Edinburgh Collage Collective

Edinburgh Collage Collective was founded and is run by Rhed Fawell. ECC’s aim is to connect and work with collage artists, locally and globally, through online showcasing, open submission projects, exhibitions, workshops and organised collaborations.

In the current social and political climate, ECC believes it is more important than ever to forge international links with other artists. Our primary focus is initiating a dialogue around the medium of collage. We want to explore its history as a process, its ability to inspire change and its continuing relevance.

The digital age has allowed us to create links with other collage communities, paving the way for us to share our ideas and process. Creative channels are opened and dialogues are formed through small collaborations or larger community projects. These initiatives build a network of like-minded artists with a shared passion.

We are able to use this virtual digital community to create and assemble a physical collection of collage works which would otherwise never have existed.

New collages are featured daily on our Instagram social media feed. To see more and connect with ECC, please visit us at:

https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollagecollective/

‘Play and Record’  

CASSETTE TAPE Collages Open Submission Project 2021

We are delighted to announce that our new ECC Play and Record 2021 publication is now on sale in our shop.

We would like to thank all the artists who submitted to this Open Call project. We had over a thousand submissions. It has been a joy to view and share so many of these.

The standard of work has been tremendously high and the selection procedure was a particularly difficult task for the ECC team. The quality and originality was so impressive we took the decision to increase the size of the Play and Record publication. We will now be including 53 artists instead of the 20 we originally planned. 

As always, our aim is to showcase a broad range of creative responses and to include a variety of analog and digital processes. We are excited to list below our selected artists:

Jennifer Sampson, Hazel Terry, Josep Pulido, Miranda Millward, Paulina Alonso,
Juan Carlos Aguado Ruiz, Richard Vergez, Margot de Korte, Christian Stork, Laura Quevedo,
Paola D´croz Brusatin, Ian Tothill, Blanca Aguayo Tornero, Marjolein Burbank, Angelo Bramanti,
Jodie House, Petra Zehner, Pepe Seguí Mata, Melissa Donoho, Anja Brunt, Natasha Zolotareva,
Peter Campbell, Marta Villarroel, Carole Turini, Rozenn Le Gall, Francesca Lawrence, Jenny Lloyd,
Kaya Kolodziejczyk, Eduardo Martinez, Mirada de Mujer, Eva Maria Reinhardt, Liza Petridou, Urko,
Artaeria, Gemma Balcombe, GAN, Monique Vettraino, Ariane Valesqua, Kelly Hayes,
Bobbie Holmes, Melanie Giovanna Landro, Eugenia Conde, Edyta Ciosek, Anne Misfeldt, Glittertind,
África Tejeira Rojo, René Alink, Lana Turner, Melanie Barnes, 
Rhed Fawell, David Bella,
Sabine Remy, Eva Maria Reinhardt, Joanna Hudson.

A heartfelt thanks to our jury panel and team Juan Carlos @jcaguadoruiz and Miranda @scissorpaperpaste who went above and beyond to help with this immense task. 

 In the meantime, over the coming weeks, we will continue to feature a wide range of work via Instagram. Unfortunately, due to the high volume, it’s impossible to showcase everything on our main page. To see all the submissions we encourage you to visit our #eccplayandrecord2021 IG feed.

 

 

 

FEBRULLAGE 2022

This is a joint collaboration between Edinburgh Collage Collective and the Scandinavian Collage Museum. This initiate invites collage artists to make a ‘collage a day’ throughout the month of February using our FEBRULLAGE OFFICAL WORD PROMPT CALENDAR.

Participating artists are asked to set their own goals, whether they choose to make a collage a day or twice a week. We have invited artists to either tag us in or to use the #februllage so we can showcase the works with daily uploads.

FEBRULLAGE OFFICAL WORD PROMPT CALENDAR are posted up on our INSTAGRAM page.

Our account on Instagram is @februllage.

 Please head to our Projects Page

 

‘STRIKE A LIGHT’ SELECTED ARTISTS 

Our matchbox project attracted over 1400 submissions. It’s been a great pleasure and inspiration to receive and share all the incredible work.  We have certainly seen examples of artists thinking both inside and outside the box. The exploration of the medium resulted in a wide variety of diverse approaches and interpretations. We have seen everything from 2d flattened boxes to full blown dioramas – all taking their inspiration from the humble matchbox. 

We have now selected and notified all of our chosen artists.

Once again, we’s like to thank all who submitted to our Strike a Light project, with over 1400 works it was a difficult task. Due to the high quality and great originality we took the unprecedented decision to double the number of works included in the publication.

Congratulations to our selected artists:
Aisla van Dijk, Miranda Millward, Samuel Eller, Laura Quevedo, Dorothee Mesander, Emma Sutherland, Pepe Seguí, Peter Campbell, Adele Karmazyn, Ruby Silvious, Luciano Luz, Mark Watkins, Joni Smith, Stéphanie Filion, Robyn Victory, Julie Liger-Belair, Juan Carlos Aguado Ruiz, Nina Llorens Peters, Veronika Lambertucci, Anouk Sugàr,  Jennifer Redon, Laura de Moxom, Raquel Peña, Irina Sevostyanova, Jenny Stevenson, Brunhilde Borms, Alexandra Schulz Reber, Elena Lima, Lee McKenna, Bernadette Helmers, Gina Ulgen, Sarah Redmond-Fareham, Haley Jones, Maria Elisa Quiaro, Apfelstrudel, Raf  Cruz, Valeria Corbetto, Ana Lopo, Pushkinism, Marisa Maestre, Urko, Sarah Jarrett, Magdalena Hasenbeck and Monique Vettraino.

Our publication will be on sale in our ECC shop. Details and date to follow over the coming weeks. 

With special thanks to our jury panel Maria Elisa Quiaro and Pushkinism for helping with such an immense task. 

CUT AND PASTE COMPETITION ZINE
EDINBURGH COLLAGE COLLECTIVE & NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND 

Edinburgh Collage Collective are pleased to announce the publication of selected entries from the Cut and Paste competition run in collaboration with National Galleries of Scotland

Last Summer ECC and NGS ran an Open Call Project to complement the celebrated exhibition Cut and Paste | 400 Years of Collage at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – the first retrospective of its kind in Europe.

ECC and NGS selected one image from the exhibition and invited artists to create their own collage based on this image.

Because of the standard of the work, the judging panel decided to create an A5 print publication to showcase a selection of the submissions. We are now therefore thrilled to be launching this very special publication. It includes the winning entry from Missprinted and a selection of those which were shortlisted.

Artists included: MissPrinted, Rocio Romero, Ló Super, Deborah Di Leo, Jon Totel, Miriam Martinez Abellán, Monique Vettraino,
Julie Linger-Belair, Laurence Briat, Riikka Fransila, Carol White, Julia Schneider, Heather Graham, Abbie Dewbrey,
Michelle Concetta Parchini, Beverly Silva, Clashing Squirrel, Andy Larkin, Jon Higham, Ben DiNino, Tom Hodgkinson, Roberta Guarna, Sarah Perkins, Davidt Dunlop, Clive Knights, Susan Lerner and Alison Kurke.

We believe that this publication provides an impression and creates a historical record of the activity and engagement of the ever-growing, global collage community.

Thank you to the Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection for kindly supporting and sponsoring this publication.

Please see our PROJECT Page for more images of the publication.

Copies are now available for purchase from the EEC SHOP

 

 

Workshop:   Adults Beginners Collage 5 week Course

ECC are running a Beginners Collage Workshops, over a period of five weeks, as an introduction to collage.

THIS BLOCK IS NOW FULL.

Join Rhed Fawell in her Summerhall studio for an introductory workshop on collaging techniques. The two hour session will cover a number of exercises aimed at developing confidence and skills in the medium of collage. We will also discuss the variety of materials and processes available to develop your own ideas.  This session is ideal for beginners who want to dip a toe into the world of collage but participants with more experience are also welcome.  

Numbers will be limited to keep the group small and so booking is essential.  

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be supplied.

Dates:            Tuesday’s:  February 4th, 18th,  25th, March 3rd and 10th –  2020

Time:            7.00pm – 9.00pm

Location:      Summerhall – 1 Summerhall Pl, Edinburgh EH9 1PL

Price:             £100 (5 weeks block)

Materials:     We have a wide selection of source material available to use – a range of magazines and other printed ephemera – but we also encourage participants to bring in a few items of their own.  

Booking:     To book your place please make payment by PayPay: rhed@rhed.co.uk

To learn more about the course tutor, Rhed Fawell, please visit www.rhed.co.uk 
Rhed Fawell is a collage artist living and practicing in Edinburgh, Scotland.   Rhed studied Fine Art at Chelsea, Middlesex University and then spent a year at the art school Cooper Union, New York. Rhed taught at the art school Kiad in Maidstone Kent and for many years taught as a senior Lecturer, on the Graphics BA course at Middlesex University. Rhed spends the majority of her time in her studio space at the vibrant cultural centre Summerhall, Edinburgh.

FEBRULLAGE 2020

Due to last years huge success, Februllage 2020 is scheduled to start on1st February 2020.

This is a joint collaboration between Edinburgh Collage Collective and the Scandinavian Collage Museum. This initiate invites collage artists to make a ‘collage a day’ throughout the month of February using our FEBRULLAGE OFFICAL WORD PROMPT CALENDAR.

Participating artists are asked to set their own goals, whether they choose to make a collage a day or twice a week. We have invited artists to either tag us in or to use the #februllage so we can showcase the works with daily uploads.

FEBRULLAGE OFFICAL WORD PROMPT CALENDAR will be posted up over the coming weeks.

Our account on Instagram is @februllage.

 Please head to our Projects Page

 

 

Kanyer Art Collection 

Edinburgh Collage Collective supports and promotes the Kanyer Art Collection which is an archive set up by  Doug + Laurie Kanyer to build a strategic, international art collection dedicated to collagists from 1980 to present.

One of the collectors’ key values is to intentionally archive the artists’ work in order to celebrate the medium, support the artists, and develop a record for study and historical significance. Acquisitions are made on an ongoing basis, in response to public calls to artists and through private inquiry with the support of an advisory committee. The collection will be published and available online and public presentations will be made through various exhibitions.

https://www.kanyerartcollection.com