The Fragmented Image: Using Collage, Color, and Value to Activate Your Art

Instructor: Mark Guglielmo

Dates: Saturday & Sunday, January 17 & 18, 2026

Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Ages: 15+

Members: $148.50

Non-Members: $165

(Registration deadline: January 13)

Description:

Demystify the creative process and make it fun, relaxing, and satisfying! Students will create 8x10-inch collage-based images built from participant-supplied reference photos that will be made up of cut-up and glued pieces of magazine images. To do so, we’ll briefly touch on fundamentals of composition, collage, color and value. This is a maker-driven workshop with the great majority of time spent creating original art. To ground the experience, the instructor will use hands-on teaching, and show examples of his own collage work, including an original, with a step-by-step demonstration of his own creative process, introducing students to his unique working method while also sharing various contemporary artists working in the field from which to draw inspiration and ideas to make your own original artworks.

Materials:

Each participant must bring 3 to 5 life-size 8x10" reference photos printed on copy paper of any subject (portraits, landscapes, still lifes). Participants will use these reference photos to create a work of art using collage so be sure to select images that interest and inspire you to interpret and bring to life. Please also feel free to bring your own specific collages materials, though all necessary materials will be provided by Five Points.

Instructor Bio:

Mark Guglielmo is a multidisciplinary artist whose paintings incorporate a diverse range of materials such as cut-up paper, cardboard, oil, acrylic, fabric, gold leaf, and corrugated steel. Guglielmo is best known for his layered figurative works that intertwine current events, social history, and the human psyche, to critically explore themes of race, class, migration, and power. Guglielmo’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including at The Loveland Museum in Colorado; Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in Boston; Central Connecticut State University in New Britain; Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro; The New York State Museum in Albany; and von Auersperg Gallery in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Haverford College with a BA in History, spending a year at Université de Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France. A former rapper and music producer, Guglielmo aka Vesuveo rapped with Eminem on the Top 10 hit “Green and Gold.” He currently serves as a Community Advisor for the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ ValleyCreates Program, in partnership with MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists.

Instructor's Website: https://www.markguglielmo.com

All workshops are held at the Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Drive

Workshops may be cancelled due to low enrollment if a minimum number of participants are not met. Registrants will be notified in advance and a refund or credit will be arranged (see workshop polices below for details).

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