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About FIESTA 2022, I

the MARCIA ROBERTS ALTERED PAPER COLLAGE ON POSTER BOARD

5”X7”
Artist & NFS

the How is a poet like a collage artist? Both work

Work with fragments, moments, memory, and emotion.

I began making landscape collages, imagining the
vast prairie where I grew up. Over time the collages
became more abstract, depicting political issues
and heart-breaking news. They are constructed on
5”x7”mat board with altered paper from The National

Geographic Magazine.

I write poems on them, sew on them, add buttons,

beads, and sliced geodes. My poetry and collages
reflect daily life, but they show an interruption of what
is happening in the world. You see joy, but you also
see sorrow because an artist’s duty is to tell the truth.

San Antonio Fiesta 2022 I and San Antonio Fiesta
2022 II represent the grand yearly festival that could
not be complete for two years, due to the pandemic.

This year’s full-fledged Fiesta goes on as Ukraine is
being torn asunder.

FIESTA 2022, II
ALTERED PAPER COLLAGE ON POSTER BOARD
5”X7”
NFS

marciarobertspoet.com

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