Collage Class

Collage with Tom Zarrilli

4 week course: October 29 – November 19, 2026
Thursdays from 7:00-9:00pm
$150 tuition, not including materials

Expand your creativity through the expressive and endlessly versatile art of collage. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist looking to expand your practice or portfolio, this hands-on class series will guide you through the creative process of transforming ordinary materials into meaningful works of art.

Collage is the art of selecting, arranging, layering, and combining images and textures to tell a story or evoke emotion. Throughout the series, you’ll explore a variety of techniques while developing your own distinctive artistic style. Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and individual projects, you’ll gain confidence in composition, color, texture, and creative experimentation.

You’ll work with a range of materials, including cut paper, vintage ephemera, old photographs, postage stamps, tissue paper, watercolor, and drawings. Students are encouraged to bring personal papers, photos, or found objects to incorporate into their artwork, creating pieces that are both visually compelling and personally meaningful. A selection of magazines and vintage ephemera will also be provided.

Throughout the series, you’ll learn how to:

• Create dynamic backgrounds and build rich, layered compositions.
• Combine images, textures, and mixed media to add depth and visual interest.
• Use positive and negative space to strengthen composition.
• Reveal underlying layers by cutting and altering images.
• Develop a personal style through experimentation with color, form, and composition.
• Incorporate digital resources and printed imagery into your artwork.
• Create dimensional, multi-layered collage with 3D effects.
• Select the best tools, materials, and adhesives for successful collage.
• Professionally mount, frame, and present finished artwork.

By the end of the series, you’ll have discovered new ways to express your creativity, and developed techniques you can continue using in your own artistic practice. Come ready to experiment and discover the creative possibilities that emerge when images, textures, and imagination come together.

Tom Zarrilli is an Atlanta based artist who has exhibited his work throughout the USA. He is the former gallery director of the 378 Gallery in Atlanta. He creates art in a variety of media including collage, painting, photography, ceramics, and conceptual work.