Join the ALBUQUERQUE ABSTRACT ARTISTS ALLIANCE for our collage workshop led by abstract artist Bill Sabatini, FAIA:

• Date: 9 a.m. to noon, Wed., Oct. 15, 2025
• Cost: Free
• Registration: Contact Fusion | 708 at 515-
• Limited Space
• Ages: 18 and older
• Location:
Fusion | 708
708 1st St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

COLLAGE: Loosen up and find your voice.

When we face the canvas, we all struggle. Where do I start? What’s my next move? Where am I going?

We’ve been taught to forge ahead and not dwell on these questions. But that’s easier said than done. Is there another way to approach color, shape, and all the other formal principles to create a composition that satisfies me? I have found collage to be a great way to forget about making “mistakes” and free my impulses. It’s a smaller format, with no silly worries about wasting paint, and a simple way to test ideas to quickly produce tangible results. It is an easy way to compose and experiment.

If this intrigues you, join Bill for this free workshop. You can learn more about him on his website, billsabatini.com

Here is what you need to bring:
• One or more substrates, at least 12” x 16,” to work on, such as a wood cradle, cardboard, matboard, or any stiff material to provide a backing to your work
• Scissors
• Straight edge
• Glue sticks, Elmer's glue, or matte medium with brush
• Pencils, markers, white eraser
• Colored paper of any type and from any source: (cereal boxes or other packaging), raw cardboard, Colored tissue or other translucent material, paint samples, textured paper. The limit is only your imagination. I don’t encourage using photographic imagery or images from magazines. That’s another layer of graphic information beyond our consideration at this time.
• We will also bring paper for your use

The goal of the workshop is twofold: the first is to demonstrate a new way of working that will assist you in your art endeavors. The other is to have some no-pressure fun with fellow artists. We’ll take time at the end to put up the work and talk about it. Please join us.