Our Mission Collage Artists of America (CAA) promotes interest and participation in, and the study, appreciation and support of, collage, assemblage and related mixed-media art by providing resources such as educational programs, instructional workshops and art exhibits to its members and the public. To further maintain ties to the community, CAA awards commpetetive annual scholarships to deserving art students. Collage Artists of America is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. |
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NEXT MEETING September 26, 2025, 11:00 am PDT Guest Speaker: Michelle Laxalt  
My creative process is intuitive, empathic, and exploratory. Ceramics are at the core of my practice, though I also work in textiles, and most recently, on paper. I tenderly imbue my hand-built ceramic sculptures—suggestive of imaginary organs, mysterious insects, and sensual flowers—with evocative textures and earthy, fleshy glazes. In a similar manner, I delicately cut and assemble fragments of lush, visceral imagery to create biomorphic paper collages reminiscent of botanical and anatomical illustrations. Every piece I cultivate is purposefully ambiguous. My intention is to create imagery and objects that appear simultaneously animal and botanical, with qualities that appear to be simultaneously evolving and devolving, strange and familiar, pulsing and static, fluid and solid, fertile and barren, alluring and repulsive, vibrant and withering. https://www.michellelaxalt.com/ Instagram: : @michellelaxalt
Next Workshop Wabi Sabi + Collage Stories + Book Three-hour Zoom Workshop with Donna Watson Saturday, October 25, 2025, 10 AM - 1 PM, PST
The Japanese aesthetic is an appreciation of the beauty of things not perfect, not complete and not permanent. You do not have to be Japanese to appreciate things that are affected by the passage of time… things that are rusty, earthy, textured and organic… a love of nature and an awareness that all things are transient. It is also an acceptance of the natural cycle of decay and aging. Wabi Sabi is about noticing and reacting to small details. It is fluid and ever changing, with a love of the imperfections in nature and in life. It is also a way of life…slow down, notice the small things, and accept the cycle of life. In this workshop, you will see examples of wabi sabi. You will also see examples of artists who use wabi sabi tenets in their work. By watching a video, you will be shown different ways to age your papers. Then you will learn how to make a soft cover bound book and fill the pages with hand painted papers, or found papers like old book pages, or textured papers. You can use imagery found in books, magazines, rubber stamps, stencils, image transfers. You can find your story to tell in your book: suggestions: —- content: what is your interest or passion? brainstorm words for birds, feathers, nest, rocks, summer, blue, red, winter, tree etc —-explore your heritage, family history or events, current events —-explore your sense of place: current or past… trips, childhood You will be given time to add papers, images, text, etc to your book to convey your content… or story. Then you will be invited to share your book and describe your content or story to the group. https://www.donnawatsonart.com/ Tips, Definitions and Book Sources
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10 May 2025
WORLD COLLAGE DAY 2025! This event took place on Zoom on Saturday, May 10, On May 10, 2025, the Collage Artists of America (CAA) hosted a vibrant Zoom event to celebrate World Collage Day. This interactive gathering featured 12 artists from across the U.S. and Canada, each sharing their creative processes and collage works in a show-and-tell format. The event fostered a joyful sense of community and inspiration among collage enthusiasts. Angela Kriel won the Facebook raffle, earning a one-year free membership to CAA. Congratulations Angela!
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