22nd Annual Juried Exhibition Of The National Collage Society

September 5 – November 5, 2006
Upper Gallery

Opening Reception: Sunday September 10, 2006 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Music by Brass Lite

Gallery Talk: Sunday September 10, 2006 1:00 p.m. – Gretchen Bierbaum, President and Founder of the National Collage Society, Inc.

Workshop: Saturday September 9, 2006

Hosted by the Greater Norristown Art League, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Cost: $100 (includes lunch). Instructors: Gretchen Bierbaum and Trina Gardner (co-founders of NCS).
Students will complete one or two postcard sized collages in the morning. Finished pieces will qualify for the NCS 2007 member's small format exhibit in New York.
Afternoon session: exploration of image transfer techniques and completion of larger collage.
Bring painting supplies. Collage materials, glue and substrate boards provided.
For further information: Contact JoAnn Bono at 610.279.1008 or the National Collage Society at 330.656.3673 or www.nationalcollage.com.

The National Collage Society, based in Hudson, Ohio, was founded in 1981 with the goal of advancing the stature of collage as a major art medium by providing opportunities for exhibition, workshops, lectures, and publications. Collage has evolved from one piece of paper glued onto a painting into many types of mixed media. Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso were two major artists to first use glued layers in their paintings. The annual juried exhibition, which is international in scope, features an extraordinary range of compositions, accompanied by a full color, illustrated catalogue. This annual exhibition has been hosted at institutions in Ohio, Washington, and New England we are pleased to broaden exposure for this genre by presenting this installation where it is accessible to audiences in the Northeast.