“Vizyon Atistik: A Collage Workshop with Mel Isidor” will take place on June 7, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00pm, at Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX), located at 35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. This event is part of the Vizyon Atistik public programming for What Paper Remembers: Marks, Memory and Labor. [Limited capacity, RSVP required. See more information below.]
Description: Join exhibiting artist Mel Isidor in this participatory workshop to discover the art of collage in this engaging, beginner-friendly workshop designed to spark imagination and experimentation. Using a mix of found materials, papers, images, and textures, you’ll learn how to layer and compose elements into a visually compelling piece that reflects your personal memory.
Participants will be guided through a short introduction to the history of collaging and an overview of key techniques and approaches. With guided support throughout, you’ll explore composition, color, and storytelling as you cut, arrange, and assemble your own original collage. Emphasizing creativity, play, and self-expression, this session invites you to loosen up, try new ideas, and enjoy the process of making something uniquely yours.
Register for this workshop here » [Registration includes a complementary beverage and light refreshments. Limited capacity, RSVP required.]
Mel Isidor is a Haitian-American designer, urban planner, and mixed-media artist based between Seattle, WA, and Boston, MA. She draws inspiration from the built environment, exploring how cities reveal the relationship between people and culture. Her work combines photography and collage to create layered compositions that merge realism and abstraction—physically and metaphorically connecting different moments in time and space. Using imagery from her own photography, family archives, and public records, she builds scenes grounded in memory and heritage that reimagine familiar geographies through a speculative lens.
Mel also leads Isidor Studio, her design practice dedicated to the intersections of art, design, and urbanism. Across both her art and studio work, she transforms research and observation into visual narratives that deepen our understanding of place and the everyday materiality that shapes it.
See more on the artist at https://melisidor.com/; see recent works at https://melisidor.com/Recent-Works
“Vizyon Atistik: A Collage Workshop with Mel Isidor” will take place on June 7, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00pm, at Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX), located at 35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. This event is part of the Vizyon Atistik public programming for What Paper Remembers: Marks, Memory and Labor. [Limited capacity, RSVP required. See more information
