The Nashville Collage Collectivewas formed in the Summer of 2010. Founding members, Lisa Haddad, Randy L. Purcell, Eva Sochorova and robert bruce scott began exchanging materials, works-in-progress and ideas in a range of collage techniques. This hands-on collaboration has defined our process ever since: working on a piece without focus on the finished product; experiencing marks, papers, text that another collagist handled; sometimes shifting orientation from vertical to horizontal; ignoring worries about violating someone else’s work and then passing the piece along, knowing that our own additions might be changed or eliminated. With this practice of trust we are growing as individuals and become freer, less controlling and ultimately wiser as artists.
Collaborations
Our House – In our more recent, larger-scale collaborations the theme “house” emerged. The four of us, having come from divergent backgrounds and communities have unique ideas about house or home, but we’ve found a way to merge and blend them into what we hope are cohesive images.
A collaboration for our series, Our House, 24X25
Another collaboration for the series, Our House 30X41
As with all our collaborations collages are passed back and forth until at least one artist calls them “done” – these in particular include torn elements from older pieces.
“SEN” by Eva Sochorova and Robert Bruce Scott
“Pieced” by Lisa Haddad, Eva Sochorova, Robert Bruce Scott and Randy L. Purcell
Summer Surreals 2010 – early collaborations by Randy L. Purcell, Robert Bruce Scott and Lisa Haddad
First Nashville Collage Party – On Sunday Nov. 14 we hosted a community studio day open to area artists and friends.
by Karen “Karensky” Miller
by Eva Sochorova
by John Hadley
to be continued…
Love ‘em all! Nashville Chapter Rocks!
Why thanks, Rod! now if only we can figure out how to add more… this is rocket science.
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Great works, but no wonder considering this group of artists. HOW did you happen together?
Good question, Teri… I’d been involved with some collagists from the Pacific Northwest, exchanging stuff and also collaborating through the mail. We originally met at a Nick Bantock workshop and had kept our connection going for two years before some Nashville painters and I started talking about having a local group. Randy makes architectural beeswax paintings, Eva and Karen are primarily painters, like me and Robert Bruce does alot of assemblage… all are into the breaking apart, reconstructing, integrating and sharing that is collage. We had googled “Collage Collective” to see who else out there may have used the name… the SF and NYC folks were already well established and generously invited us to share this blog… the rest will be posted here from time to time and hopefully in some Nashville venues too. Our first Collage party took place last Sunday and was fertile ground for even more connection with the community; we’ll put up some images from that event soon. Having fun… come join us!
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Me-Me! Please, I want to meet up with you guys. I’m slowly getting back into my art and am drawn to collage. Classes? Meet-ups? Please let me know. For anyone reading this you can also reach me at my blog that’s also about art. I look forward to meeting you. I learned about you in the current issue of NashvilleArts Magazine. Thank you!
I am also very interested in collage…and have a couple of pieces I would love to get someone’s opinion on, please let me know if you find out how to join with this group of artists I am so interested Debby Mistler debbymistler@hotmail.com
I am so late in responding, forgive me!! We are still working together but have not had a collage party for a while… please just e-mail me at: lisahaddad@earthlink.net and we can try to get something started again. Evidently I haven’t figured out how to connect this blog to my e-mail : P
The website looks great Lisa….as do the collages posted. I’m teaching my second beginners mixed media class at the moment…hoping to do an advanced class in the fall.
I know that some of these artists are interested in getting together as a collective in the future….looking forward to that!
thanks, Christine… I need to check this blog more regularly, haha! Let me know about any collaborations you may get going. My group here in Nashville has a show coming up in the Spring and we are hoping to work larger and more 3-D…
I also am interested in meeting up with the group! Collage is great fun – no mistakes!
thanks for writing… the 4 core members of our group have just been working together on some collaborations but not had any parties for a few months… but we are open to starting them up again if there’s the interest!
“Sen” is an amazing piece. Congratulations! Collaborating on collage is a worthwhile and satisfying endeavor. You guys should be proud and I’m happy to see artists having a good time.
thanks! we just pulled that one out of the archives and hung it at a local gallery/coffee shop… it was started by a coffee spill on watercolor paper.
I am interested in joining this group as is a fellow artist friend.
I have always been involved with creating art and would love to dive into this med
My collection of very valuable”stuff” amassed over years might finally find their higher
purpose
Linda
Do you live here in Nashville? If we start the parties up again this year, i can add you to the e-mail list and keep in touch!