Creative Collage Making with rEN Dillard

From Afrofuturist pieces to textured collage work, rEN Dillard has earned a spot as one of the fastest-rising visual artists in Atlanta. Unleash your creativity with rEN's guidance at the Creative Collage Making workshop, a space for visual artists and photographers to learn the art of collage. Don't miss this chance to create, reflect, and connect—sign up now!

Dive into a transformative experience with an alchemist of art, about whom Mark Karelson of Mason Fine Art acclaims, "People are moved by his thematic nature and the skill with which the pieces are rendered." Dr. Arturo Lindsay, Spelman art professor emeritus, also said, "rEN's bold visuals make his art poignant, expressing the complexities of human emotions."

Participants should bring any magazines, newspaper images, or textured paper that they find visually interesting. All other materials will be provided. 

Limited class size.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

rEN Dillard is a multi-disciplinary artist who uses precious metals, collage, and oil paint to explore themes of philosophy and Afrofuturism. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Dillard spent many years in Philadelphia, where he began his professional art career. His distinctive, multi-faceted process culminates in the application of collage and oil paint to dense, textured scenes on a canvas prepared with precious metals. The use of precious metals not only creates an ephemeral luminosity on the surface but also offers a reflection of the viewer, making them a part of the piece in turn. Dillard critically examines the Western canon, works of the old masters, and the traditional notions of authorship and mastery. Questioning the systematic erasure of black bodies and black identity, he delicately captures the mundane and fleeting moments in life while also creating a new narrative about the future. It is essential to Dillard that the audience not only see themselves represented in work but especially in positions of enlightenment, freedom, and evolution. LEARN MORE

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Registration fee is non-refundable.