I will be teaching at a variety of venues this year. It could be I’ll be offering a workshop near you. Check out the schedule below and join me in an assemblage art class.

2027 WORKSHOPS:

SINTRA, PORTUGAL

Mouras Encatadas: The Shrine Beneath The Stone - June 4-12th, 2027

Andrea Matus & Michael deMeng

DUO CLASS

There’s something wonderfully strange about Sintra—misty forests, hidden gardens, fantastic palaces, ancient ruins, and the Atlantic just beyond.

At the heart of our retreat is a four-day collaborative workshop inspired by the Portuguese legend of the Moura Encantada, an enchanted guardian said to linger near wells, caves, ruins, and buried treasure.

Andrea and Michael will combine collage, painting, assemblage, found objects, and faux aging to help you create your own mysterious relic—somewhere between portrait, artifact, and shrine.

Part workshop. Part adventure. Part creative escape.

CIRCUS OF THE CURIOUS AND MISBEGOTTEN - OREGON COAST WORKSHOP

Lincoln City Cultural Center - Lincoln City, Oregon

May 7, 8, 9, and 10, 2027 (Four-Day Workshop)

Step right up, my fine and freakish friends! Behind this tent flap lies a world of wonder—a traveling troupe of curious souls and misbegotten marvels, each built from the bits and bones of forgotten things.

In this mixed-media workshop, we'll create our own sideshow icons: part saint, part scoundrel, all spectacular. Using found objects, sculptural materials, and acrylic paint, we'll conjure a carnival of characters and curiosities—tattooed mystics, maniacal strongmen, contortionist clowns, shrine-like tributes to the marvelous misfits of the midway, and other oddities born of rust, relics, and imagination.

Expect plenty of painted alchemy, assemblage wizardry, and a few tall tales of woe and wonder. You'll learn to age, adorn, and assemble your piece into something that feels plucked from a traveling carnival's corner stall—a sight both strange and sublime.

So gather your scraps and wonders, your broken bits and junk drawer goodies.

The circus is rolling into town—and you are part of the act.

There’s something wonderfully strange about Sintra—misty forests, hidden gardens, fantastic palaces, ancient ruins, and the Atlantic just beyond.

At the heart of our retreat is a four-day collaborative workshop inspired by the Portuguese legend of the Moura Encantada, an enchanted guardian said to linger near wells, caves, ruins, and buried treasure.

Andrea and Michael will combine collage, painting, assemblage, found objects, and faux aging to help you create your own mysterious relic—somewhere between portrait, artifact, and shrine.

Part workshop. Part adventure. Part creative escape.

Come make something strange and beautiful with us in Portugal.