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Where Women Create: The Business of the Studio

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Where Women Create | Winter 2018

"Colleen Attara is a greeting card art designer, a mixed-media artist, an affirmation maker, and always a treasure hunter. She gives people the words to articulate their feelings so they can reach out to people they... Read more →


a weekend workshop at my cottage studio

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One of my deep beliefs is that we have everything we need. It is inside us, around us, in our closets and in our hearts.

So this past year, lovely souls from across the country reached out to me to teach.  "Was I ever in their area?"   Not yet.  Not this year.  

After looking at beautiful places to teach in California last minute, I decided to open up my cottage studio for a long fall weekend in October.  I create in one of the most magical spaces around; in my little cottage studio in the middle of ... Read more →


Sew Somerset: Altered Vintage Golden Book

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Sew Somerset | Summer 2017

I consider myself a treasure hunter and I have built a career on rethinking the pieces that are left behind. There is something about the pages of a book that inspire and prompt me in ways an empty page does no... Read more →


The Paper Chronicles: New Compassion Cards

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The Paper Chronicles | May 2017

From the looks of these lovingly and carefully collaged releases, it seems like Colleen Attara has been quite busy of late. She describes her new work as “a heart balm,” created to “help people say what is in their hearts.” Read the full article...... Read more →


Trenton Times: Distinctive Quilt Marks School's New Name

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Trenton Times | April 2017

Artist Colleen Attara, left, presented a 48-square-foot altered book collaborative quilt to Hedgepeth/Williams Middle School of the Arts Friday as the first art installation to cel... Read more →