New Year, New Me: Exploring & Reimagining self image through mixed media

The start of a new year is a moment for reflection and intention-setting—a time to envision not just the life you want but the person you aspire to become. Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart explains that the act of creating a clear and emotionally resonant vision can engage your brain’s neuroplasticity, helping to align your thoughts, emotions, and actions toward achieving that vision. This workshop is an invitation to channel these insights and dive deep into self-exploration using mixed media collage-making.

Through this creative process, we’ll use your own self-portrait as the foundation for a powerful vision board. This vision board will not only reflect who you are now but also the future self you are actively manifesting. Combining symbols, colors, and textures, we’ll activate your brain’s reward and motivation centers, harnessing the science of visualization and the transformative power of art.

For this workshop, please bring several photocopies of a self-portrait—an image of yourself that you’d like to explore or transform. By working directly with your self-image, you’ll engage in a tactile and intuitive process to embody what you wish to achieve and become in 2025 and beyond.

Materials will be provided. Please bring photocopies of your self-portrait to the workshop. The session will be held in English.

About Rebecca:

Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf is an interdisciplinary artist and curator whose work focuses on mirrors and self-portraiture to explore the complexities of womanhood—both its visceral realities and societal implications. She has developed a distinctive physi-digital mixed media technique that addresses themes of identity, self-image, and digital representation.

Fontaine-Wolf is a Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award Grant recipient and a former vice president of the Society of Women Artists (UK). As co-founder and director of InFems: Art Collective, she recently curated “Lost Girls,” featuring renowned artists such as Ai Weiwei and Maggi Hambling. Her work has been exhibited at institutions like the V&A Museum and Royal College of Art in London, and Haus Kunst Mitte in Berlin. She has been featured in Forbes, the Guardian, and the BBC. Recent highlights include a commission by Carolina Herrera for International Women's Day and her first institutional solo retrospective in Berlin.

Collage Working Club (CWC) is a weekly open workspace for artists working in the medium of paper. Organised in the format of alternate ‘drop in’ sessions and workshops masterclasses, it has both a regular facilitator, whilst also involving the artist community in the sharing of knowledge and skills. Providing materials, education and connections is the primary aim of CWC, and it will do this through the interdisciplinary art of collage as both an art form and a tool for personal growth.

O Collage Working Club (CWC) é um espaço de trabalho semanal aberto a artistas que trabalham com o suporte papel. Organizado no formato de sessões alternadas e masterclasses, tem um facilitador regular, ao mesmo tempo que envolve a comunidade de artistas na partilha de conhecimentos e competências.
Fornecer materiais, educação e ligações é o principal objetivo do CWC, e fá-lo-á através da interdisciplinaridade da colagem como uma forma de arte e uma ferramenta para o crescimento pessoal.

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