On view now!
Stop by soon to see Collect, Convert, and Create: Dazzling Collages by Yarmouth artist Emily Blaschke.
True to the show’s title, Emily Blaschke creates vibrant and richly layered collages out of objects and materials collected from thrift stores, dumps, and discarded household items. Blaschke’s passion for sustainability drives her to bring new significance to previously unwanted objects by combining them in fresh and flamboyant ways. Even representational paintings that lack her usual mixed media elements are often created with expired nail polish and leftover house paint. Blaschke notes that “her childhood in California and art training from UC Berkeley inform her colorful and flamboyant sense of style, while her patterns are reminiscent of the quilts and folk art that currently surround her in Maine, where she has lived for ten years.” Emily Blaschke is represented by the Portland Art Gallery.
Collect, Convert, and Create: Dazzling Collages by Emily Blaschke will be on view through February 29. Yarmouth History Center is located at 118 East Elm Street in Yarmouth and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10-5.
