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Programs and Events for 2024

General meeting dates and scheduled programs for 2024. Meetings are held at the Shoreline Conference Center in Shoreline, just north of Seattle, unless indicated otherwise. November and February meetings are held via Zoom.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 10:00 am via Zoom
Susan Rossiter

Susan Rossiter

The NWCS’s February 2024 workshop will be conducted by Susan Rossiter via the Zoom platform. Susan is a mixed media artist inspired by colors, patterns, and shapes of the 1950s through the 1970s. She creates paint and paper assemblages with a fun retro feel. The papers are made using traditional and non-traditional printmaking processes. Up close, you can see a long history in each piece, sometimes back to the very first layers. Susan lives and works in Ohio between two studios. Her work can be seen at Studios on High Gallery in Columbus and on her website. Susan’s art career started more than 30 years ago in Lancaster, PA, where she studied Art for 6 years. She has been teaching workshops for 30 years and is a Certified Educator for Golden Paints and Silver Brush.

Visit her Website, Instagram and Facebook Page.


February 23-25, 2024, Friday - Sunday
Northwest Collage Society Member Retreat

NWCS Retreat

Retreat is Full. Check back this Spring for the date of our Summer Day Retreat.

Come join our Northwest Collage Society members retreat, at Warm Beach Camp located outside of Stanwood, WA. Collage with us from Friday lunch through Sunday lunch at this beautiful location with a large spacious meeting room.

More details and payment form here.


Saturday, April 20, 2024, 10:30 am at Shoreline Center
Matthew Lazure

Matthew Lazure

Matthew Lazure is a skilled mosaic artist and award winning scenic designer. A graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Matthew spent much of his career as a theater artist in the Boston area, designing and painting scenery. He is a multiple recipient of the Boston Theatre Critics Association Elliot Norton Award for outstanding design. Since relocating to Seattle in 2019, Matthew has spent most of his time in studio and on developing new relationships with Seattle area galleries, theaters, and other arts organizations.
Visit his website and Instagram.


Saturday, June 22, 2024, 10:30 am at Shoreline Center
Clive Knights

Clive Knights

Clive Knights will share images of some of his collages, prints, and publications, and will tell us a bit about himself and his artistic journey. He will then lead a workshop titled Depth Chamber: Inhabiting New Worlds Through the “Augmented Collage Spatial Study.” Participants will be introduced to a mode of creative practice that conjures new, imaginary, spatial worlds from found image fragments rich in material surface, light and shadow, perspectival depth, and human character. The workshop will use a roundtable process that rotates collages through seven collaborative stages whereby new extemporary additions are added to each work as they pass through the imagination and collage input of each participant. Please bring your own scissors (BYOS!), but glue sticks and all other materials will be supplied. Don’t miss this chance to collaborate with other NWCS members and to bring forth into visibility imaginary spaces and invented chambers that would be impossible to conceive without this process.

Visit his website and Instagram.


In-Person Program meetings are held at the Shoreline Conference Center, Shoreline, WA, in the Mt. Rainier Room

Shoreline Conference Center
18560 1st Ave. NE Shoreline, WA 98155

Meetings are held in the Mt Rainier Room at the North end of the building. There is ample parking outside the North entrance door.

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