Collaging with … M. Florine Démosthène

To accompany Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, The Phillips Collection presents a dynamic artist-led adult series exploring the depth of collaging followed by a reception with the artist. Each Sunday from August 4-September 1, an internationally renowned artist will share their unique creative process and lead the participants in the creation of an artwork. Each session highlights a different form of collaging. Materials included. All levels welcome.

M. Florine Démosthène Workshop

M. Florine Démosthène will be teaching a collage workshop centering the theme of mythical creatures and their creation stories. Participants will create a new form of mythical being by combining elements from two or more favorite animals to create a personalized identity and narrative for their creation. The workshop will incorporate basic collage techniques, such as cutting and layering different shapes from an array of materials, and embellishing these layers to create definition and accent. 

Learn more about M. Florine Démosthène and her workshop on the blog

About M. Florine Démosthène 

M. Florine Démosthène was born in the United States and raised between Port-au-Prince, Haiti and New York. Démosthène earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School for Design in New York and her Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College-City University of New York. She has exhibited extensively through group and solo exhibitions in the United States, Caribbean, UK, Europe, and Africa, with recent solo shows including, Mastering the Dream at SCAD Museum of Art, a solo booth exhibition with Mariane Ibrahim Gallery at the New York Armory Fair and The Stories I Tell Myself with Gallery 1957 Accra, Ghana.

She is a recipient of a NYFA Artist Fellowship, Wachtmeister Award, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Arts Moves Africa Grant, Black Star Award and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. She has participated in artist residencies in the United States, Caribbean, UK, Slovakia, Ghana and Tanzania. Her work can be seen at National Museum For African American History and Culture, Africa First Collection, University of South Africa (UNISA), Lowe Museum of Art, Hessler Museum of Art, PFF Collection of African American Art and in various private collections worldwide.

IMAGE: M. Florine Démosthène, The Healing: Untitled 1, 2, 3, 2022, Collage on paper, each 42 x 30 in., Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim, © M. Florine Démosthène