ALYCE RITTI
                                                Mixed Media Collages

   
   
   Alyce Ritti
    170 Cherrywood Way 
    Port Matilda, PA 16870
    (814) 692- 5356     rrr@psu.edu 


 

                                            Old Stories/New Versions
        In their own theatrical way my small, surreal and sassy collages continue the traditions of
 European and American collage art. They make social comment. They do so by using
 "common-place" (not Art) materials. Mine do put the "mixed" into the term mixed-media. I use
 paper cut-outs from print publications, fabric from scrap bags, bits of lace, yarn and ribbon
 and actual "found objects " such as used tickets, gold cooking foil ,old costume jewelry,
 beads, feathers and such.

        Always irreverent. the images are mostly satirical but are sometimes sympathetic. Always
 good-looking. they also have been known to make the viewer chuckle. Their chats with you
 include the old stories of the deadly sins, fairy tales, gender stereotypes and popular sayings.

        My collages have visited many places in Pennsylvania, crossed the USA and gone
 abroad. Sometimes I tag along. They have appeared in Central Europe, Montreal, Oslo,
 PARIS, Rome, Stockholm and Venice.  Significant places in the U.S. include Chicago (with
 both a gallery purchase and inclusion  in a date-book ), New York City and San Francisco.

.     Pennsylvania has hosted numerous solo and group shows. The Southern Alleghenies
 Museum of Art in Loretto purchased my "Hubris I" for their permanent collection. Other
 venues include the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg , the Andy Warhol Museum
 and Studio Z Gallery in Pittsburgh,. Local displays include "Images" on the PSU campus, the
 Art Alliance Art Center in Lemont,  the Gallery at the Gamble Mill and the Bellefonte Museum
 in Bellefonte. Downtown State College provided shows at Schlow Library, Webster's Cafe
 and Bookstore, Woskob Gallery at Centre Stage  and The State Theatre. Nearby Altoona
 displayed my work in the Blair County Arts Festival and at Artists in our Midst. Nearby
 Millheim  exhibited it at the Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks.

        My collage work is included in "Collage, Assemblage and Altered Art" by Diane Maurer-
 Mathison and published by Watson-Guptill, New York in 2007.

        I also write about the arts. An example is found in Art Calendar, vol 14, #3, Jan. 2000.
 The article, "Exhibiting Abroad: the French Connection" is on pp. 20-21.
 
     Twelve works from my current display, "Old Stories/New Versions" can currently be seen
 on-line here at my web site, www.artalliancepa.org/AlyceRitti.htm. 
 
      I can be reached by e-mail at alyceritti@artalliancepa.org or rrr@psu.edu 

     Click for a sampling of my work

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