Collage: The Art of Sustainability

The relevance and importance of sustainable artistic practices grows clearer with the planet on the edge of a global calamity after a century of unchecked production and consumption. Collage offers a way to promote socially responsible art by reusing the already-existing ephemera all around us. Illustrated lectures introduce the use of collage by artists of historic movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Outsider Art, Assemblage and Land Art. Course projects encourage you to explore the vast potential of using recycled and found discarded materials such as wood, used books, newspapers, cardboard and fabric to investigate new conceptual possibilities through juxtaposing images, materials and ideas.