Workshop Fee (includes materials fee): $90
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Masks are no longer required for most workshops, though anyone is welcome to wear one if they wish.

Frequent online workshop instructor Hope Amico is leaving the Zoom room at home and will teach this class live and in person at SFCB!

Artists know how to collect materials in unlikely places. It isn't just thrifty or eco-friendly; reusing unwanted materials is a creative challenge. While we collage, we will talk about ways to reuse materials, unlikely material ideas, local spots to scour, and how to incorporate found materials into new work in a way that doesn't result in a pile of junk.

Inspired by a fellow collage artist who hesitates to throw anything away, source materials will be provided in the form of a giant bin of scrap known as the Collage Claw Machine, generated by many hours prepping for collage classes. Students will dive into the bin with a pair of tongs, and the resulting pile of scrap will be their materials to work with. Substrates will also be provided, all clean but previously employed materials.

Students are encouraged to bring one work of their own that is unwanted, finished or not, that will be exchanged with another student. This may be a collage, drawing, painting or print.

Participants will be invited to take a bag of scraps home!

>> Prerequisite: None <<

Materials to Bring: Basic supplies will be provided, though students may bring favorite tools as desired. All source materials will be provided.

Date & Time: Monday, April 15, 2024 :: 6-9pm
Registration extended until Monday, 4/15 at 11am

Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103

NOTE: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. 
 

About the Instructor | Hope Amico (she/her)

Hope Amico (she/her) is a visual artist, writer and educator based in Portland, OR.  Through classes, zines and the Keep Writing postcard project, she is excited to share ways we can support each other creatively. Previously known as gutwrench press, she has led classes online and in-person through the San Francisco Center for the Book, the IPRC, Blackbird Letterpress, Ladies of Letterpress Conference and privately through her own studio.

Past Student Reviews:

"She was a fun, knowledgeable instructor."

"Hope was very engaging, accommodating and fun!"

“Hope is lovely and funny and engaging. Great teacher.”

“Hope was great, and I'd like to spend more time in her artistic orbit. She's very chill and reassuring.”