COLLAGE & WRITING WORKSHOP
with Justin Joseph Bursk
“Finding Beauty Within the Textiles of Life”
In this workshop, participants will explore their surroundings using the technique of texture rubbing to create resources that they will use to create a collage - the discussion will revolve around the aesthetics of beauty and chance encounters we stumble upon in daily life. Then, each participant will be invited to utilize the same techniques and apply it to their writing. A brief share out will be open at the end of the workshop.
Wednesday, October 21st
4:00-6:00 pm
Volta Center for Writing Arts
Bucks County Community College
Newtown Campus Library
275 Swamp Road
Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940
Fee for this workshop: $15
Students, Seniors, & Veterans: $10
BCCC students: free of charge
REGISTER HERE
Justin Bursk works and plays in his hometown with the help of his wife, kids, and his students. His work has been shown nationally including at The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, The Texas Firehouse (NY, NY); Wheaton Arts (Glassboro, NJ) and Mount Airy Contemporary, (Philadelphia). He received his BFA in painting and his Art Ed Certification from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia and his MFA in painting from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. He has been teaching art in the public schools for 26 years. While Justin's degrees are in painting he makes many things. In 2003 his working process was described as "a builder of meaning who might help make sense of the cruelty and oppressive elements of life through sharing and playing” (catalogue for Hubris at The Hyde park Art Center, Chicago curated by The Pond). His goal is to create opportunities for persuasion where the viewer, as well as the artist, can find that space in between action and observation, where change is not only possible but looming. The strategies he employs rely on experimentation and failure, they are that moment we choose to not only look but to see.