Mixed Media Assemblage with Jamie Banes at the Headwaters Arts Center July 12

STAMFORD — Headwaters Arts Center will host a dynamic mixed media assemblage workshop Saturday, July 12, 2023, 1a–4p. Accomplished artist Jamie Banes will guide participants in creating three-dimensional works using found objects and other eclectic materials from Banes’s studio. For more information and to register visit roxburyartsgroup.org. The cost is $15–35 with tiered equity pricing.

Participants will gain essential skills in material selection, construction methods and the effective use of adhesives and hardware. The workshop will also cover the application of formal design elements, such as scale, color, texture, line, pattern and rhythm to enhance their compositions. A key focus will be on imbuing structures with meaning and symbolism, transforming everyday materials into powerful narrative expressions. 

This workshop offers a unique opportunity to cultivate an individual creative voice through the rewarding and versatile technique of assemblage. All skill levels are welcome. This workshop requires fine motor skills and use of adhesives and solvents. Please email headwaters@roxburyartsgroup.org if you require any accommodations to participate in the workshop.

Jamie Banes is an Upstate New York-based artist recognized for his mixed media creations evoking dystopian architectural models and cityscape dioramas. Primarily working with found and collected materials, he crafts works that possess a dual nature—familiar yet strange, specific yet mysterious. These assemblages function as snapshots of our present reality, symbolizing the complexities of difficult and uncertain times.
For over two decades, Banes has cultivated a diverse professional career spanning visual art and architecture. He has contributed to esteemed institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, and the Graduate School of Architecture at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
This event is sponsored by Margaretville Telephone Company. All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, The Delaware National Bank of Delhi, and individual supporters.