Issue One<\/a>.<\/p>\nimages (from left to right): The Mermaid and the Pirate<\/em> by Stefanie LePape and Liz Cohn, Forest Queen<\/em> by Pascale Hulin and Liz Cohn, Jack and Jill<\/em> by Robert Hugh Hunt and Liz Cohn. All works approximately 3.5″ x 2.5″, collage on playing cards, 2010-2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not so long ago, Portland, Oregon artist Liz Cohn inherited 125 decks of playing cards from her father-in-law’s private collection. She decided to use the large amount of cards as materials for a mail art collaboration project. <\/p>\n
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For seven years, she was a member of the artist operated 12x16 Gallery. Liz then organized the mail art project \"Playing with a Full Deck\", which ran for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Contributors"","block_context":{"text":"Contributors","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/contributors\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2549,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/old-favorites-liz-cohn\/","url_meta":{"origin":782,"position":3},"title":"“Old & New Favorites”: Liz Cohn atGallery 6 PDX","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"2 January 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"3 January-2 February 2014 \"Old & New Favorites\":\u00a0Liz Cohn Liz Cohn shows a mix of new and old favorite collages. Oregon artist Liz Cohn has been making and exhibiting her works in collage, mixed media, painting and assemblage for over 25 years. 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