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Colorful ceramic sculpture that has three heads, a house, and a hand situated on a base with elements of a landscape, like trees and blue water.

Take Surrealism Seriously

Why should you take Surrealism seriously?

Collage GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography Sculpture

Published November 1, 2025 by Genna Sinclair, GVAM Social Media and Learning Assistant

Paper collage of a person at a podium with a large microphone.

World Collage Day: May 10th

Collage is both an art technique as well as a name for the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric, and other ephemera are arranged and attached to a supporting substrate.

Collage GVSU Art Museum Collection

Published May 1, 2025 by Nicole Webb

Paper collage image of a black bird flying above an African village scene with a river, mountains and clouds.

Artist Profile: Nancy L. Clouse

Nancy L. Clouse is a local Michigan artist, teacher, and children’s book illustrator and author.

Collage GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Collage of different flowers, from all different seasons, in a woven basket.

Artist Profile: Jane Hammond

Jane Hammond is an American artist known for combining found images in unexpected and surreal ways. Her goal is to create images that are “as complicated, inconsistent, varied, multifaceted as you are, as I am, as life is.”

Collage Painting Women Artists

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

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