{"id":4237,"date":"2015-10-25T18:35:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T22:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:21:06","slug":"the-amazing-eunice-parsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/the-amazing-eunice-parsons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Eunice Parsons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A profile & interview with a beloved Portland collagist<\/h1>\n

Portland, Oregon-based artist Eunice Parsons is one of the longest-working collagists in the world. At 98, she has been making collages for nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n

This artist profile appeared in Kolaj<\/em> #13. SUBSCRIBE <\/a>to Kolaj Magazine<\/em> or Get a Copy<\/a> of the Issue.<\/p>\n

\"eunice-parsons-studio\"<\/p>\n

Liz Cohn offers this profile and interview in which Parsons remarks, “Collage offers a freedom to shift individual elements without limitations\u2014to add, subtract, cross out, paint over until the total image achieves something new and different.”<\/p>\n

This artist profile appeared in Kolaj<\/em> #13. SUBSCRIBE <\/a>to Kolaj Magazine<\/em> or Get a Copy<\/a> of the Issue.<\/p>\n

Image (top):<\/strong>
\nuntitled collage by Eunice Parsons<\/p>\n

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\nEunice Parsons in her studio
\nPhotograph by Liz Cohn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A profile & interview with a beloved Portland collagist Portland, Oregon-based artist Eunice Parsons is one of the longest-working collagists in the world. At 98, she has been making collages for nearly 50 years. This artist profile appeared in Kolaj…<\/p>\n

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