Collaborators
Deborah G Schatz (Hawaii)
Tanya D’Avanzo (Hawaii)
Lorry Kennedy (California)
Julie Marten (California)
Kathleen Snellback (Washington)
Delivery Sequence
Deborah sends to Tanya
Tanya sends to Lorry
Lorry sends to Julie
Julie sends to Kathleen
Kathleen sends to Deborah
PROGRESS GALLERY
May 3, 2026—Julie Marten’s completed collage has arrived at headquarters.
March 6, 2026—Kathleen Snellback’s completed collage has arrived at headquarters.
March 2, 2026—Deborah G Schatz’s completed collage has arrived at headquarters.
February 27, 2026—Tanya D’Avanzo’s completed collage has arrived at headquarters.
February 26, 2026—Lorry Kennedy’s completed collage has arrived at headquarters.
Julie, January 22, 2026
Kathleens collage was a philosophical jaunt, for sure! I loved all of the ideas flowing in the groups progress notes about memories, movement and travel, associations, subliminal spaces, and how all of these inner and outer experiences frame our perspective. I decided to work mostly with old lithographic film–some negatives and some positives, that allowed for layering and transparency to what lay below, simultaneously masking it and altering, and by there nature as negatives invoking the unity of multiple states. On the ‘front,’ the layer of what we see while we travel through the world, I pasted the litho positive of the face of a woman whose closed eyes lead us to the inner world. On the flip side of these translucent sheet, I pasted a very old negative side of a polaroid as a fold-up door, and underneath it a lithographic negative of an actual doorway, perhaps a portal leading us back to the photographed outer world. On the inside layer, a highly textured and complex dark space, suggestive of the universe within and without, I pasted litho of the filmstrip countdown to play with ideas of time, Some textured litho at the top to continue the bubbles running up the side, and a woman with body and hair flowing outward, head centered in a planet, using mod podge to glue it down so that little fractal patterns could be seen through the plastic, meshing with Kathleens incredibly textured printmaking below.
Debbie’s starter came with some of her philosophical reflections inspiring the collage, and they gave me lots of food for thought. The collage has two parts–a below section, underwater with a woman, and an above section with some men staring down. I took a quote from her thoughts, “It’s interesting how we hold on to things, and only with justification let them go,” and wrote it in the space between the two sections, just in case the men or the woman were holding on to ideas they no longer needed about what they should be for themselves and others, ideas that possess them or lead them to possess others. For the men above, I added sunshine with shimmering lights and water sparkles printed yellow. The woman below was under streams of cellophane water, and I decided to ink the cellophane with sharpie. It turned out my green sharpie removed the color from the cellophane, and remembering to let go, I embraced the stripping of color and through subtraction drew ripples on all of the cellophane, which also created more transparency for colors below and a sense of light. I then used magenta, black and brown sharpies to color the water streams a bit. Finding out about the chemical reaction of (some??) sharpies and cellophane was pretty exciting and will definitely be used at some point in the future.
Tanya Davanzo, January 10, 2026
I worked on Jules’ piece. She (like I) loves blue. I wanted to keep the sense of symmetry and balance while adding some of my own style and humor. Knowing that we are nearing the end of our group project gave me a sense of freedom to draw freehand. I added some Lichtenstein imagery because it seemed to match the vibrancy and tonality while giving a nod to pop art.
Debbie Schatz, January 4, 2026
Jules art attached with description. It was diverted to Tanya and will return Debbie.
Art received. I will work on this and then it will go to Tanya. The 20’s sense of joie de vivre may be accompanied with the evolved 60/70’s sense of Groovy. Good team, good vibes.
Lorry Kennedy, January 4, 2026
I took a detour on this one. The right side started to look like ‘conscious’ life – bright, like things on a to-do list that that occupy your brain.
The left side, and Kathleen’s original images – were more internal (literally), nebulous and kind of unconscious – in a good way. When I took out the white frame edges, the b+w images ran into each other.
So I separated the right from the left, and put the color image on tracing paper as a gateway to the inside. Then I made the inside mostly black and white, to represent our deeper selves. I really loved the woman at the bottom left that is almost a mermaid with a tail of stars. We are stardust, afterall.
Tanya Davanzo, December 26, 2025
This collage originated with Jules. I received it from Debbie, who had added spices and Indian goddesses, explaining that it had transformed into a spirit piece in her hands. I continued with the notion of travel to a faraway place filled with sensual detail and Indian flavor. By cutting it up snd rearranging parts in a linear structure, I tried to emphasize journey and expanse.
Kathleen Snellback, December 20, 2025
I received the collage Lorry Kennedy started from Julie Martin. I like to work intuitively, so I sat with the collage for several days before deciding to do anything. While I pondered “collaboration,” I thought about some of the themes brought up for me with this collage process.
Themes that women are challenged by in our world, bodily autonomy, policy, servitude, denial, erasure, oppression, empowerment, and expectation. This primal soup of challenges that women navigate brings with it strong currents; emotions can be like waves and when women face challenges together, they can achieve great things.
Kathleen Snellback, December 8, 2025
I recently worked on Lorry Kennedy’s collage and sent it on to Debbie Schatz on 12/2. I am waiting on the 4th collage to arrive
Debbie Schatz, November 28, 2025
The art from Kathleen Snellbeck that originated from Jules Marten has taken on a life of its own. Spices, the goddess Parvati and its culture captured me. I added more Indian spices, Sanskrit writing of Parvati’s three names and gave her a new head, added historical sculptures- the dancing girl with arms on her hip- is my favorite and I incorporated the third eye. After finishing I felt like I could smell, hear and breath the air where these sculptures lived. I also kept the story on one half of the art. I had thought about making this more like a page in history but had to stop and let Tanya take it over.
Tanya Davanzo, November 22, 2025
This piece originated with Kathleen, and I received it from Debbie. She invited me to tear it up, and I did take some glued on bits off in an attempt to focus on composition. I added bits of color and stripes to help coax the eye to all parts of the design. Going with the original theme of association and meaning, I added elements from postcards I have received over the years. The result feels like the layering of memory, inviting the viewer to create his or her own narrative.
Lorry Kennedy, November 22, 2025
This is Deb’s Mermaid. I was inspired by her written story, and decide to try to add ocean water – that feeling. She had ripples in the background, so I add some in the foreground with blue cellophane. Then, where the water meets the light, I added ‘frothy’ pearl cellophane, iridescent white paint for foam and some sequins – just because. And, I gave our guys above some diversity. :)
Debbie Schatz, November 16, 2025
Jules Marten is the Originator for this art. Kathleen Snellbeck added to it. Attached are photos and description from Kathleen. I, Debbie Schatz, will work on it next and hand it to Tanya D’Avanzo.
Lorry Kennedy, October 31, 2025
My start sent out for collaboration was a 20″ x20″ square, folded like a Trivial Pursuit board. It is a layering of blue paint, with an aqua and black border, and a few additions on the edges. I’ve been into blue lately, as it conjures up space – in the sky or sea. So, my only request was keep the blue strong.
Lorry Kennedy, October 30, 2025
I thought Tanya’s drawing would be great with a reveal, so I added a cover that doesn’t meet in the middle. I also added written song lyrics there that match her direction about celebrating women. Lastly, I saw the word “JOY” in the middle of the drawing – part of her theme. So I added stripes in the left dress to begin to frame a letter ‘J’. The ‘O’ and ‘Y’ are already there :)
Deborah G Schatz, October 1, 2025
Delivered Art to Tanya. Release/Let go/Restore harmony/Surrender
My art is photography so I start with that. But modifying it was what I learnt about last project. During the project this time I decided to modge podge the pictures and sprinkle sand on them. . I did do a sample, but didn’t realize the MP was rather thick. I MP’d the big picture and was weary that I should have done the fish first, but in the end it turned out perfect with a wonderful consistency like wind on top of the ocean. What is interesting is how we hold onto things and only with justification let them go. This applies to life right!
Welcome to my world
Snorkeling has become a passion. My mom got me started to do it on a regular basis, because she is a volunteer at Hanauma Bay and has made this part of her life. Something to share. Being very comfortable in the water, I want to make this piece of art an experience.
The Luann Comic Stril in the progress picture about natures artform being finger painting made it a simple choice for fingerpainting the modge podge of the fish for a smoother finish.
I worked on art fromKathleen Snellback. Our comments are in an image. She recommended burning, so I did. Life is shifting.
Tanya Davanzo, October 1, 2025
My pass was second for this collage. Debbie started with a modified photograph of the underwater world. She noted how she played with release and surrender in the making of it, and remarked about the lack of wind and smoothness of under the sea.
That made me think about no resistance, and somehow that took on a sexual connotation. I cut up some of Debbie’s fish to make a crown for my underwater queen. Her suitors lie in wait above the sea, for the underworld is her domain. I like the playfulness.
Tanya Davanzo, September 29, 2025
I started this collage with a screenprint in two colors. My inspiration was Parisian women in the 1920’s. I tried to evoke a sense of joie de vivre, a celebration of women in union. The colors are based in nature and the coming of spring. I intentionally left white space and I look forward to seeing how it evolves.
