(A Four (4) Week Program)
SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH COLLAGE

Tuesday, August 26, 2008,
Tuesday, September 2, 2008,
Tuesday, September 9, 2008,
And Tuesday, September 16, 2008

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

At Louisville Comprehensive Care MS Center, Inc.
250 E. Liberty Street, Suite 800
Louisville, Ky 40202
(In the Doctor’s Office Building at Liberty and Floyd – for directions call 502-569-4183, ext. 12)
All collage supplies will be provided free of charge.

Please call 502-569-4183, Ext. 16, or e-mail tfarshad@loumscenter.com
to register by August 19, 2008
Limited space available – so call soon!
(A four (4) week commitment is required for this Program)


OBJECTIVE
Paper collage is a significant means of expression. Collage is used to explore ideas, advocate concepts, and develop possible directions in which to work towards. Collage is playful, fun, and whimsical. Collage, like our existence, is basically a process of layering bits and pieces to construct some semblance of cohesion. It is built moment-by-moment. The process is the message: each artistic decision a choice, each layer, a meaning upon meaning.

Most collages are narrative. Whether abstract or figurative, the very fact that collage is created with "borrowed" elements from other media, makes it a more complex art form. Collage, in essence, derives its meaning from using ordinary elements (newspaper clippings, old photographs, etc.) and altering them to create them anew. It re-combines disparate elements and reshapes them into a different reality. There can be something liberating about making a collage. It's an art where one is allowed to be messy, funky, interpretive and personal.

INSTRUCTOR
Leslea M. Harmon
Leslea M. Harmon is a writer from New Albany, Indiana. Married to local area photographer, Stephen A. Harmon, she is the mom of three boys, helps her husband with his business, has finished writing her first novel, and has worked at the Center as our journaling and collage instructor for more than a year. She is currently working on a non-fiction book about food allergies that combines uplifting stories with journaling exercises. With a busy work and home life, Leslea finds that taking time to creatively express what is going on in her day to day activities as an essential step to taking control of her life and moving forward