Altering Images:
Photographic Transfers
for Painting, Printmaking, and Collage
Saturday, August 3
11:00AM - 2:30PM
Join Blythe King on Saturday, August 3rd from 11:00AM - 2:30PM for a Painting, Printmaking, and Collage workshop at Arts on Main!
Image transfer provides artists with the option to create photographic images without the use of a camera. The image transfer process produces a transparent image that allows for the visibility of multiple collaged layers within a single work of art all at once. Learn this process to transform copies of photographs, as well as drawings, images and text from magazines and books into transparent layers within your art. This workshop offers an introduction to a variety of methods of using safe, non-toxic adhesives to manually transfer images, with a focus on contrast, composition, and repurposing materials. After learning this new skill, continue to experiment with combining various media, source material, and collage techniques to create multidimensional, layered works of art. Work on a variety of surfaces, including fabric, paper, and wood.
All supplies will be provided by the instructor.
We will take a break around lunch time. Feel free to bring a lunch and eat in the classroom, or try one of the local restaurants within walking distance!
This program has been organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is funded, in part, by the Paul Mellon Endowment and the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Artist Blythe King's multifaceted background combines an MA in Buddhism and Art from the University of Colorado, and undergraduate studies of Japanese religion and art at the University of Richmond. Her collage portraits have been featured in exhibitions nationwide, including the New Waves 2017 show at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Trending: Contemporary Art Now! show for the 2016 National Women’s Caucus for Art Conference in Washington D.C. Her work has been published online in Ann Landi’s Vasari21 and Kolaj magazine. In 2018, King was awarded the Catherine Edelman Scholarship, and was the recipient of the National Collage Society Award in 2017. Her talk, Not Knowing, was first presented at the Institute for Contemporary Art VCU in 2019. King currently lives and works in Richmond, VA as an artist, art educator, and professor of religious studies.