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Courses & Workshops How to Collage (Oct 19)
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How to Collage (Oct 19)

$118.00

Date: October 19, 2025

Meeting: Sunday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $98 Tuition + $20 Materials (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Tay Butler

Skill Level: Open to All Levels

Collage is one of the easiest, most accessible, readily available art forms in the world today, next to drawing. From moodboarding and scrapbooking to collaging posters on a bedroom wall, a lot of us have literally grown up with collage. No other medium can you learn and perform at a high level from a single workshop. So, why do so many people find it so difficult and intimidating? In this workshop, instructor and artist Tay Butler demystifies the medium of collage by stripping away the conceptual layers and focusing on the "how to", showcasing multiple methods and materials to make the paper stick. Which papers and glues work well together? How to cut perfect forms? Which magazines to use? This workshop answers all these questions and more giving away the practical secrets to collage-making used by Tay Butler to construct the works he is most known for.

Objectives:

  • Identify materials for collage-making

  • Demonstrate the differences between materials 

  • Engage with contemporary methods of collage-making 

  • Create one permanent collage to take home

Prerequisites: None

Course Prep: None

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Date: October 19, 2025

Meeting: Sunday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $98 Tuition + $20 Materials (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Tay Butler

Skill Level: Open to All Levels

Collage is one of the easiest, most accessible, readily available art forms in the world today, next to drawing. From moodboarding and scrapbooking to collaging posters on a bedroom wall, a lot of us have literally grown up with collage. No other medium can you learn and perform at a high level from a single workshop. So, why do so many people find it so difficult and intimidating? In this workshop, instructor and artist Tay Butler demystifies the medium of collage by stripping away the conceptual layers and focusing on the "how to", showcasing multiple methods and materials to make the paper stick. Which papers and glues work well together? How to cut perfect forms? Which magazines to use? This workshop answers all these questions and more giving away the practical secrets to collage-making used by Tay Butler to construct the works he is most known for.

Objectives:

  • Identify materials for collage-making

  • Demonstrate the differences between materials 

  • Engage with contemporary methods of collage-making 

  • Create one permanent collage to take home

Prerequisites: None

Course Prep: None

Date: October 19, 2025

Meeting: Sunday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST

Location: Houston Center for Photography

Cost: $98 Tuition + $20 Materials (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)

Instructor: Tay Butler

Skill Level: Open to All Levels

Collage is one of the easiest, most accessible, readily available art forms in the world today, next to drawing. From moodboarding and scrapbooking to collaging posters on a bedroom wall, a lot of us have literally grown up with collage. No other medium can you learn and perform at a high level from a single workshop. So, why do so many people find it so difficult and intimidating? In this workshop, instructor and artist Tay Butler demystifies the medium of collage by stripping away the conceptual layers and focusing on the "how to", showcasing multiple methods and materials to make the paper stick. Which papers and glues work well together? How to cut perfect forms? Which magazines to use? This workshop answers all these questions and more giving away the practical secrets to collage-making used by Tay Butler to construct the works he is most known for.

Objectives:

  • Identify materials for collage-making

  • Demonstrate the differences between materials 

  • Engage with contemporary methods of collage-making 

  • Create one permanent collage to take home

Prerequisites: None

Course Prep: None

Images:
Tay Bulter, from the series “Magicians”
Tay Butler, Fish Eyes ((2019), from the series “REMigrant (2)”
Tay Bulter, from the series “Magicians”

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