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Share, Prepare, Care: A guide for collage and assemblage artists and those who collect it
Learn how to prepare your work for sharing publicly or through online means and what to do with #collage and #assemblage that didn't come...
Rhonda Barrett
Jun 18, 20249 min read
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The Short and Compressed History of Collage and Assemblage - Presented by Cuts and Paste Gallery
A brief history of collage and assemblage prior to the coining of the term by Picasso and Braque that we have come to use. If collage,...
Rhonda Barrett
Apr 10, 20245 min read
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Beneath the Top Layer: Peter Crouse - Assemblage Artist
Peter Crouse, an assemblage artist and high school art and drama teacher living on the Bay of Fundy with his wife and children, has...
Rhonda Barrett
Feb 22, 20247 min read
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2024 Interior Design Trends Captured in Collage
After reading a #GoodHousekeeping article by Monique Valeris, posted by Halifax based realtor Tanya Smyk @tanya_smyk_halifax_realtor,...
Rhonda Barrett
Feb 8, 20244 min read
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Beneath the Top Layer : S. Korey Steckle - Collage Artist
Trigger Warning: This blog contains references to addiction, drug use and a near death experience which may be distressing to some. S....
Rhonda Barrett
Jan 26, 20246 min read
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Meet Textile collagist 'From the Edge of the Pit'
Using an alias to obscure the artist whose past saw their artistic skills develop through grafitti art, let me introduce the work of Nova...
Rhonda Barrett
Nov 29, 20232 min read
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Holiday Gift Guide - Cuts and Paste Edition
Collage art is a great gift in that a keen eye can catch an image, typography or piece of ephemera within a collage piece that truly...
Rhonda Barrett
Nov 17, 20233 min read
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'This Time Last Year', and probably this time next year too. A show of collage from Jean Bergeron.
Starting in January 2014, Quebec based artist Jean Bergeron started making a collage a day. His materials were the papers that enter into...
Rhonda Barrett
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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The Nomnom exhibition brings in some tasty new treats just in time for Nocturne 2023
Rather than a traditional opening, Nomnom, a food-centric group show featuring ten artists, opened the night of #Nocturne2023. The...
Rhonda Barrett
Oct 19, 20232 min read
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Collage and Assemblage Resource Guide
Are you curious about collage? Do you enjoy a good piece of assemblage art? Ever want to know more about an artist or technique? Let me...
Rhonda Barrett
Sep 21, 20235 min read
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Conversations of Collage and Assemblage
One of the most common things I am asked at the gallery is how to spot a 'good collage'. I am a firm believer that a 'good collage',...
Rhonda Barrett
Jul 25, 20235 min read
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'Trashed: Art as Diversion' exhibition promotes thrifting!!
This show features an embroidered tee-shirt hanging on a thrifted hanger and exclaims 'A thrifted tee can save 700GAL of H2O'. The tag...
Rhonda Barrett
May 30, 20232 min read
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April at the Gallery
This month: New work and new artists, upcoming exhibitions, collage night and a workshop! This month you'll find the work of six new...
Rhonda Barrett
Apr 5, 20232 min read
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