Create your own 6"x6" paper sculpture landscape. In this workshop you will use a craft knife with #11 blades to cut out the provided paper pattern, then shape and glue the pieces together to create your sculpture. Artist Tiffany Budzisz will walk you through all the steps to cut out, sculpt, and assemble your landscape. No drawing skills are necessary!
Join fellow GAP members in December's Crafty Hour, hosted by Laurie Moorhead joined by special guest artist AnneMarie Curtis! This crafty hour's theme is snowflakes, feel from to come create your one of a kind pieces with other paper enthusiasts! Crafty Hours are free to all members. Come hang out, bring a beverage, some paper,...
Show us your latest projects, work on a cutting and enjoy the conversation with paper enthusiasts the world over. Crafty Hour is a monthly gathering FREE to Guild of American Papercutters members.
Save the date! Filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Iso Setel (https://isosetel.com, on Instagram @setelmakes; email: isosetel@gmail.com) will be offering an introduction over Zoom to some of the rich history and present of Jewish papercutting.
Exhibit and entry submission information can be found on the View website through the following direct link: https://viewarts.org/experience/exhibitions/papercutterspapertrails/ The website also provides a wealth of general information about View Arts Center and its programs. For the fine print details (including fees, requirements, shipping details, etc.), please go directly to https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13141.
In this workshop Karolina will share insights into Lotte Reiniger’s studio work through film examples and a brief lecture, and then show us how to create our own animated film sequence, featuring an original silhouette puppet that has movable joints.
Join us for a Crafty Hour this month offering "April in Paris!" - we will be sharing techniques around the French art of color stenciling, called "pochoir." Members! Look for the Zoom link in your email!
Join GAP in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 5, 3pm, for a free personalized tour of this special exhibit at the Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S 34th St, Philadelphia, on University of Pennsylvania campus. You are also invited to attend lunch at a location tbd near the gallery at 12:30pm (pay your own). The only cost...
This 2 hour workshop will explore David Friedman's colored shadows mounting technique. In this workshop, participants will create a simple cutting and then will be taken through the options for how to mount the cutting allowing for the colored papers to reflect on a white background.
Chain Reaction is a collaboration by the International Online Art Collective, a group of 14 artists from eight countries currently on display at Sitar Arts Center's Cafritz Gallery in Washington, DC. Comprised of 100 artworks, each informed by the previous panel, the collaboration took over two years to complete. After a premiere in Jamestown, NY,...
GAP Member Exhibit 2024 PAPER TRAILS June 1 – July 21, 2024 “Paper Trails” is the theme for the upcoming exhibit from June 1 to July 21 created through the cooperative efforts of GAP and View Arts Center in Old Forge in the Adirondack region of New York state. Submissions of papercut art for this...
Explore paper weaving that goes beyond the placemats you made as a kid! Paper weaving is a fun, fast, and inexpensive way to weave without a loom. Learn the basics of paper weaving including set-up and the importance of material choice. Plus, how to create and combine your own patterns, creating shapes, how to secure...
