gill, Claire Manson and Jo Hill. They had a windowless office and above them a splendid semi circular studio with steps up onto the roof of Diorama Arts.

The Studio as an organisation became an associate of Diorama Arts. It opened initially for one day a week, then every 18 months opening an extra day as the group grew until in three years it was open five days a week.The studio's mission at the time was to create art to be seen in the public arena and not to be viewed as ‘mad art’. The studio artists choose how to describe themselves and their work. Fundamental to the running of the studio is that the working team and the members exhibited together and discussed their work together at regular reviews.

Hanta Associates Ltd (HAWP Project): https://hawpproject.eu/

Hanta Associates Limited is a member of the Hanta Associates Group, the ‘Lead Organisation’ in a consortium (the Hanta Consortium) that helped deliver the ‘Future Jobs Fund’ project for the DWP (Department of Work & Pensions) from late 2009 to 2011. The consortium helped facilitate in excess of 250 FJF job-starts, a significant proportion of which eventually became long-term employment.

From 2015, Hanta Associates Limited helped institutions deliver their apprenticeship, work-placement and internship programmes as well as organising mobilities and training for students, collaborating with a number of colleges from Europe. More recently, Hanta Associates has been implementing and coordinating Erasmus+ funded KA 1 & KA 2 projects, in the following fields: