Across Collage with cut + paste ME
Portland-based collage collective cut + paste maine will expand their monthly collage events with three free gatherings in collaboration with artists, makers, and creatives across different art forms. These events envision new possibilities of collage itself, reassembling and juxtaposing across the culinary arts, textile and fiber arts, and drag performance. Driven by the power of the analog experience, of reimagining simple materials, and fostering community making, these events invite makers throughout the region to see what happens when the medium of collage reimagines conversations that celebrate and connect our region’s diverse voices.
Artist bios
Christian Adame (he/him) is an arts administrator, educator, and community organizer with over 20 years of diverse experience in museums. He works to elevate and integrate community perspectives within institutional space through programming, interpretation, teaching, and interdisciplinary collaboration. He has held education positions at the California State Archives, the Crocker Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, and the Portland Museum of Art. Currently, he is the Mirken Director of Learning and Engagement at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine. He has received awards and fellowships from the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), The Getty Leadership Institute, The Teaching Institute in Museum Education, and the American Alliance of Museums. He earned his B.A. in Art History from the University of California, Davis. He is co-founder of Cut + Paste Phx and founder of cut + paste maine, launched in 2025.
Beatrix Chan (she/her) got her start in film and animation before finding a home in motion and graphic design. Since moving to Portland from San Francisco, she now works as an exhibition designer with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Locally, she also collaborates on creative initiatives with partners including Colby College, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and the Portland Parks Conservancy. She brings this same specialty in animation and design to cut + paste maine, helping shape the group's creative projects and social media presence.
Hayley Farrago (she/her) has spent more than a decade working in museums along the East Coast. She began her career at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., and went on to build extensive experience in marketing and communications at renowned institutions including The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine, and the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. Hayley is passionate about championing non-profit arts organizations and believes in the power of communication to help people feel welcomed and inspired in art-filled spaces."
Lorna Stephens (she/her) has been organizing people and things since she knew what organizing was. She met Beatrix, Hayley, and Christian through working as a project manager at the Portland Museum of Art and she is thrilled to contribute her brain and enthusiasm to this creative collaging community.
Image caption: Community collagers at Nightmares Portland at a cut + paste maine event in October.