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Altered Books

Find out what an altered book is and read about my very first altered book...and maybe join my class this summer.

Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books

Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books

Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books
Colleen Attara Studio | Altered Books

 

Art in Schools

Each year, I work with Bucks Artist in Residence, an amazing group that puts working artist in the classrooms through specialized grants. I create lasting installations (sometimes with a whole school, other times with a specific grade) that are created using reclaimed materials.

Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools

Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Schools

 

Art in Healing Spaces: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

In the entrance to the cancer in-patient waiting area in Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine, five original mixed media pieces depicting images and feelings of the area greet patients as they come in. Images of farmland, fields, the Hershey Towers, and other photos taken by me are sewn together with local ephemera. These pieces were created with funding from the Greater Harrisburg Arts Legacy Fund and the Pennsylvania a Council on the Arts.

Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

 

Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health Medical Center

This "Urban Landscape" was created from all reused acrylic business signs and mistake paint. It is 70-feet long and is in the pediatric corridor of Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell. This amazing hospital is filled with art and opened November 2011.

Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health

Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health

Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health
Colleen Attara Studio | Art in Healing Spaces: Capital Health

 

Mission Trips

Each summer, my daughter and I go on a mission trip to Freeport, Grand Bahama,with our local church, Karazim Ministries and a large group of teenagers. We work in a village building and rebuilding homes. I cannot help but see possibility all around me. What a joy it is for me to truly turn “trash” into art with these teens.

Read more about our experience: Year One | Year Two | Year Three

Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips
Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips
Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips
Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips

Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips
Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips
Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips
Colleen Attara Studio | Mission Trips

 

Salvaged Windows: Paintings on Glass

Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass

Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass

Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass
Colleen Attara Studio | Paintings on Glass

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